Writer-in-residence, Yaghoub Yadali, explores the potential outcomes of a long-term agreement made between Iran and America in light of the rise of ISIS.
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ISIS imbues an indelible and bloody mark on Iraq. Payam Boromand of Iran illustrates this serious threat to the integrity of the country in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Tarik Gunersel describes the rise of ISIS in the Middle East – “the armed organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” – and how this radical body is feeding into the Turkish PM’s move away from all things secular.
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Cartoonist Saad Murtadha of Iraq calls attention to the monstrous effects of using social media to recruit new members for ISIS.
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Political cartoonist Hassan Bleibel calls attention to the Islamic rebel group ISIS and its deadly grip on a concentrated region in the middle east.
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The Village Indian tells author Abbas Khider’s own story of exile. With elements of both tragedy and comedy, the following excerpt – Chapter 6: The Miracles – details the many “miracles” that allow Khider’s fictional protagonist, Rasul Hamid, to flee from Iraq to Germany.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Mexico, Syria, Tibet, Ireland, and the US. Also interviews with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and Pankaja Thakur, an executive on the Censor Board of India.
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