Iran Reviews > November 30, 2009
YOUTUBE: “Not an Illusion” A Documentary About the Music Scene in Iran
[Iran News Digest | Stay Informed. Stay Green.] A glimpse at Torang Abedian’s new documentary “Not an Illusion” that takes a closer look at the music scene in Iran.
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Underground film meets underground music”¦ Iranian-style ...
[New Internationalist - The people, the ideas, the action in the fight for global justice] So, converting frustration into creativity, he proceeded to make a far riskier unlicensed film, allying his own cause to that of the underground rock, punk, indie, rap and heavy metal musicians who also suffer from the Islamic Republic’s strict censorship rules.”˜I told myself, either I just go outside of Iran and make my film or I stay and make a documentary [to expose the situation],’ says Ghobadi, whose film has worldwide distribution and is now touring the festivals and picking up awards.
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November 30, 2009
YOUTUBE: “Not an Illusion” A Documentary About the Music Scene in Iran
[Iran News Digest | Stay Informed. Stay Green.] A glimpse at Torang Abedian’s new documentary “Not an Illusion” that takes a closer look at the music scene in Iran.
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Posted at 03:35 PM
Underground film meets underground music”¦ Iranian-style ...
[New Internationalist - The people, the ideas, the action in the fight for global justice] So, converting frustration into creativity, he proceeded to make a far riskier unlicensed film, allying his own cause to that of the underground rock, punk, indie, rap and heavy metal musicians who also suffer from the Islamic Republic’s strict censorship rules.”˜I told myself, either I just go outside of Iran and make my film or I stay and make a documentary [to expose the situation],’ says Ghobadi, whose film has worldwide distribution and is now touring the festivals and picking up awards.
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November 25, 2009
Scouting the Sally: Game Report: Julio Teheran, SP, Atlanta Braves
[Scouting the Sally] Should he shake the injury bug which has plagued his young career, Teheran has the potential to take off into the stratosphere. With the expected graduation of Jason Heyward from prospect to big leaguer sometime in 2010, the young Columbian is a current favorite to take the reigns as Braves top prospect.
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November 23, 2009
Iraqi prime minister steps up attacks on Baathists before vote ...
[World] The talk against Baathists raises alarm bells among Sunnis, who fear it hints at a broader move to force their candidates out of the election. The election for a new, 323-seat parliament is slated for January, but may be delayed by a dispute over the country's election law and a Kurdish threat to boycott the vote.
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Yemen On The Brink - by Stephen Brown | FrontPage Magazine
[FrontPage Magazine] Saudi Arabia’s Shiite population may be a powder keg ready to explode again, needing only a Houthi-Iranian match. Bhadrakumar describes the Saudi Shiites as “seething with resentment over Wahhabi intolerance.” A Human Rights Watch report last August stated Saudi authorities “routinely treats these people with scorn and suspicion” extending its discrimination against them beyond religion to education, employment and to the justice system.
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November 20, 2009
Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis (AP) | Rss News ...
[Rss News Online] Lawmakers plan to vote Saturday on two options: sending the same election law back to the three-member presidency council, where it is likely to be vetoed again, or amending the law to address al-Hashemi's concerns. If the legislation is vetoed a second time, parliament can override it with a three-fifths majority.
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Adviser to Iraq Constitution Will Reap Oil Profits (Andymatic.com)
[Andymatic] Now Mr. Galbraith, 58, son of the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, stands to earn perhaps a hundred million or more dollars as a result of his closeness to the Kurds, his relations with a Norwegian oil company and constitutional provisions he helped the Kurds extract.
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November 18, 2009
Political Pistachio: Khomeini Class Destroyers
[Political Pistachio] The impact of the Khomeini Class (the Kidd Class Destroyers are also sometimes called the Ayatollah Class) remains with the Navy. Whenever I find myself in a discussion with a Navy vet, or active duty Navy servicemember, even those that began to serve after the Kidd Class was long gone, and I tell the person I served aboard a Khomeini Class ship, they always smile in recognition.
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Posted at 03:33 PM
OBA-HUSSEIN-KHOMEINI CLEARLY SUPPORTING THE MULLAHS
[Anti-Mullah] IRAN DEMONSTRATORS MOCK OBAMA SUPPORT OF REGIME click here.
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November 13, 2009
The Angry Arab News Service » Peter Galbraith: friend of the Kurds ...
[The Angry Arab News Service] The Angry Arab News Service. A source on politics, war, the middle east, arabic poetry, and art by As'ad Abukhalil.
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Posted at 04:05 PM
War in Context - U.S. adviser to Kurds stands to reap oil profits
[War in Context] Galbraith, 58, son of the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, stands to earn perhaps a hundred million or more dollars as a result of his closeness to the Kurds, his relations with a Norwegian oil company and constitutional provisions he helped the Kurds extract.
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Posted at 04:04 PM
November 11, 2009
Al-Darb Diya: HRW: Kurds harming Iraq's minorities in north
[Al-Darb Diya] In a report titled "On vulnerable ground: violence against minority communities in Nineveh province's disputed territories," the group said the area's ruling Kurds risk creating "a full-blown human rights catastrophe" for small communities that have lived there through the ages.
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Posted at 03:34 PM
Tensions with Kurds in Iraq « The Lift - Legal Issues in the Fight ...
[The Lift - Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism] The report describes how the Kurdish government has sought to repress minorities, subsume the identity of Shabaks and Yazidis into that of Kurds and sow rifts within the groups with bribes and patronage while suppressing dissent through .
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Posted at 03:33 PM
November 09, 2009
Iraq election head proposes national vote on Jan. 21 after ...
[World] Kurds consider Kirkuk a Kurdish city and want it part of their self-ruled region in northern Iraq. Under the regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Kurds were displaced under a forced plan by Saddam to make Kirkuk predominantly Arab, though many of these have since returned.
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Posted at 03:35 PM
PUKmedia :: English - Rawanduzi: America didn't impose any ...
[PUK Media Central Office "PUKmedia"] The Spokesman of Kurdistan Alliance Bloc in the Iraqi Parliament Firyad Rawanduzi in a press statement said that America did not impose any pressure on the Kurds to give up their rights and grant additional seats to other ethnics.
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November 06, 2009
Multi-National Force - Iraq - Pioneering Iraqi Women Graduate ...
[Multi-National Force - Iraq] Mohammed Abdul Razq, deputy director of the Tactical Training Directorate and Iraqi army Staff Col. Mohammed Abdul Rahman Essa, deputy commander of the Regional Training Center, delivered congratulatory remarks to the pioneering female graduates.
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myMADRE: Radio in Iraq: Empowering Women Through the Airwaves
[myMADRE] Last week, MADRE's partner organization, the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), launched a new radio broadcast: the Al Mousawat Radio. For two hours each week, women will have control of a new corner of airspace not run by religious or ethnic groups and not influenced by the state.
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Posted at 04:03 PM
November 04, 2009
Exiled Shiite Rebel Leader Tried in Yemen Asharq Alawsat Newspaper ...
[News, Opionion and Features from Asharq Alawsat English Edition] SANAA (AFP) – A trial opened Monday of the exiled brother of the leader of the Shiite rebellion in northern Yemen, who is accused of belonging to an armed group and perpetrating "acts of terrorism."
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