Category Archives: Iran: music, culture, social issues
GLOBAL EVENT : SOLIDARITY WITH IRANIAN STUDENTS
Green Movement Spreading Despite Crackdown!
Mianeh Reports
Government violence reduced number of street protests, but movement has become more difficult to control.
By Behzad Yaghmaian (MR No 16, 13-Nov-09, article from Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
IRAN report – a rapprochement with the people of Iran, NOT with Ahmadinajad
Tehran Bureau – the first episode of “The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi” interviews.
Tehran Bureau first episode of “The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi”. He interviews Iranian artist, Shirin Neshat, whose feature film, “Women without Men,” won the best director award at the Venice Film Festival.
This episode analyzes the role of art and artist in the Iranian civil rights movement.