The Argo Deception: How Hollywood masks the ugly truth of Iran-US relations
March 28, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Exiled Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker, Lila Ghobady, talks about the fabrication of history through film
Tag Archive: Middle-East
Iraqi Freedom Ten Years after Liberation
March 13, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Next week, on Tuesday 19 March, many of us will remember how, precisely
ten years ago, in another and dreamlike existence, we incredulously
watched the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. Faisl Mikdadi shares some personal reflection
“Ich bin ein Bil’iner!”
March 11, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
This does not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her country has NOT been awarded an Oscar. And not just one film, but two.
Shallow Depths
February 18, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
In front of me is a copy of today's Khaleej Times; its front page story is about a speech by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed who is the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, writes Elizabeth Ellis
Iraq Ten Years On: What You Don’t Hear!
February 14, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
10 years on from the invasion of Iraq, Hussein Al-Alak examines the long term psychological effects of the occupation
A move to the centre
January 30, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Uri Avnery provides an analysis of the Israeli election results
Who to vote for?
January 19, 2013 8:22 pm Leave your thoughts The Israeli elections will take place in three days, and they are boring, boring, boring writes Uri Avnery
The Shame and Duty of a Paranoid State
January 19, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The rise of neo-Zionism in Israel goes against everything Jews have struggled against for centuries, explains Oliver Thompson
New Year Resolutions in the Arab Spring
January 2, 2013 10:13 pm Leave your thoughts
Regrettably 2013 has started in a most ghastly realisation of my pessimistic forecast, writes Faysal Mikdadi. The Egyptian comedian, Bassem Youssef, has dared to poke fun at President Morsi and a charge has been filed against him for parodying the President's speeches
Was the Bahraini ambassador trying to bribe British MPs?
January 1, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
It is interesting to receive two different news stories on the same day both mentioning the Gulf state of Bahrain and the UK Parliament, writes Iqbal Tamimi.