These Are the True Things

These Are the True Things

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The Night My Father Caught the Jinn
A true story about jinns, war, and insomnia when I was 10
 • 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
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Highway Robbery
"The dark days of internet shutdowns under the pretext of “security” for helpless people" by Yashar Soltani
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Anti-imperialist Left or the “Axis of Resistance” Left?
A crucial intervention by the Iran-based economist Dr. Mohammad Maljoo
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
On Anti-Forgiveness
Debates on co-existence in Iran and forgiveness inside my head
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Which Iran is America dealing with?
You'd know if you could, for the love of all that is holy, stop recycling tired old frameworks
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
On Thousand Island Dressing and Potato Chips
Happy birthday mom!
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Humanity is Losing Part of its Historical Record.
An open letter from Dr. Eskandar Mokhtari from Tehran on the ongoing destruction of Iran's cultural heritage sites
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
There Was No Agreement
A young man in Iran writes about his experiences of waiting...for an agreement, for ceasefire, for bombs to drop, for anger to find a place.
 • 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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