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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی

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صدای آمریکا | VOA Farsi [Unofficial] @voapnn.com.web.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
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آرش عزيزى: جنگ وكشتار مردم، راهى براى پيشبرد جنبش مدنى ايران نيست
آرش عزيزى، پژوهشگر تاريخ و مدرس علوم انسانى در «میدان ویژه» سومین روز اجلاس مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل
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Pete Cookson @pete-cookson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Arash Azizi: "These folks defended the Assad regime as he murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens in cold blood and used chemical weapons against them. You think they’ll stop at a few Iranian political prisoners?"
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UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever? 5 Oct 6-7:30pm In his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East' Arash Azizi offers the first single-volume account to trace the full arc of the Iran-Israel relationship. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Arash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?
Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East'
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Friends in London! In a week and half I am in your town, talking at UCL about my upcoming book on Iran and Israel. Come say hello! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arash-aziz...
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Arash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?
Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East'
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/09/2026
Democrats could be tempted to try to impeach Donald Trump a third time if they take over the House—but there’s a more effective accountability measure they might explore, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
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Who Would a Democratic House Impeach?
Lawmakers could be tempted to impeach Trump—but there’s another accountability measure they might explore instead.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I wrote about the DSA, its internal divisions & public attention. My basic point: American socialists have a historic opportunity to show millions what democratic socialism for 21st century can look like; but they need to settle on their own identity first. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’
Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/09/2026
The idea that the DSA’s popularity troubles could be solved by media-training its leaders is surely comforting—but it is also wrong, @arashtehran.bsky.social argues:
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DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’
Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say.
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Ayala Panievsky @panievsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Exciting end-of-summer news: The New Censorship is out in paperback! Thanks to my heroes @arusbridger.bsky.social, @arashtehran.bsky.social, @janemartinson.bsky.social, @swaisbord.bsky.social for endorsing it & to my legendary friend @maitlis.bsky.social for the moving preface 🔥 shorturl.at/li5Ib
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Is Mojtaba Khamenei dead? And does it matter? I got to the bottom of it, speaking to gov officials and a relative of Mojtaba who told me "less than five people" have met him since he became leader. Read about it all! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Is Mojtaba Khamenei Dead?
The office of Iran’s supreme leader has fallen quiet, fueling uncertainty in a country with decisions to make.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/08/2026
Organizers convened 120 teenagers from across the country to compete in the Patriot Games. @mviser.bsky.social watched, and explores what this addition to the semiquincentennial events says about the country:
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Hunger Games, MAGA Style
A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I wrote about the Mecca Pact and what it means for the two major countries outside of It: Iran and Israel. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Tehran Has to Make a Choice
A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/08/2026
A new defense agreement in the Middle East isolates Iran—and suggests that it must make a stark choice about its future, Arash Azizi argues.
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Tehran Has to Make a Choice
A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
teaching abstinence is not sex ed - it is promoting teen pregnancy
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As Iran finds itself at war, the regime is waging war on its own people. I wrote about it. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Iran’s War Within
The Islamic Republic’s ultimate target remains its own people.
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CtObserve @ctobserve.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@ahylton26.bsky.social 💫 @ms.now w/an excellent segment on the latest Trump Iran War. Trump using profanity on his FOX network, back to "violent and chaotic claims" at the 6-month mark. @arashtehran.bsky.social explained 'new phase' with Saudi Arabia strikes, but they will not give up on Palestine.
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Pete Cookson @pete-cookson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Arash Azizi: "Historic moment in Turkish politics: after Erdogan staged a take-over of Turkey’s main opposition party, CHP, handing it to a small faction in the party, the party’s main leadership and most of its MPs to leave establish a new party: the New Party."
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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My hit on @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran, with @arashtehran.bsky.social and @ayman.msnbc.com www.linkedin.com/posts/bobby-...
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My hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran. | Bobby Ghosh
My hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran.
