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Fighting Islamic Radicalism through comics in Pakistan

Egyptian Email

Hey,

So I’ve been trying to process how i feel about Egypt, about being back after a decade in self-imposed exile. I have so many thoughts racing through my head but i’ll try to be coherent:

Interview with Mashrou’ Leila lead singer Hamed Sinno

“For Arab artists, for us to have any legitimacy, or for us to deserve that people care about what we do, we have to justify our ‘people.’ Which is ridiculous.”

Falling in love with Iran

Guest editorial: Arianna Ghazi

Arianna is a full-time lawyer and part-time photographer in the New York City area.

I am a first generation American of Iranian descent. When the Islamic Revolution began in 1979, my parents fled Iran…

Kurdish pop diva sings anti-ISIS

Let’s get real. It is pretty cool to have a pop singer feature a poor Kurdish village on the edge of total Jihadi war. Helly Luv, the Kurdish pop diva, serves us all a fresh anti-ISIS ballad to really send a message to the group.

The Jog Across Iran

Eight years ago my childhood friend and I started running the length of Iran in an effort to make friends and spread goodwill. We only made it a fraction of the way. Now that we are on the brink of improving relations between the US/Iran, we aim to finish the run. I was told my visa was…

If ‘Game of Thrones’ were in the Middle East

House Lannister = Saudi Arabia

House Stark = Middle East’s crushed liberals and democrats

House Baratheon = Arab autocrats

6 Things we’ve done to Iran

1. The founder of Reuters purchased Iran in 1872

2. The BBC lent a hand to the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh