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As the unrest in Iran has continued, I have been in regular communication with friends and acquaintances there about the election’s outcome and the ensuing protests. I have asked them if I could [...]

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By now you surely have heard about the controversial results of Friday’s election in Iran. While polls in Iran are notoriously unreliable and the election results were considered hard to predict, [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07d8QLIDK0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fmy_videos_edit&feature=player_embedded] As you read this, Iranians have just finished voting in one [...]

Since I returned from Iran, I have been poring over photos and videos and preparing to report back about the amazing experience I had, and to mobilize people to take action to pressure our [...]

From our friends at Brave New Foundation, this compelling interview with an air raid victim in Afghanistan. I have seen a preview of part 4 of their upcoming documentary, which covers the problem [...]

In President Obama’s historic speech in Cairo last week, he laid the groundwork for significantly changing the US’s interactions with the Muslim world, shifting to a relationship based on mutual [...]

President Obama’s highly anticipated speech in Cairo today aimed to help ameliorate the United States’ image in the Muslim world and begin to heal relationships with Muslim countries that were [...]

Now that I am back in the states, I have finally had the time and the fast internet connection to get my photos from Iran up on the web. You can view them on flickr and facebook. Enjoy!

On our last day in Tehran, we had a meeting with Dr. Hosseini, professor of American Studies at Tehran University, and some of his M.A. students. The American Studies program has only existed for [...]