Archive - 2008

No "Toxic" Shame - "Clean" Spirit

"Self Explanatory".

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دمکراسی تشریفاتی و مجلس فرمایشی هشتم!

با پیروزی قاطع محافظه کاران درانتخابات مجلس هشتم در ایران نگاه غرب به انتخابات سال آینده ریاست جمهوری در ایران معطوف خواهد شد >>>

Bad lending practices rooted in greed

How could a company promoted as a symbol of stability go down so fast? >>>

Iran's Morality Police scandal

Brigadier General Ali Reza Zarei - who was in charge of the program for the “moralisation” of women - now faces possible prosecution.

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Gol-e Goldoon-e Man

I love the words. Lyrics Farhad Sheybani. Music Fereydoun Shahbazian.>>>

Driving in Tehran (spontaneous!)

Two minutes video, on the 'spontaneous' driving skills in Tehran! >>>

Mirim o Mirim

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Swiss Cheese

A lot of gas >>>

Heritage on a store shelf

Tempers between the United States and Iran have flared over Iran’s nuclear program and its alleged intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many have wondered if the two countries would ever find common ground. However, several controversial rulings in the United States federal court have resulted in just that: the United States’ Justice and State Departments have momentarily put aside their differences with Iran in order to protect several thousand Iranian cultural artifacts. The current situation that has Iran and the United States temporarily burying the hatchet is a delicate and controversial issue>>>

Frankly, I do give a damn

British Iranian Darius Danesh has been cast as Rhett Butler in Trevor Nunn’s musical production of Margaret Mitchell’s classic novel, Gone With The Wind, which opens at the New London Theatre 22 April 2008, following previews from 4 April – booking (*) to 27 Sep 2008. He joins Jill Paice (Scarlett O'Hara), Madeleine Worrall (Melanie), and Edward Baker-Duly (Ashley Wilkes). Danesh was born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy. He then went on to study English and Philosophy at Edinburgh University. His father, Dr. Booth Danesh, is Iranian and his mother, Dr. Avril Danesh, is Scottish. He has two younger brothers; all three were named after Persian Kings.>>>

How the sun came to be

Long, long ago, before time began, before you or I were in the world yet, before your parent’s, parent’s parents were born, in the deep forest Foofoo, in the heart of New Zealand, there was quarrel between the lion, the zebra, the kangaroo, the elephant, and all the other animals in the deep forest Foofoo. It was all about the sun, they didn’t have on. Mind you, they didn’t even know what it was, until the lion declared: “Why can’t I see my beautiful feathers, it’s no good having no light.”>>>

Who is he?

Is he for real, or another hoot? >>>

No Fear and Bedrood Seyyed

Why fear the Seyyeds' selection process? Go away in peace.>>>

Interviews you cannot miss!

Interviews you cannot miss!

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