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About Hazhir Teimourian

Hazhir Teimourian was born in Iranian Kurdistan, but has spent his adult life in Britain. He is a commentator on the Middle East and is currently working on a biography of the eleventh century Persian astronomer and freethinker Omar Khayyam.

Articles by Hazhir Teimourian

Sunday 12th January

Genocide and dirty hands

Hazhir Teimourian, 12 January 2003
It is 12 January 2003 and US president Bush has rallied his troops for what he calls “The first war of the 21st century”. What is your view of this crisis, where, briefly, do you stand? This is the question we are putting to people around the world, especially those with their own public reputation and following. Our aim, to help create a truly global debate all can identify with.
Wednesday 26th September

A new apartheid in the making?

Hazhir Teimourian, 26 September 2001
The long journey from the Kurdish mountains has taught this distinguished journalist painful lessons about the mismatch between Islam and democracy – and the pitfalls of multiculturalism.
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