Satrapi’s Comic-Strip Memoir comes to Life-
• December 25, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Persepolis', Aeolic Word pais, America & Middle East politics, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anthropology, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, anxiety of Tehran, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art Threat, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, autobiographical comic-strip, avant-garde cinema, Ayatollah & Khomeini, Bande Desinee, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, brutality of Taliban era, chadors of females in Iran, children's health, cinema, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, contemporary art, contemporary printmaking, Contemporary Writers, corruption, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, Cultural Shifts, culture, Demetrius Phalereus, democracy, Democracy politics, diptych prints, disparate collection of voices, dissemination of images, Docu-drama, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, European alternative culture, Exiled life, fanatical Islamists, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, fiction vs reality, filmmakers, Foreign Film, free-speech, freedom, Freedom as Birthright, French Bourgeoisie, Fundamentalists, gender equality, global politics, Good vs Evil, government, graphic artist/art, Graphic Novel, Hellenic Knowledge, History, human rights, humanity, Hypatia, idealism, ignored genres, imposition of the veil, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, intolerance & superstition, Iranian Life, Iranian Revolution, Islamphobe, justice, La Societe Feudale, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, left-wing intellectuals, liberation, liberty, Life&Death, Light & Darkness, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Lycee Francais, Marjane Satrapi, Marxist, mass protests/demonstrations, Middle East politics, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, nihilism, no-nonsense feminism, Novelist, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Pathos, Peace, Platonic Idealism, Pluralist Democracy, political dimensions, Political History, political themes in art, politics, Politics of Confrontation, popular culture, post-punk cult, Post-War decay, pre-post Revolution/Iran-Tehran, punk rock, pyschology, race, radical feminism, radical Islamists, religion, religious zealots, rhythmical grumbles, rules of the mullah, Shah dictatorship, social critique, symbolism, Symbolist, technology, theatre, Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century, travel, Tyranny, unjust hierarchy, vernacular modernism, Video art, visceral reactions to the veil, Voice of Dissent, war-torture-execution, Wealth vs Poverty, Word & Image, World Cinema
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Parallel Undercurrents-
• December 6, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Aeolian dialect of Greek, Allen Ginsberg, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, art and society, Art Threat, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, avant-garde cinema, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Bhudevi, bibliophile, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, censorship, cinema, Cinemondo, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, clandestine operations, Coffee House Press, community, conspiracy against democracy, Corporate lackeys, Corporate Moguls, Corporatorcracy, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, cultural icons, culture, culture consumption, deliquescence, democracy, Democracy politics, Dharma Beat Poet, dissemination of images, Divisinist Technique, Docu-drama, documentary film, economics, education, Emancipation from Tribalism, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Ethics, extremists, Fascist Killers, Feminist critique/criticism, Foreign Film, Fortuyn Insurgency, free-speech, freedom, gender equality, global politics, government, Green Left, Hellenic Knowledge, History, Hollywood Behemoth, human rights, Hypatia, hypocrisy, Iconic Imagery, Idiosyncratic politics, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, intelligentsia, international affairs, Iraq policy, Islamphobe, jihad in Dutch streets, justice, l'inexplorable, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, liberation, liberty, Literary coterie, Marijnissen's Socialists, masculine&feminine energies, Media Wonks, memoirs, Middle East politics, Milwaukee artists, Milwaukee fiction writers, Milwaukee writers, modern urban Life, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, new activism, opinions, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Parallel Undercurrents, Phainetai Moi, photojournalism, Pim Fortuyn, Pluralist Democracy, Poetess, Policy Wonk, Political Moguls, Politico-Libertine, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, Public Debate, pyschology, race, radical Islamists, reactionary conversions, Realists, religion, Sanskrit & Alchemy, social criticism, social critique, social philosophy, theatre, Theo van Gogh, travel, Tyranny, vernacular, Voice of Dissent, We The People..., Women Political Leaders, World Cinema, Writing & Poetics
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Bhutto under House Arrest-
• November 9, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Nie Wieder Krieg', Aeolian dialect of Greek, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anti-establishment, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, Apocryphal, aristocracy, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Authenticity, Beat Generation, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Benazir Bhutto, bibliophile, Blogging, Bloody Hands, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, Burma, censorship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, Coffee House Press, community, conspiracy against democracy, Contemporary Writers, Corporate lackeys, Corporate Moguls, corruption, creative writing, critical media, cultural icons, cultural legacy, culture, democracy, Democracy politics, Democratic Voice of Burma, Dharma Beat Poet, economics, editiorials, Ethics, extremists, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, free-speech, freedom, global politics, government, human history, human rights, Iconic Imagery, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, India, India and Pakistan, India-Pakistan relations, intelligentsia, international affairs, Journalism, justice, Khaled Hasseini, liberation, life, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, mass protests/demonstrations, Media, media blackouts, Media Wonks, Milwaukee writers, Musharraf, new activism, News, opinions, oppression, pacifist consciousness, pacifist politics, Pakistan military, Pakistan People's Party-PPP, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan politics, patriarchy, Peace Action, Philosophy, photojournalism, Police Brutality, Policy Wonk, politics, Politics of Confrontation, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, PPP activists, Preetha Kannan, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, protests, pseudo-anonymous, publication, pyschology, Rawalpindi, social criticism, social critique, Solidarity, Sourdough Mountain, South Asia, South Asian Media, South Asian political leaders, Srinivasa Ramanujan, State of Emergency, travel, Women Political Leaders
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Pink Majlis- huh?
• October 22, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in America & Middle East politics, corruption, critical media, culture, gender equality, global politics, human rights, international affairs, life, Media, News, Pink Majlis, politics, social criticism
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Hossienis’ Kite snags but isn’t cut…
• December 8, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Afghan society, Afghanistan, Akademie der Kunste, America & Middle East politics, American Artists, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, ancient languages, Anthologies, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art&Design, Artistic Genres, Authenticity, Avadha, barbarians, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, Beatitude, bibliophile, Bohemia, Bohemian Ink, books, brutality of Taliban era, cinema, civil unrest, Coffee House Press, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, creative writing, creativity, critical media, culture, culture consumption, dactylic hexameter, dactylic tetrameter, democracy, Democracy politics, desi-lit, Dharma Beat Poet, Diane di Prima, disparate collection of voices, Dissemintion of popular culture, Emancipation from Tribalism, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Ethics, ethnic violence, experimental writing, fear of reprisal, Feminist critique/criticism, fiction vs reality, filmmakers, Fotografos, freedom, gender equality, geopolitical, global politics, government, Hellenic Knowledge, Hermetic & Esoteric traditions, History, Hollywood Behemoth, Hubris, human rights, Hypatia, hyperrealistic, Idiosyncratic politics, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, India-Pakistan relations, Information Suppression, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, Iraq policy, Islamphobe, justice, Kabul, Khaled Hosseini, La Societe Feudale, liberation, liberty, Library of Ptolemis, life, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Ma Sita, Media Wonks, memoirs, Middle East politics, modernist women writers, monculture catastrophe, Muslim extremists, Novelist, Oppressive Politics, Pakistan, photographic portraiture, Photography, photojournalism, Platonic Idealism, Pluralist Democracy, Poetess, Poignant Themes, political asylum, Political Moguls, Pomona Goddess of Fruits, Post Modernism, Post-Beat Era, Post-War decay, pre-war Kabul, Prose Fiction, psychopathology, pyschology, race, radical Islamists, religion, social critique, social philosophy, symbolism, The Kite Runner, travel, Tyranny, UNHCR, unjust hierarchy, Voice of Dissent, World Cinema
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