[escenic_image id="5579244"]    For over 40 years, Abbas Kiarostami has been known for his prolific contribution to Iranian cinema. According to historian Hamid Dabashi, Kiarostami and his fellow…

[escenic_image id="5573188"] Death to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's Election and the Crippling of the Islamic Republic Afsaneh Moqadam Bodley Head, 2010 Paperback £10.99 Last June the world…

[escenic_image id="5566566"] How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace Charles Kupchan Princeton University Press, 2010 Hard Cover $29.95 USD Rarely does one read about peace. It…

[escenic_image id="5560027"] Legal Institutions and Collective Memories Onati International Series 2009 Susanne Karstedt We are taught that history is important to study, because nations, like…

[escenic_image id="5556105"]Othman Al-Omeir is a Saudi journalist and editor, who has revolutionized the role of media in the Middle East. This media mogul is not only known for his professional…

[escenic_image id="5555714"] Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into opportunity for Women World Wide Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Alfred Knopf 2010   Twice weekly, in Nicholas Kristoff’s…

[escenic_image id="5551112"] Between Two Worlds: My Life in Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi Harper Collins 2010 Roxana Saberi captured the world’s attention when just before the Iranian…

[escenic_image id="5548720"] Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex workers in the New Economy Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russel Hochschild Granta Books The author that brought the world a…

[escenic_image id="5548068"] Kandahar: A joint American-Afghan force had just uncovered a weapons cache in a small mud village known for supporting the Taliban. Returning to base, the soldiers dumped…

[escenic_image id="5547447"] Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Published by Wheeler 2008 Long before the Coalition of Allied Forces invaded Afghanistan a very unlikely…