The Nahmias Cipher Report

Reblogged from Independent Ethos: It’s a marvel what one learns about filmmaking while watching the anti-film This is Not a Film. In 2010, acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was confined to his condo in Tehran under house arrest as part of his punishment for intending to make a film deemed subversive by the state. During his [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:49 PM EDT, 23 May 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain — The call for democracy that began during Bahrain’s Arab Spring has fomented into a full-scale revolution in response to the ruling Sunni monarchy’s persistence in maintaining power by refusing to acquiesce to Bahraini citizens’ demands for democratic elections. External human rights [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:57 PM EDT, 18 April 2012 OSLO, Norway – Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing Norwegian fanatic has proudly admitted to killing 77 people on 22 July 2011. His trial started on Tuesday with his declaration to the court that he did not recognize their authority to judge him. He has [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 10:04 AM EDT, 26 March 2012 NEW DELHI, India – Three years ago, on 13 April 2009, Shri M. Hamid Ansari, the current Vice President of India, released a book titled, “Challenges and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy” authored by Ambassador Rajiv Sikri of the International Institute for Strategic Studies [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:09 PM EDT, 19 March 2012 UNITED STATES – When people think of Jews, the general consensus is that the community is monolithic and closed, and that all Jews unilaterally support the State of Israel and its policies. As one of our readers reminded us, Jon Stewart, who is Jewish, [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:31 PM EDT, 18 March 2012 MOROCCO – On Saturday, 17 March 2011, thousands of people around the world awoke to the horror of the suicide of a young girl who had been forced to marry her rapist. Her rapist was given the option of marrying the girl under Article [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:24 PM EDT, 16 March 2012 AMBOHIMIRARY, Madagascar — When people think of dancing with the dead, they usually picture the New Orleans Carnival pre-Hurricane Katrina. Carnival in that city was an admixture of ghosts, ghouls, scantily clad women and men dancing through aged alleys full of shops selling haints, [...]

Reblogged from The Case Against Intactivism: I have two blog posts planned for the night.  I think I’ll go ahead and start on one of the most ridiculous claims put forth by intactivists.  One that’s roundly mocked by pretty much anyone with two braincells to rub together. There’s an oft-posted blog about  a baby girl [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:06 PM EDT, 4 February 2012 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Muammar Gaddafi‘s daughter, Aisha Gaddafi‘s petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of her brother was rejected on Thursday, 23 January. The son of the former President is awaiting trial in Libya on rape and murder charges. Saif al-Islam [...]