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Booty (Re)Call With Typhanie Monique

Robert Rodi | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alima Ramnarine, Mariama Cosi, Craig Sunken, Rick Gehrenbeck, Dizzie Gillespie, Kaylan Pahtak, Booty Movement Coalition, Groovin' High, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Typhanie Monique, Scott Tallarida, Katerina's, Horace Silver, Tangent Jazz, Jay Johnston, Victor Garcia, Janice Hughes, Martyr's, Chris Green, Lamar Jones, K'hari Parker, Suneetha Vaitheswaran, Jaq, Chicago News
Robert Rodi

Jazz is Apollonian; funk, Dionysian. And the Typhanie Monique who fronts the Booty Movement Coalition is a far cry from her slinky jazz twin; she's a Bacchante in blue jeans.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Taraneh-Mousavi, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Laleh, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Karroubi Rape, Shah, Iran, Green Movement, Shi’A, Mehdi Karroubi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Constitution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Islam, Neda Agha-Soltan, Rape, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran-Opposition, Rape Iran, Shi’ite, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Martyr, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Evin, Constitution, Show Trials, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Torture, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
Melody Moezzi

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Underground Railroad, Media, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Shah, Iran, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Neda Agha-Soltan, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Facebook, Shi’ite, Martyr, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Laleh, Taraneh-Mousavi, Tulip, Evin, Iran-Opposition, World News
Melody Moezzi

With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah, Demonstrations, Tehran-Iran, Iranian Revolution, Shiraz, Iran, Presidential Candidates, Shahid, Martyrs, Iranian Election, Election, Esfahan, Rallies, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohsen Rezai, Yazd, Tehran, Presidential Election, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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