In 'Illegal' Traveller, Shahram Khosravi explores the issue of borders and border crossing in the era of globalization and transnationalism, analyzing how the nation-state system regulates movements of people. In doing so, he contends that freedom of mobility for some is only possible through the or[...]

With more than half its population under twenty years old, Iran is one of the world's most youthful nations. The Iranian state characterizes its youth population in two ways: as a homogeneous mass, "an army of twenty millions" devoted to the Revolution, and as alienated, inauthentic, Westernized con[...]

"Orienten" finns till stor del bara i de västliga betraktarnas ögon. På samma sätt ryms bortom det geografiska Sverige bilden av "Sverige". I orientalismens följd är det nödvändigt att även bekanta sig med occidentalismen, idéer och stereotyper om Väst.

Därför handlar denna [...]