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| Screen capture from the first page of Global Voices website ( as of 23.July.2013) |
Here is a piece I wrote on the Iranian film maker, Mohsen Makhbaf's recent participation in Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) that started a heated debate among Iranians.
NOTE: Although, journalistically, I tried to give voice to both sides of the conversation in the abovementioned report, personally I was among the proponents of a dialogue between the civil societies of both nations in which capacity I see Makhmalbaf's trip as a constructive measure.
Here is a debate [fa] between Nargess Tavassolian who supported Makhmalbaf's participation in JFF with Sadra Shahab, who signed the open letter criticising the director:
