These Are the True Things

These Are the True Things

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On burnout, Iran, and the emotional cost of paying attention.
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"The Noose Is the Last Link in Poverty's Chain"
Inside the hunger strike at Qizil Hisar prison and what it reveals about executions, poverty, and the Islamic Republic's politics of punishment.
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Five Films About Iran's Jonoub [South]
As the United States intensifies its bombing campaign in Iran's south, some films that illuminate the histories, cultures, and everyday lives of the…
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The Future as a Casualty of War: Iran’s Students Between Missiles and Exams
Translation of a Hammihan article by Sogol Danayi and Elnaz Mohammadi on the unseen toll of U.S. bombardment on students in Iran’s southern provinces
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Against the People–Imperialism Binary
Yashar Darolshafa on Anti-Imperialism and the Iranian Left
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How Parastoo Ahmadi’s Concert Became a Tale of Obscenity in Iran
Translations of 4 perspectives from Iran
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My recommendation of books for better understanding Iran (or something like that)
Heads up: All of them are by scholars including women writing about things other than women!
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The Little Sister Facing the Big Brother
What power does everyday peace have when Big Brother is not on its side?
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Tehran: A City of Empty Pockets
and a mea culpa for falling for Chicken Little
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The Night My Father Caught the Jinn
A true story about jinns, war, and insomnia when I was 10
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There Is More to Iranian Politics Than Geopolitics
A celebrity rape trial in Iran in the aftermath of the Women, Life, Freedom movement
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Highway Robbery
"The dark days of internet shutdowns under the pretext of “security” for helpless people" by Yashar Soltani
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Anti-imperialist Left or the “Axis of Resistance” Left?
A crucial intervention by the Iran-based economist Dr. Mohammad Maljoo
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A historian of Iran curating, translating, and contextualizing analysis and voices from inside the country for readers who want to understand Iran on its own terms.
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