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Alex Shams

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Yacoub Shaheen, the Assyrian singer from Palestine taking Arab Idol by storm

  • Posted on February 17, 2017December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 3 minute read
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The Tourist’s Guide to Tehrangeles: Exploring the Capital of the Iranian Diaspora

  • Posted on August 10, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 12 minute read
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Syriac Churches and Sephardic Synagogues: The Urban Legacy of Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanism in Kerala

  • Posted on March 2, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 10 minute read
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Sacralizing a Shia Public Sphere: Muharram Commemorations Across Iran

  • Posted on December 1, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

  • Posted on November 12, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 9 minute read
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إيران “فارسية” ؟: تحديات الأسطورة الآرية والتعصب العرقي الفارسي

  • Posted on June 30, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
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Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric

  • Posted on April 14, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 7 minute read
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Urban Space and the Production of Gender in Modern Iran

  • Posted on February 23, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 15 minute read
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Palestinian Shared Worlds of Meaning, between George and Reuben

  • Posted on September 29, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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From Tehran to Newcastle: “I Am Nasrine” and the Politics of Telling Migrant Narratives

  • Posted on February 10, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
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