Tag Archives: Documentary
Featured, Human Rights, Politics, Video, World November 12, 2011

Aljazeera Special Programme: Letters from Iran

Watch this Aljazeera documentary programme examining the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 Green Movement Uprising.

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Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics September 8, 2011

Video Special: Documentary, “Nation of Exiles”

Dabashi: “…our civil liberties will not come the day after the revolution, but they are secured before that day–to the point where it makes that revolution irrelevant.”

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Arts and Culture, Featured, General, Human Rights, Politics July 8, 2011

Women on the Frontline

A documentary on The Women’s Movement in Iran. Brought to our attention by @theReelContent on Twitter.

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Arts and Culture, Featured, General, Human Rights, Interviews, Must Read June 5, 2010

Must See HBO Video on Neda Agha-Soltan: For Neda

Watch this. Absorb it. Share it. Help the world bear witness to the plight of a brave people through the life of a woman who has already changed not only Iran, but the world, forever. A martyr for freedom. A proud Iranian woman that makes us proud and who reminds us that we all must [...]

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Featured, Opinion November 17, 2009

No going back

PBS just released a documentary on Neda’s murder: FRONTLINE: A Death in Tehran. This is a must see. Watching it, I couldn’t believe how raw the feelings and emotions evoked by it were for me. I felt as though the events were happening all over again. I was overcome by a panopoly of emotions: rage, [...]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”