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Tense days

Here are some pics from Ahwaz. As you know, Ahwaz is still extremely tense these days and they are very sensitive to anything that merely

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I am a believer

I am a believer explores themes of migration, desire and power, particularly their relation to issues of cultural constructs in our society. It is based

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Torch of intolerance

Reading news and reports, interviews and editorial one is surprised to discover how many have defended the caricatures in the name of free speech stubbornly

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Fresh baked Rose of Mohammad

A rant based on this page on Wikipedia about politically-motivated euphemism: WWI: Sauerkrat and Hamburgers renamed to “Liberty Cabbage” and “Liberty Burgers” to rally anti-German

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Remember

I have slept in the maze of freedom I have run all the paths of defeat I have seen all the trembling tingles of affection

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The Western precedent

The Muslim uproar against the publication of offensive cartoons has elicited calls from respectable Western opinion to defend freedom of the press. Empathetic voices here

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1 + 1 = Trouble

After Shah's down fall, I remember, there was a short period of political and ideological renascence in Iran. There was a short lived freedom bobble

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