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Tag: Iran
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Rahim AlHaj and Sahba Motallebi create music to heal the wounds of war
During the Iran-Iraq war, Baghdad-born oud master Rahim AlHaj was imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein’s government for his political activism. He fled to Jordan and eventually found refuge in the U.S., settling in Albuquerque in 2000, and there he’s continued to preserve and develop the music of the oud—the pear-shaped, double-coursed string instrument at […]
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Deconstructing the perpetual war machine
How Democrats and Republicans keep us constantly engaged in conflict.
Posted inFilm
In 3 Faces, Iranian director Jafar Panahi turns the camera inward
How much can artists control the world around them?
Posted inBlogs
Gone too soon: five films by directors who died young
These final films by five directors who died too young give a taste of what was left unrealized.
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Muslim blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN ‘didn’t trust her’ to do a follow-up interview
Iranian-American Muslim fashion blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN News offered her a second interview to make amends for an Islamophobic gaffe, then withdrew the opportunity.
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WGN News hosts to Muslim fashion blogger: ‘You do not sound American’ [UPDATED]
The Islamophobic interview Hoda Katebi endured with WGN News went viral on social media this week, after she posted the clip on YouTube.
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No one makes the case against Trump better than Trump himself
The president’s every utterance is further evidence of his unfitness for office.
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The Russian hack was Trump’s Nixon moment
Newly discovered notes from an aide to Richard Nixon prove the former president connived with South Vietnam to win the 1968 presidential election.
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Music Box revives an early drama by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi
In Fireworks Wednesday, a Tehran couple careen toward divorce.
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Banned from filmmaking, Jafar Panahi makes a secret drama
The Iranian renegade is back in the driver’s seat for Taxi
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Jon Stewart, fake news, and real trouble
Jon Stewart’s Rosewater is less significant as a movie than as an act of atonement.
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When darn nice people like Pope Francis and Hassan Rohani turn up, people get excited
What happens when the good guys show up
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public
The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public.
Posted inNews & Politics
Zoom in: Portage Park
Fantasy Costumes in Portage Park is a city block of Santa costumes, elaborate wigs, hot dog suits, and everything else.