Hamid Dabashi
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Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian-American academic who holds the Hagop Kevorkian Professorship of Iranian studies and Comparative literature at Columbia University in New York City. Since 2020, he has serv
Dabashi at "Fall for the Book" festival, 2013
Kingdom of Heaven (film)
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Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It features an ensemble cast including Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, D
Hamid Dabashi
…An Iranian Childhood: Rethinking History and Memory (2023). Dabashi was consulted by Ridley Scott for Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Scott claimed his film was approved and verified by Dabashi: "I showed the film to one very important Muslim in New York, a lecturer from…
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Director Ridley Scott in 2005