The Fire Next Time
Siyavash ShahabiAnother renaissance is required…
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Bourdieu, Said, and Inverted Orientalism
An indictment of a soft violence that wears credentials, not uniforms. This essay maps how intellectual gatekeeping—what Bourdieu called the “racism of the intelligentsia”—polices who gets to speak and which suffering counts. It tracks a al...
Panahi's Cinema and the Art of Smuggling Truth
At an event held in honor of courageous, resilient cinema, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and legendary director Martin Scorsese sat down for a deep conversation about obstacles, inspirations, and the power of film under extreme restriction...
Iran’s New ‘Hijab Situation Room’ and the Failure of Control
On Friday, October 17, 2025, the secretary of Tehran province’s “Enjoining Good & Forbidding Wrong” headquarters, announced a new “Situation Room for Chastity & Hijab,” alongside the organization and activation of “more than 80,000 trained ...
Zarif vs. Lavrov: When Imperialism Wears a Friendly Mask
In recent years, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s former foreign minister, openly accused Russia of undermining the nuclear negotiations. In his account of the JCPOA talks, he claimed that Russia had prioritized its own strategic interests — ke...
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In 2005, I started blogging while residing in Iran. My blog has been repeatedly censored and taken down from Iranian platforms. Due to my asylum seeking status for 8 years, I had to take a break from blogging several times but now here I am!
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