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Against the People–Imperialism Binary

Yashar Darolshafa on Anti-Imperialism and the Iranian Left

Jul 6 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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Between Bombs and Labels

Feb 20 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

Mar 20 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

No One Asks Our Opinion About Anything

Mar 6 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

My initial reaction to the US attack on Iran

Feb 28 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

Recent posts

How Parastoo Ahmadi’s Concert Became a Tale of Obscenity in Iran

Translations of 4 perspectives from Iran

Jun 25 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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!

Jun 17 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

The Little Sister Facing the Big Brother

What power does everyday peace have when Big Brother is not on its side?

Jun 9 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

Tehran: A City of Empty Pockets

and a mea culpa for falling for Chicken Little

May 31 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

The Night My Father Caught the Jinn

A true story about jinns, war, and insomnia when I was 10

May 23 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

There Is More to Iranian Politics Than Geopolitics

A celebrity rape trial in Iran in the aftermath of the Women, Life, Freedom movement

May 12 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

Highway Robbery

"The dark days of internet shutdowns under the pretext of “security” for helpless people" by Yashar Soltani

May 8 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

Anti-imperialist Left or the “Axis of Resistance” Left?

A crucial intervention by the Iran-based economist Dr. Mohammad Maljoo

May 5 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

On Anti-Forgiveness

Debates on co-existence in Iran and forgiveness inside my head

Apr 27 • 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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