Published by Universal Cinema Magazine Ned Kelly, the late 19th-century Irish-Australian gang leader, has long had a hold on creative imaginations. Executed at the young age of 25 in 1880, Kelly had led a gang that fought the authorities head on in pre-confederation Colony of Victoria. He went on to become a legend of Australia’s bushranger …
A Historian Reflecting on May Day and the Pandemic Published by Bare Life Review Long before I decided to become a historian, taking part in May Day always made me think historically. The commemoration of the workers’ rally in Chicago on May 4, 1886, the “holiday of the proletariat,” has long had that historic ring. …
Published by the Atlantic Council’s Iran Source Late March marks the ancient holiday of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. But with Iran one of the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Nowruz had a somber tone this time around. Being avid users of Instagram, Iranians took to the photo-sharing app to share their mood on …
Published by the New Arab What do Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, US Senators Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the New York Times editorial board and Human Rights Watch have in common? They have all called for easing of the US sanctions on Iran which have hampered the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and thus endangered the …
Published by IranWire Iranians marked the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in 2019. Many an academic conference around the world marked the occasion (including a workshop jointly held by my own New York University and Columbia University), but grand narratives or conclusive accounts of the revolution have been conspicuous in their absence. This is …
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Published by the New Arab Four years ago, in a meeting room in San Francisco, I joined a group of Iranian dissidents, including a number of former MPs, in a fractious debate on a familiar question: Should we, or should we not boycott the 2016 Iranian elections?
Published by the New Arab Months before Ukrainian passenger plane PS752 was shot down over the Iranian skies, another Ukraine-linked historical disaster had preoccupied Iranians.
Published by the New Arab That was close. The first week of the new decade has been a living hell for the people of Iran and all those worried about the prospect of a full-on military confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
Published by +972 magazine, January 5, 2020 In 18th century Vienna, where intellectuals and flaneurs liked to hob nob in the city’s fabled cafe scene, there was said to have been an infamous saying: “What’s in the newspaper today? Are the Turks killing or are they being killed?” The quote was meant to caustically symbolize …