Yass Alizadeh
The writer is an Iranian-American academic and a Professor of Persian Language and Literature at New York University.
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A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Tragic Death, Resistance Is Alive In...
On a late summer day, four days before her 23rd birthday, Mahsa Jina Amini was visiting her family in Iran's capital city of Tehran, when she was arrested. She was forcibly placed into a van and transported to the Hijab police headquarters where she...
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No, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ Has Not Been Disbanded. Here’s Why This...
A three-day strike is being observed by merchants across Iran starting Monday. To distract attention from the vast support that this strike has been receiving on social media, the Iranian regime spread false information about Hijab patrol or what is wrongly translated to English...
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News
Leader Of Gwadar Protest...
Leader of the Gwadar protest movement, Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), Maulana Hidayat Ur Rehman has been in Balochistan jail...
Human Rights
Baloch Woman Mahal Remains...
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has yet to take up the bail application of Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old woman...
News
‘Jamaat-e-Islami Pushing Western Transphobic...
Transgender activists have criticised Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders for moving the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) against the Transgender Protection of...
World
US Midterm Polls: In...
With US midterm polls just over two weeks away, Pennsylvania has emerged as one of the key battlegrounds where,...
News
Six Mirpur Khas Women...
Six women who were arrested for alleged blasphemy following a quarrel with drug peddlers reportedly supported by police authorities...
News
Former Prime Minister Imran...
Former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested by the Rangers from outside the Islamabad High Court where he...
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Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle for Land and Water Rights Remains Overlooked
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed for Blasphemy in Sargodha Despite Juvenile Status
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy...
News
Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The Sectarian Clashes in Parachinar, Says Ex-MNA
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a...
Opinion
How Pakistan’s Peripheries Dissented in 2024
In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was...