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Feed: "The Atlantic" By: Arash Azizi on Friday, July 17, 2026
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Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Did Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president? Historian @arashtehran.bsky.social says one of the biggest questions isn't just whether the alleged Mossad recruitment happened—but why details of such a sensitive operation would emerge now? www.iranintl.com/en/202607140...
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Did Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president?
The alleged recruitment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Mossad reads like a spy thriller and has been denied by his office. But it has renewed interest in Iran's most controversial president—and the ruthles...
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Breaks my heart that the beautiful and magical south of Iran is being destroyed Nice piece by @arashtehran.bsky.social on the subject highlighting that so many Iranians wished the hardliners “had as much zeal for southern Iran” as they have “for southern Lebanon” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Where the War Is Still a War The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. @arashtehran.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/07/2026
While politicians in Tehran talk of acclimating to a state of “neither war nor peace,” Iran’s southern coast is getting battered by air strikes, and civilians are paying the price, @arashtehran.bsky.social reports:
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Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Why have we forgotten about Democratic Communists? Those who who led mass communist parties, won elections, ran excellent municipal governments in Italy, France, India, Japan, etc. You've heard me yap on this but here is my long-ish essay. www.theideasletter.org/essay/hammer...
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Hammer and Ballot
Communism is often remembered as undemocratic, the ideology that undergirded the authoritarian regimes of Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Tito, and Castro. Working against this blinkered view, Azizi recovers a po...
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
talked a bit about this case on today's Radio Atlantic—the fact that it happened in Texas highlights the limitations of the hyperlocal approach to prosecuting these cases, now that the federal government isn't interested. how much will houston prosecutors be able to get done?
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Christy Wagner @com1ty.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The New Censorship
A ground-breaking guide to how the media's self-censorship in the face of populist politics threatens democracy.'Riveting' - Arash Azizi, The Atlan...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/07/2026
Canada's prime minister is talking about restoring diplomatic relations with Iran, but that doesn't necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic—and could even help its opponents, Arash Azizi argues:
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Canada Should Start Talking With Iran
Restoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Should Canada re-establish diplomatic ties with Iran like Mark Carney suggested? My fellow anti-regime Iranian-Canadians often say NO. But I think the answer should be YES. I wrote why. Let me know what you think!
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Canada Should Start Talking With Iran
Restoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I spoke to France 24. It was 7 am so excuse my looks.
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Iran needs to 'normalise relations with the US somehow' to save economy, expert says
Iranian leaders joined prayers Sunday over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, contribuing writer at the Atlantic, said Iran needs to...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/06/2026
The terms of the deal with the United States look good for Iran, but they’ve still proved controversial within the Islamic Republic, Arash Azizi argues:
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Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In 1971, Japan’s National Police Agency standardized pedestrian crossing signs. The original reference art was non-alien, but various manufacturers in prefectures around the country had to copy the original stencils to create their own. Over time, physical degradation in the stencils led to:
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Following the MoU, an assessment of the internal dynamics of the regime between the ultra-hardliners and the developmentists over the choices to be made in the coming negotiations with the US:
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Important to note: Hamgami, the main liberal/center-left coalition in the Iranian opposition, has backed the MoU “You hear a lot of vaugue things about 'Iranian people' and less actual reportage of what forces in the Iranian opposition are saying.” @arashtehran.bsky.social hamgami.org?p=1700
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از امضای تفاهم‌نامه میان ایران و آمریکا استقبال می‌کنیم - همگامی
ما تفاهم نامه فی مابین ایران و آمریکا را گامی مثبت در جهت کاهش تنش‌ها، دور شدن خطر جنگ و فراهم شدن زمینه حل اختلافات از مسیر دیپلماسی می‌دانیم. این تفاهم‌نامه اگر به توافقی پایدار، متوازن و مبتنی بر م...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Excellent and essential reading by @arashtehran.bsky.social Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
You all know about the American debate on the MoU debate. But I wrote about the Iranian debate. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“They are authoritarian and they’re thugs, to be clear. But they care about keeping their own economic interests, which means social peace as much as they can, and which means deals with the US,” @arashtehran.bsky.social acting, pragmatically, to survive.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I suspected there was a reason the Bosnian players weren't singing along to the anthem and it turns out it has no official lyrics because they can't come up with a set of lyrics the country's various ethnic groups agree upon
Following the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War in the mid-1990s, Bosnian state symbols were mandated to be inclusive of the country's main ethnic groups and not make any overt references to a specific one. The Bosnian national anthem that was in use at the time was considered to be insufficiently inclusive towards all of the country's ethnic groups and thus the United Nations, which oversaw the country as part of the Dayton Agreement, decided to replace it with an instrumental one, which was considered by it to be more inclusive. In the two decades since its inception, various attempts have been made to adopt lyrics for it, most recently in 2018, but due to political disagreements, none have been successful as yet.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Catch me live on MS Now in about 90 mins
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The Assignment with Antonia Hylton @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
TONIGHT - Americans cheer Trump's latest humiliation: having his name stripped from the Kennedy Center. Plus, Trump is set to mark his birthday (and America's) with a White House cage fight, and can Americans believe ANYTHING the White House says about Trump's health?
