Al Jazeera Network http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/hamid-dabashi.html http://www.aljazeera.com/Media/images/AJLOGOGOOGLE.png http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/hamid-dabashi.html © 2013 Aljazeera Network feedback@aljazeera.net webmaster@aljazeera.net Aljazeera Generator The Iranian people took the quill from Khamenei's hand and are now attempting to write their own future. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/06/2013617181047210499.html 2013617181047210499 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:16 GMT The pro-democracy movement has receded from public space, but it remains a model for non-violent civil rights movements. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/201351661225981675.html 201351661225981675 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:00:45 GMT The winners of this year's Cannes top prizes were an Iranian and a Tunisian - but both set their films in France. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/06/20136674051520796.html 20136674051520796 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:34:42 GMT Shirin Neshat has overcome her obstacles and become an iconic figure very much like Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/20134895818339603.html 20134895818339603 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:57:37 GMT Iranian cinema has effectively undergone a "brain drain" due to the policies of the Islamic republic. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/2013320175739100357.html 2013320175739100357 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:36:47 GMT Ethnographic works on American or European culture of shoe-throwing is absolutely necessary, argues Dabashi. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201322691640324311.html 201322691640324311 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:42:51 GMT Muslims are contesting the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and the tyranny of the clerical custodians in Egypt and Iran. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201326124432686900.html 201326124432686900 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:38:17 GMT The 'culture industry' of Hollywood is deluding itself. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013123161154623130.html 2013123161154623130 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:01:00 GMT What happens with thinkers who operate outside the European philosophical 'pedigree'? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013114142638797542.html 2013114142638797542 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:41:19 GMT The quiet re-numbering of imperial numbers is what makes the history spin around the axis of its own logic and rhetoric. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012123011581016119.html 2012123011581016119 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:06:59 GMT If the shooting in Connecticut is covered by the US press, others point out to the atrocities of the US drone attacks. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012122464156629703.html 2012122464156629703 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:32:46 GMT An excerpt from Dabashi's book 'Being a Muslim in the World' dismisses the Western narrative of the 'Muslim'. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012121814265982159.html 2012121814265982159 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:27:50 GMT The dichotomous myth of "secular" versus "Islamist" must be dismantled in order for Egypt to move on. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012128153845368495.html 2012128153845368495 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:20:01 GMT Israel is interested in anything but peace, interested in nothing but "maiming and murdering more Palestinians". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121128105331462162.html 20121128105331462162 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:14:33 GMT While the Larijani brothers try to save their regime, citizen journalists keep tabs on their crimes. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121120853499130.html 20121120853499130 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:27:59 GMT Very few US presidents have had the opportunity to alter the global perception of the US, and Obama has squandered it. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/201211785348348393.html 201211785348348393 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:09:07 GMT The last Batman unabashedly criminalises those who threaten the heartbeat of American imperialism at Wall Street. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121118833194524.html 20121118833194524 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:25:41 GMT Rim Banna has given melodic interpretations to the suffering of Palestinians and their defiant hopes and aspirations. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012102192631100308.html 2012102192631100308 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:41:01 GMT Much of the scandalous consequences are attributable to an active history of hostility between the West and the Islam. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012108104732830198.html 2012108104732830198 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:02:00 GMT A provocative ad which debuted last month in San Francisco is making its way to New York subways today. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201292464012781613.html 201292464012781613 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:19:48 GMT Rulers of Iran and Syria "exaggerate the significance" of the film to divert attention from their own problems. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201292063638169981.html 201292063638169981 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:30:31 GMT Ghadyani's letter pulls down the phantasmagoric delusions of tyranny and hypocrisy to the ground zero of moral politics. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/20129101185135214.html 20129101185135214 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:54:50 GMT An incendiary 'movie' should not allow fringe elements to co-opt and realign the trajectory of the Arab revolutions. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201291464128859414.html 201291464128859414 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:53:22 GMT With all its uncertainties, Egypt has emerged as a moral voice from the heart of its revolution, writes Dabashi. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/20129375930824837.html 20129375930824837 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:57:33 GMT The Islamists and the monarchists might distort the image of Mosaddegh, but not his memory in the hearts of people. