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Negar Mottahedeh

Negar Mottahedeh

He hacked my Instagram. Now I’m his best friend.

Mohamad, my hacker, had an air of desperation about him. When he got emails in English announcing that he was a lottery winner, or…

Aug 20, 2017

He hacked my Instagram. Now I’m his best friend.

Aug 20, 2017

Negar Mottahedeh

Memes, gifs and political power — as lines blur between the online and offline worlds

Puppy memes showed up all over Twitter over the holiday weekend, when President Trump tweeted an animated gif showing him pummeling a…

Jul 10, 2017

Jul 10, 2017

Negar Mottahedeh

As Vandals Trash a Jewish Cemetery, an Iranian Recalls the Persecution of the Bahá’ís

Excavation by Revolutionary Guards at the Bahá’í Cemetery in Shiraz. May 8, 2014. Bahá’í International Community

Apr 22, 2017

As Vandals Trash a Jewish Cemetery, an Iranian Recalls the Persecution of the Bahá’ís

Apr 22, 2017

Negar Mottahedeh

Iranian Professor: Trump Travel Ban Ensnares Academics Who Are Uplifting America

The picture was taken by Ahmad Kiarostami at #nobannowall protests at SFO international airport on January 28, 2017. Ahmad Kiarostami is…

Feb 5, 2017

Iranian Professor: Trump Travel Ban Ensnares Academics Who Are Uplifting America

Feb 5, 2017

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Hashtag solidarity and the radical kinship of Twitter’s #iranelection

Anthony Bourdain fans remember Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian from Bourdain’s Iran show. Rezaian was the Iranian-American…

Jun 12, 2015

Hashtag solidarity and the radical kinship of Twitter’s #iranelection

Jun 12, 2015

Negar Mottahedeh

Negar Mottahedeh

Duke professor in the Graduate Program in Literature. I tweet on things I work on: film social media culture technology & the arts in relation to globalpolitics

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