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The Assignment with Antonia Hylton @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
JOINING US - @arashtehran.bsky.social, Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, @repcohen.bsky.social, @noahshachtman.bsky.social, @mondairejones.bsky.social, Basil Smikle, @ross.house.gov, Dan Cogdell, Rashad Robinson, @jamessample.bsky.social and Rob Copeland
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I was on MS Now earlier today www.youtube.com/watch?v=CarM...
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Have the Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says
YouTube video by MS NOW
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LindsayBKK 🇹🇭 @lindsaybkk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Have the #Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says" @arashtehran.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social @ms.now @ahylton26.bsky.social on YouTube youtu.be/CarMKv1DYwU?...
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Have the Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/06/2026
"Acting like if we just change the leader to someone who's less obnoxious to me personally, that that somehow changes the situation...when we haven't changed the regime...is crazy." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu tells @timmiller.bsky.social why Trump’s Venezuela victory lap is built on fantasy.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
DC statehood yesterday
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I wrote about the economic crisis Iranians are suffering from. I spoke to many across the country who helped me paint a picture of just how dire things are.
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The Crisis Iran’s Leaders Can’t Ignore
Two months into the cease-fire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/06/2026
Two months into the cease-fire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters—and the country faces an economic calamity with little precedent in its modern history, @arashtehran.bsky.social argues:
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The Crisis Iran’s Leaders Can’t Ignore
Two months into the ceasefire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters.
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Ron Skolnik @ronskolnik.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Well, at least @haaretzcom.bsky.social's Liza Rozovsky isn't afraid to say it: The Palestinian question "is what underlies Israel's deepening isolation... And the occupation continues to destroy Israeli society and cause it to rot." www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
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קונספציית הכוח של נתניהו קרסה בלבנון ובאיראן, והובילה למשבר מול ארה"ב
ראש הממשלה מסרב להבין את מגבלות הכוח של ישראל וממשיך ב"אכיפה באש חזקה" מאז 7 באוקטובר. התעלמותו מיוזמות המשא ומתן והסירוב לכל פשרה השאירו את ישראל במצב ביטחוני רעוע אף יותר, כשהיא מבודדת ומוחלשת
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A photo of Werner Herzog with a speech bubble facing the quoted skeet.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/06/2026
The hit movie “Obsession” dramatizes a particular kind of Gen Z anxiety spiral, Emma Stefansky writes:
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‘Obsession’ Takes Gen Z’s Social Anxiety to the Extreme
Avoiding vulnerability comes with ghastly consequences.
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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Is European cinema capable of painting a sympathetic portrait of religious conservatives facing prejudice from zealous secular liberals? Yes! Says @arashtehran.bsky.social unherd.com/2026/06/can-...
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Liberalism's war on religious families
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I amped that I got to write about Cristian Mungiu's brilliant Fjord, my favorite film at Cannes. He bravely asks questions about liberal societies and what minorities we protect and which we scoff at. Please tell me what you think!
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Liberalism's war on religious families
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