Were the '70s a better time for the Middle East? https

Lebanon

Depends where. Iran, for example, had greater secularism under Pahlavi but was arguably still considerably oppressive and he was in fact a poor leader. He managed to piss off the clergy and the land owners, unwillingly giving momentum to Khomeini. Now days, the literacy has sky-rocketed in the region and there are more women in universities and the workforce than before....

Of course there is the regressive forced hijab, religious police etc. so I wouldn't consider that "better" but in some ways the country is better now. Many of ME countries have followed a similar path to Iran, because of an Islamic revival of sorts. But I actually believe the average Iranian has a better life than they would have in the Pahlavi era

t. ME-boo

>>70445814
Well, shit.

>>70445724
This is amazing
Thanks for posting

>>70446002
You're welcome, take some Iranian rock from the '60s too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khGZT3COUz8

>>70445724
This one sounds better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QL1JzeAjAs

>>70445724
that sounds like mix of arabic traditional music with American rock.

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>>70445914
>Now days, the literacy has sky-rocketed in the region and there are more women in universities and the workforce than before

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>>70445914
>He managed to piss off the clergy
You do know what "clergy" means in that part of the world, don't you?

>>70445724
They were the privileged class infected with the American way of life

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>>70445724

Everything was better. Even the style of the ter- hometown militia.

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>>70449139

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>>70446195
I've never listened the old one before
Thanks for posting
https://youtu.be/QpCChpdORKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT1K6yraySY
>>70446768
it is true tho.
t. was in iran this month
every girl i met between 20-30 were either enrolled in uni or were working

>>70451983
Arkadan yaklaşıp götlerini elledin mi?

>>70452015
güzel değiller qnq kafamın omuzlarımdan ayrılması risqine değmezdi :D