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For most Americans, the idea of a Muslim martyr can cause quite a bit of anxiety. Some immediately imagine a brown “towel-headed” man with an explosive device duct-taped to his chest, or sewn into his under garments, and a crazed murderous look in his eyes. Unfortunately, this kind of act in the name of Islam, an act that kills both Muslims and non-Muslims indiscriminately, is all too common.
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In December 2007, during a trip to Dubai, I explored the enormous mall-hotel-ski resort, Mall of the Emirates, with my uncle Amir. An Iranian businessman, Amir was buying construction parts in Dubai for his business back home. I remarked that I had never seen anything like it in my life. He looked stunned.
“Behnam, did [...]
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The 13 Aban demonstrations in Iran commemorating the US embassy take-over in 1979 will gain greater significance as we approach the next public demonstrations on Student day: 16 Azar (December 7).
As most analysts have pointed out, it is by now clear that the post-eletion demonstrations are not going away and that there are [...]
There is a certain buzz in Iranian papers about Ahmadinejad's trip to NYC last week. Echoing Israeli newspapers criticizing of Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks at the UN , the Iranian media is celebrating the unseating of the state of Israel's primary justification for itself.
Archive for Kouross' Blog »Calling all news junkies! I read through many articles to pull today’s story together. Whether or no there is a real connection between the CIA and the insurgent groups on the Iran/Pakistani border is questionable, but what’s more fascinating is why are we hearing so many mixed messages from inside Iran. The article [...]
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