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Monthly Archives: March 2012
South Africans recall their own history during Israeli Apartheid Week
EI: “As a South African who has lived and suffered under apartheid and spent nearly thirty years of my adult life in its jails for resisting it, I can and do humbly claim to know something about the meaning of … Continue reading
Posted in Palestine
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Young Israeli Refusers
Never forget that not all Jews are Zionists and that not all Israelis support their government’s ethnic cleansing of the remaining native Palestinians. Indeed, these refuseniks are not a fringe group. I have met countless Israelis and Jewish American critics … Continue reading
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iPouya’s YouTube Channel
By the way, I’ve totally revamped and organized my YouTube channel. Check it out, there are loads of youtube clips that are both informational and entertaining. You can obtain the link to the channel in the tab at the top … Continue reading
Alec Baldwin and Elephants
I’m generally not a big fan of self-righteous celebrities championing a cause they know little about or appropriate because they are “safe” – safe in that there is little in the way of controversy in the US and its a … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights
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The Good vs the Bad of “The Shahs of Sunset”
The reality TV showed based on Iranians in LA airs tonight. Lacking in originality as it is a cross between Jersey Shore and the Kardashian show, Iranians all over are talking about it, some nervously. There is some good to … Continue reading
Posted in Iranian Diaspora
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Video: Bahrain’s Massive Rally on Friday
After repeated crackdowns, mass arrests, mass firings, torture, tear gas, suffering through a Saudi-led invasion force, the Bahraini uprising endures. See the footage from a massive march last Friday.
Posted in Arab Spring, Bahrain
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Video: Double standards tangle Syria diplomacy
This is a short but amazing video of the double standards to some of the foreign parties to the uprising in Syria.
Posted in Arab Spring, Syria
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iPouya: “Depicting Iran: How Western Portrayals Justify Intervention”
Here is my most recent article. It has appeared on PBS’s Tehran Bureau, University of Michigan’s The Michigan Daily, and UC Berkeley’s The Daily Californian: As the ideological groundwork for military strikes on Iran is laid by hawks and certain … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iran's Nuclear Program
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