Tag Archives: Imperialism

Iranian Cinema: An Apologetic Platform

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Taline Torossian

In the Iranian film A Separation, the winner of the 84th Annual Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, director Asghar Farhadi takes us through the story of two families with different socio-economic statuses and their conflicting relationships. A … Continue reading →

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The Reorganization of Indian Modernity

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Ashanti Gogerly-Moragoda

The ideals of modernity through a highly Westernized lens forcefully permeated its way through Indian culture, social life, politics, and religion. I will be focusing on the alteration and/or complete loss of countless Islamic religious traditions, and the emergence of … Continue reading →

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21st Century Orientalism in Iran and the United States

Posted on December 9, 2015 by skwolfe

Seeing the movie Persepolis in the sixth grade was one of the first truly globalizing moments of my life. Up until that point Iran, and the entire Middle East really, was in my narrow perception simply a land of conflict … Continue reading →

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Saving The Bharat Mata: What was at stake for her children?

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Marissa McFadden

Can you pinpoint the moments in history that make you who you are? The moments that have created your identity? For Muslims, as well as other religious communities in India such as Hindus and Sikhs, one of these defining and … Continue reading →

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