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Nader Rahimi
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Nader Rahimi is a scientist, poet, translator, professor, and political activist. He is the author of Songs of Being and translator of The Scarlet Stone and Other Poems by the celebrated Persian poet Siavash Kasrai. His third collection of poetry, Water Lily Kingdom, is the winner of Moonstone Press’s 2025 Chapbook Contest. His other writings and translations appear in numerous anthologies from Moonstone Press anthologies and in Parsagon: The Persian Literature Review.
Recent Articles by Author
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From the People’s Game to a Global Commodity: Capitalism and the Transformation of Soccer
Soccer was once known as “the people’s sport.” It required little equipment, could be played almost anywhere, and belonged as much to factory workers and neighborhood children as to professional athletes. For generations, it symbolized community, accessibility, and collective identity. In the…
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From Pillar to Pariah: How America Turned Its Cold War Ally Iran into a Long-Term Adversary
For decades, Washington has told itself a reassuring story about Iran. The conflict, according to the conventional narrative, began in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution, the hostage crisis, and the rise of an anti-American theocracy determined to challenge the United States and its allies.It is a…
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The Violence We Normalize: The Moral Contradiction of Industrial Meat Consumption
Modern societies often define themselves through a commitment to reducing unnecessary violence. Across law, culture, and moral discourse, the killing of humans is treated as one of the most serious ethical violations. Yet at the same time, these same societies rely on systems that produce and…
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America’s Suez Moment in the Middle East
While many observers and critics describe the current confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran as a quagmire, stalemate, or even a “new Vietnam” for the United States, the crisis may be better understood through a different historical analogy: the 1956 Suez Crisis. The Suez…