It is our hope that Qbash becomes your go-to blog for all things related to the Middle East and other Muslim societies. With any luck qbash will bring out the 16th century militant Sufi mystic in you (in a peaceful way)! Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/theqizilTumblr (3.0; @qbash)http://qbash.tumblr.com/“History to have meaning has to repeat itself twice.” - Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Scholar,...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270418547http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270418547Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:57:31 -0500iranColumbia Universitygreen waveSpeaking right now is Shahla Talebi on the role of women and mothers in the Islamic Republic of...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270406406http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270406406Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:43:15 -0500Shahla TalebiColumbia Universitygreen waveAsef Bayat is currently speaking and has made some very interesting points regarding generational...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270391305http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270391305Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:26:00 -0500Columbia Universitygreen waveiranasef bayatHamid Dabashi just finished the opening remarks of the of the first panel at the Columbia conference...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270371499http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270371499Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:02:23 -0500iranColumbia Universitysipagreen waveGood morning everyone. We are live blogging from the “Iran after the Election”...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270360961http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/270360961Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:48:00 -0500iranColumbia UniversitySIPA“Hate is a dangerous force, and it is an injurious force, because it injures the object of...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/269572233http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/269572233Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:46:57 -0500democracy nowstuds terkelmartin luther kingNew Yorkers, mark your calendars for December 5th. In what looks to be the most important academic...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/238512233http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/238512233Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:00 -0500gary sickrichard bullietabdolkarim soroushhamid dabashicolumbia universityiran electionsmoussavithe green waveirannew yorkcolumbia universitySIPAnew york cityacademic conference<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrir6JypK1qzghjqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you happen to be in San Francisco and are pining for memories of Vali Asr Street and Tajrish you might want to swing by <a href="http://www.theintersection.org/index.php" target="_blank">Intersection for the Arts</a> in the Mission District where they currently are hosting an exhibition called “<a href="http://www.theintersection.org/calendar/index.php?op=view&id=1205" target="_blank">One Day a Collective Narrative of Iran</a>.”</p> <p>While you are there be sure to visit <a href="http://eltorosf.com/" target="_blank">El Toro Taqueria</a> for some bomb burritos and the occasional mariachi band.</p>http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/236386034http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/236386034Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:34:05 -0500contemporary iraniranian artcontemporary iranian artsan franciscotehranmodern tehranmission district san franciscomission districtthe missionOn the one hand, it is often best if the United States, Russia, England, France, the Greeks, the...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/233075894http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/233075894Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:36:18 -0500obamagreen waveiranmoussaviahmadinejadiranian election<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslerlY4Ii1qzghjqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Neither East nor West [but] the popular green wave! (13 Aban 1388)</p>http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/232980618http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/232980618Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:21:21 -0500iraniranian electionmoussavithe green wavePalestinian equal rights joins the progressive agenda on ‘The Daily Show’: Mondoweiss has got the...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/227138719http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/227138719Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:46:52 -0400It continues to amaze me that Jon Stewart, a comedian, has much more journalistic courage than just...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/227116848http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/227116848Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:00 -0400jon stewartmustafa barghoutiisraeli-palestinian conflictanna baltzermain stream mediaisraelpalestinethe daily showIn the old days of the show, Said and Omer could play together. But now, it seems the puppets have...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/225975923http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/225975923Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:23:23 -0400israeli-palestinian conflict,good morning saidgood morning omerPalestineisraeloccupationsesame streetshara'a simsim“We had heard that revolutions eat their own children, but his seems to be a case of...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/220672676http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/220672676Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:21:00 -0400hamid dabashimehdi karroubiirangreen waveMullahsiranian electionI still think ABC would be doing the country a better service if it simply were to do more reporting...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/219304361http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/219304361Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:50:58 -0400hijabtexasdiscriminationislamUS Muslim relationsreligious identityamerican identityFRONTLINE: Tehran Bureau: Brew haha: Israeli boycott of Turkish coffee won't hold water | PBS:...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/218287982http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/218287982Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:28 -0400“Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus, and there will have to...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/217237192http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/217237192Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:44:12 -0400revoultionary guards,nuclear negotationsseymour hershUS Iranian relationsiranunited statesforeign policyWhile some quarters of the Americans foreign policy apparatchik (and a sizable number of...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/216419106http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/216419106Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:09:00 -0400CIAJundallahiranmi6sistan-baluchistansuicide bombinggreen waveMousaviRevolutionary Guards“Israel’s only real crime is that it does not have an automatic majority in the...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/214704005http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/214704005Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:22:16 -0400goldstone reportIsrael-Palestine conflictUnited StatesUnited NationsNetanyahu“It is likely that Iran, Syria and their Islamist allies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the...http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/212030060http://qbash.tumblr.com/post/212030060Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:22:07 -0400