Iraq

INTERVIEW iraq : Grzegorz Szczygieł, Panjabi MC and an Opel Kadett

Grzegorz Szczygieł, Panjabi MC and an Opel Kadett

The director garnered acclaim from a travel festival in Wroclaw in 2008 for a documentary which took him from being a Polish businessman in Wroclaw to a traveller in Pakistan and Iran, parts of which he covered with the famed postwar car

by Agata Stachowska @ // 27/04/10

iraq, identity, asia, brunch, pakistan, poland, travel

INTERVIEW iraq : Olga Rodríguez: 'Journalists tend to be very individualistic'

Olga Rodríguez: 'Journalists tend to be very individualistic'

On a famed terrace close to Madrid’s Palacio Real (Royal Palace) at nightfall, the 34-year-old Spanish award-winning journalist talks about two of her passions, the Middle East and journalism

by Lino González Veiguela @ // 25/11/09

iraq, brunch, palestine occupied territory, european media, iraq war, journalism, spain

REVIEW iraq : Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK

Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK

Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna

by jens wiesner // 25/04/08

iraq, vienna, art spiegelman, democratisation, discrimination, religion, youth

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Buying petrol in February 2008

The price of gas has already reached 100 dollars (70 euros) per Brent barrel. But inflation figures in Europe are getting out of control. The situation in each EU country

by Hanna Sankowska @ // 28/02/08

iraq, petrol, energy, oil, consumers, conjuncture, inflation

iraq : Newsha Tavakolian, Iran's inside story

Newsha Tavakolian, Iran's inside story

At the inauguration of Perpignan's 19th festival ‘Visa pour l'image’, the  Iranian photojournalist focuses on the situation of women in the Middle East

by patricia simón // 13/09/06

iraq, photo, festivals, peacekeeping, photography, multiculturalism, newsha tavakolian

iraq : Ahmadinejad's Jihad

Ahmadinejad's Jihad

As the nuclear crisis deepens, isn't it time that Europe put aside its differences with Iran's opposition party, asks MEP Paulo Casaca.

by paulo casaca (mep) // 19/01/06

iraq, analysis, lebanon, mahmoud ahmadinejad, european parliament, israel, middle east

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Days of Rage on the Arab street

“After the first successful thrust every revolution differentiates into political and class currents. This is the moment of greatest danger. The moment when the future of the revolution is decided.” (John Rees) After successful ousting in Tunisia and Egypt now on the rest of Arab streets in every Arab capital ...

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Contemporary drawing fair in Paris: Gianluca Costantini

Sixty-three galleries will be investing this typically Parisian center in order to present contemporary drawing in all its diferents shapes and forms, upon various supports and through all imaginable techniques : from works on paper to video, from digital works to wall-drawings. As in the previous years, exhibitors will present the ...

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Use of Depleted Uranium proved in NATO Bombings

This post was first published in TH!NK ABOUT IT site 21st February 2009. An Italian non-governmental organisation – the Rome-based “Un ponte per …” - is investigating consequences of NATO's 1999 bombings of Serbia and the effects of the use of depleted uranium (DU) on the civilian population. The NATO allegedly ...

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SHOE-CIDE ATTACK & INSULT CULTURE OF THE WORLD

As you know an Iraqi journalist attempted a shoe-cide:-) suicide attack on George W. Bush, throwing a shoe during his last visit in Iraq. For Iraqie culture throwing shoe or hitting somebody with she is the harshes way to insult. While Iraqi courts still discussing on to judge the journalist ...

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