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201282681749809950.html 201282681749809950 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:53:48 GMT Iran must deal with its own people before it can continue jockeying for geopolitical gain in the region. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201282010226503387.html 201282010226503387 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:19:31 GMT Osian's film festival is a testament to Asia casting off the colonialist shackles of an East-West paradigm. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201281216435761351.html 201281216435761351 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:32:12 GMT The fusion of fact and fantasy in post-modern warfare is no longer limited to a small theatre in Aurora, it is global. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201272982726871991.html 201272982726871991 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:03:39 GMT A new Ridley Scott movie 'has all the ingredients of a cosmic epic', examining the nature of humanity and the universe. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/20127168172231318.html 20127168172231318 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:47:37 GMT The New York Times columnist relies on orientalist cliches when writing about Iran, revealing his outdated assumptions. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201271131925534684.html 201271131925534684 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:14:59 GMT Military strikes and sanctions are not the best way to support regime change in Iran. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012625113228557622.html 2012625113228557622 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:02:15 GMT Can using Hannah Arendt's prism of viewing the American Revolution help us understand the Arab Spring? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126187529252770.html 20126187529252770 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:01:41 GMT This election is not a 'referendum' on the revolution, but a step in the only direction possible: forward. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126121283667342.html 20126121283667342 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:17:13 GMT Regardless of blame, humanity must not be distracted from the tragic reality of those who lost their lives. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126410503297278.html 20126410503297278 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:15:12 GMT Secular fanaticism must be exposed for its own hatred and xenophobia, and get over the old cliches of East and West. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012521133112754351.html 2012521133112754351 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:59:45 GMT For the fiction that will arise from the Arab Spring, the pain of the past must be wedded to the hope of the present. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125147195286387.html 20125147195286387 Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:08 GMT Read an excerpt from Hamid Dabashi's latest book, which discusses the transformative properties of the Arab Spring. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/201257103157208253.html 201257103157208253 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:41 GMT UN Secretary General Kofi Annan must be allowed to mediate a real peace in Syria in lieu of a Libya-style redux. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124291667494683.html 20124291667494683 Tue, 01 May 2012 17:22:05 GMT The display of Diego Rivera's artwork in a private museum defies all that it was meant to represent. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012423111933761251.html 2012423111933761251 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:39:34 GMT Exploring the emotive universe from which the Arab Spring finally blossomed. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124151301368419.html 20124151301368419 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:56 GMT In his poem, Nobel laureate Günter Grass criticises Israel and condemns German arms sales to the Jewish state. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012498535088416.html 2012498535088416 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:39:38 GMT The US presidential election looks like a massive TV commercial, an advertisement, extended over more than a year. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124275738887469.html 20124275738887469 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:41:30 GMT The Republican politician has yet to show initiatives that are his own, not those of his donors. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012427421462251.html 2012427421462251 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:47:34 GMT Hamid Dabashi pays tribute to Simin Daneshvar, the premier Iranian female novelist, who died last Sunday. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123126453243315.html 20123126453243315 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:54:42 GMT The recent victory for Best Foreign Language Film of Asghar Farhadi's latest is a triumph for Iranians everywhere. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123584823523724.html 20123584823523724 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:10:35 GMT Both the Left and the Right in Syria are "statists" - power hungry, reaching to gain control of the state apparatus. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122276412929860.html 20122276412929860 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:17:34 GMT Iranians are facing both the dubious staging of democratic elections and external threats from Israel. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122208387572989.html 20122208387572989 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:17:12 GMT Many young men and women are now protesting by the only means left: using their bodies - whether by burning or exposing. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/201212111238688792.html 201212111238688792 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:40 GMT Mohammad Nourizad's dissidence to the Iranian government comes in the form of admonishing, public letters. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011122993232476296.html 2011122993232476296 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:02:57 GMT Art scenes in the Arab world should reflect and anticipate the art that will emerge from these historical times. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/20111218113148105494.html 20111218113148105494 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:20:39 GMT