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https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-astounding-miniature-paintings-indias-mughal-empire This is an article about the history of the Mughal style of Persian miniature art. I know that the VMFA in Richmond has several miniatures from Mughal India, if anyone is interested in seeing originals.

This article explores Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim that a decade-old archive of stolen Iranian nuclear plans constitute evidence that Iran has been lying about its efforts to build nuclear weapons all along. Netanyahu says that Israeli spies found the … Continue reading →

Iran seized a prominent British-Iranian scholar during his visit there this month, a rights group said Wednesday, an arrest that may further stoke tensions with the West over President Trump’s threat to scrap the 2015 nuclear accord. The scholar, Abbas … Continue reading →

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/rouhani-lashes-trump-nuclear-deal-180425141019657.html The Iranian President has accused the US of acting unilaterally in deciding the fate of the nuclear deal, and additionally questions the merit of the US administration’s decision. Rouhani calls President Trump out for having no prior experience in … Continue reading →

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/turkey-14-cumhuriyet-staff-sentenced-terror-charges-180425190539778.html Those sentenced are journalists, columnists, and cartoonist. “The government says that the purges and detentions are in line with the rule of law and aim to remove Gulen’s supporters from state institutions and other parts of society.”

Hello everyone! Over the course of the semester, I have been slowly watching a documentary titled: The War of Lebanon; this is 15 part documentary that you can find on YouTube.  I am going to link the series on here. … Continue reading →

This New York Times article talks about the disagreement and chaos sparked by preparations for the celebration of Israel’s 70th Independence Day on Wednesday. There was controversy over what was to be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s role in the ceremony … Continue reading →

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/denial-genocide-prevails-dream-greater-serbia-180411055626581.html On April 11th, 2018 the International Criminal Court the Serbian Vojislav Seselj guilty of war crimes he committed during the Yugoslavian Civil War in the early 1990s. Seselj was found guilty of inciting hate crimes by his nationalist speeches … Continue reading →

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/syria-refugee-children-futures-lost-war-180411151533233.html This article follows Muzoon Almellehan, a 20 year-old Syrian woman who is advocating for education for refugee children from the war in Syria. She herself was a refugee for 5 years, and has seen how important education is to the future … Continue reading →

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-syria-showdown-could-spark-israeli-iranian-and-us-russian-clashes-1.5992066?=&ts=_1523493983388 After seven years of Syria’s civil war, the country is now turning into a confrontation zone between Israel and Iran. On a more global scale, it is becoming more and more of a confrontation between Russia and the Western … Continue reading →