News Source: Salon
| 4 months ago
The evening news shows parents waiting outside of testing halls where their kids are taking the Konkur, the once-a-year, high-stakes university entrance exam...For the less than half who get accepted and manage to finish their studies, one wonders...
News Source: BBC
| 4 months ago
A friend forwarded me a message he was sent, trying to scare him off posting on Facebook or the internet...There were lots of militia on the street, waiting for the crowds...When they saw I was carrying a camcorder, they arrested me, took me to a...
News Source: Inter Press Service
| 4 months ago
Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised picnic area has become a second home to the families of...
News Source: Weekly Arham
| 4 months ago
What I respectfully submit bellow is in a spirit of utter solidarity with the leading Palestinian intellectual whom I admire as a guiding light in our critical assessment of where we stand in our contemporary world. Having carefully outlined the...
News Source: Weekly Arham
| 4 months ago
The most obvious, writes Abdel-Moneim Said * , is that the Iranian regime cannot resist change indefinitely It is not easy to assess events in Iran since the announcement of presidential election results precipitated massive demonstrations. There is...
News Source: Weekly Arham
| 4 months ago
Having failed to punish it militarily, Iran's enemies are using other ways to bring it down. At stake is not just the future of the Islamic republic, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed * They say in Urdu that the first victims of a revolution are always its own...
News Source: Weekly Arham
| 4 months ago
The Tehran demonstrations in protest of the election results have entered their third week and created a new reality that must be intellectually and philosophically engaged with. The question is whether Tehran's streets are witnessing a Western...