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About Farid Pouya

461 posts · joined 2005-08-11

Farid Pouya, a Brussels based researcher & journalist, covers Iran & Afghanistan for Global Voices. He collaborates with different magazines such as WashingtonPrism.He has a MA in European Politics & Organizations and a postgraduate diploma in Management.

Farid has launched Bloglogue project to let bloggers & non bloggers discuss different subjects together. He has been a guest several times on the BBC's “World Have Your Say” programme.

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November 23rd, 2006

Shock and Tragedy in UCLA, Murder in Iran

A small portrait of the translator Farid Pouya · 13:49 · Middle East & North Africa
According to reports in the media, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, was repeatedly stunned with a taser and then taken into custody after he failed to exit the CLICC Lab at the Powell Library at UCLA in a timely manner. Community Service Officers had asked Tabatabainejad to leave after he ... 1 comment  · read »

November 22nd, 2006

Central Asia & Caucasus

Jafar Rezai in his blog, From West, introduces Fayz Muhammad Katib,a 19 century Afghan historian, to us. The blogger adds Robert D. McChesney, a well-respected professor at New York University fell in love with the books of Fayz Mohammad Katib, a historian from Afghanistan. Robert D. McChesney not only translates Katib’s book, Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad’s Account of the 1929 Uprising, but as director of The Afghanistan Digital Library, digitizes Katib’s 900 000 words.

November 20th, 2006

Middle East & North Africa , Eastern & Central Europe

Ardeshir Dolat talks about an Iranian refugee family living which has made its home an airport in Moscow. According to the blogger, the Russian authorities now want to deport the family to Iran - something that the family is convinced will be devastating to their lives and safety.You can watch the video of the mother describing their situation.

Central Asia & Caucasus

Afghan Lord says about the presence of drugs in country. The blogger quotes NewsMax site “Policemen in Afghanistan are not happy with their lives. The highest-ranking officer makes about $80 per month, and the Taliban pay better, one policeman tells me.Would he go fight with them? “They haven't asked me. But I have to survive. If they asked me I would,” he replies.

November 19th, 2006

Middle East & North Africa

Thanks to Iranian Truth we can watch UCLA students protest movement for Taser incident where Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, was repeatedly stunned with a Taser and then taken into custody when he did not exit the CLICC Lab in Powell Library in a timely manner..

November 17th, 2006

Middle East & North Africa

According to Iraniantruth, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, was repeatedly stunned with a Taser and then taken into custody when he did not exit the CLICC Lab in Powell Library in a timely manner. Community Service Officers had asked Tabatabainejad to leave after he failed to produce his BruinCard during a random check at around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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