Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی
@arashtehran.bsky.social
Author WHAT IRANIANS WANT http://bit.ly/3IBwY9k SHADOW COMMANDER http://bit.ly/46d3Z4v | Historian at Yale University | Contributing writer at the Atlantic | Flaneur | Film writer
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I am writing a new book about Iran and Israel!
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Anyone read this? Worth it?
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Anyone read this? Worth it?
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A fantastic discussion of 'Islam and Nazi Germany's War' in Mehdi Falahati's show (in Persian; from min. 24), with the brilliant @arashtehran.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUP...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A fantastic discussion of 'Islam and Nazi Germany's War' in Mehdi Falahati's show (in Persian; from min. 24), with the brilliant @arashtehran.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUP...
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The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arash Azizi writes. Now it’s almost gone:
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arash Azizi writes. Now it’s almost gone:
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'The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.'
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
- by Arash Azizi
#Iran #women #rights
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
- by Arash Azizi
#Iran #women #rights
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
'The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.'
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
- by Arash Azizi
#Iran #women #rights
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
- by Arash Azizi
#Iran #women #rights
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
Workers of the five boroughs unite!
This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast.
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Workers of the five boroughs unite!
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This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast.
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast.
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."
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Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It would be nice if people from groups that have experienced historic (and modern) oppression by Muslim governments and colonial forces could talk about that without leaning into full-on rabid Islamophobia but apparently that's too much to ask for 🙃
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It would be nice if people from groups that have experienced historic (and modern) oppression by Muslim governments and colonial forces could talk about that without leaning into full-on rabid Islamophobia but apparently that's too much to ask for 🙃
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At the re-installing of the sculpture Joy in Stanley St Darlinghurst, commemorating all the sex workers & street walkers who were once so common in the area.
Put back anew after a 30 year hiatus.
#publicsydney
Put back anew after a 30 year hiatus.
#publicsydney
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
At the re-installing of the sculpture Joy in Stanley St Darlinghurst, commemorating all the sex workers & street walkers who were once so common in the area.
Put back anew after a 30 year hiatus.
#publicsydney
Put back anew after a 30 year hiatus.
#publicsydney
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The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
China: Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York
Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York ...
www.hrw.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
I wrote about how Iranian women have pushed back the regime and are close to winning the battle over mandatory Hijab.
Gift link below! Let me know what you think.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Gift link below! Let me know what you think.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I wrote about how Iranian women have pushed back the regime and are close to winning the battle over mandatory Hijab.
Gift link below! Let me know what you think.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Gift link below! Let me know what you think.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arash Azizi writes. Now it’s almost gone:
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arash Azizi writes. Now it’s almost gone:
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I sat down Palme d'or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to talk about his latest film, his hopes for future of Iran and his impressions on America, which he visited this month for the first time in 25 years
What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison
Jafar Panahi discusses his most daring work yet.
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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👏🏽🌹
I sat down Palme d'or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to talk about his latest film, his hopes for future of Iran and his impressions on America, which he visited this month for the first time in 25 years
What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison
Jafar Panahi discusses his most daring work yet.
www.theatlantic.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
👏🏽🌹
I sat down Palme d'or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to talk about his latest film, his hopes for future of Iran and his impressions on America, which he visited this month for the first time in 25 years
What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison
Jafar Panahi discusses his most daring work yet.
www.theatlantic.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I sat down Palme d'or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to talk about his latest film, his hopes for future of Iran and his impressions on America, which he visited this month for the first time in 25 years
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"About a third of the nonprofit schools that have closed since 2020 were founded as women’s colleges." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"About a third of the nonprofit schools that have closed since 2020 were founded as women’s colleges." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
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I reviewed Malala Yousafzai's new memoir "Finding My Way" for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai review – growing up in public
Clambering up bell towers, dancing the night away and falling in love – how ‘saint’ Malala forged a new identity
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I reviewed Malala Yousafzai's new memoir "Finding My Way" for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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I’m almost tempted to start describing my politics as “Buberian binational cultural Zionism” just to make everyone on all sides of the aisle hate me.
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’m almost tempted to start describing my politics as “Buberian binational cultural Zionism” just to make everyone on all sides of the aisle hate me.
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Been casually reading Barbara Klinger’s IMMORTAL FILMS on the afterlives of Casablanca and virality of this from @biscuitkitten.bsky.social
proves her point.
www.ucpress.edu/books/immort...
proves her point.
www.ucpress.edu/books/immort...
October 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Been casually reading Barbara Klinger’s IMMORTAL FILMS on the afterlives of Casablanca and virality of this from @biscuitkitten.bsky.social
proves her point.
www.ucpress.edu/books/immort...
proves her point.
www.ucpress.edu/books/immort...
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Fun assignment in Film History I’m going to try next week with the Hays/Motion Picture Production Code. Pick a recent media artifact you enjoy that definitely wouldn’t pass the Code and then outline some strategies you’d use to remake the work to earn the seal of approval.
October 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Fun assignment in Film History I’m going to try next week with the Hays/Motion Picture Production Code. Pick a recent media artifact you enjoy that definitely wouldn’t pass the Code and then outline some strategies you’d use to remake the work to earn the seal of approval.
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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NYC DSA has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)
(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)
Cuomo Receives Endorsement of New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, today proudly received the endorsement of the New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association.“New York City is in crisis and ever...
www.andrewcuomo.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NYC DSA has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)
(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)