These Are the True Things

These Are the True Things

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On Ordinary Life
A short essay by feminist philosopher and ethicist, Maryam Nasr Esfahani
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
"A terrifying sound of missiles in the sky, a lot of them"
Eyewitness accounts of an intense bombing campaign on Tehran right now.
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
It doesn’t always have to be an “either–or” situation.
Roya Khoshnevis' message as Tehran burns
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
No One Asks Our Opinion About Anything
Shahrzad Hemati's latest Instagram post
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Life in Tehran: Under the Shadow of Repression, Under the Rubble of Bombs
For those of us glued to our phones in the midst of the ongoing war, the silence of our friends and families inside Iran is heartbreaking.
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
My initial reaction to the US attack on Iran
In lieu of an analysis and in a total communications blackout
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Why Reza Pahlavi?
An Iranian Sociologist lays out his reasons for why Pahlavi is the best option for a transitional period out of the Islamic Republic
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Between Bombs and Labels
A cri de coeur from the editor-in-chief of Shargh Newspaper Shahrzad Hemati
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
All This Has Happened Before. But Will It Happen Again?
Pahlavi's promised referendum in 1979's mirror
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
These Are the True Things
These Are the True Things
I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy.
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