PASSION
"Asoudeh" establishes Nikpay as the rare artist with both scholarly pedigree and musical originality
Hamed Nikpay speaks Farsi the way he plays his music: rapid staccato syllables held together by slow melodic interludes. Maybe this is why he favors the setar when he speaks his heart. The instrument comes to life at the flick of the index finger over the strings, followed by a trilled sustain detailing the life of the tone. Nikpay’s new CD album, All Is Calm (Asoudeh) seems to follow the emotional biography of a young artist sparked to life by a devastating early romance whose lament still haunts him in the sustain. In the first track, Deceit, (Fareeb), he sings “You bestowed kisses from my lover’s lips to the other man.” I ducked the temptation to ask Nikpay who she was and what happened. Instead we chatted a little about the man who penned those lyrics
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ای معلم نام و هم یادت به خیر
یاد درس آب و بابایت به خیر
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COOKERY
I seriously urge you to try the Irish stew
I took part in a UK based TV cookery show (The name of which, I sadly cannot repeat until it airs next year) But the idea is based on a group of strangers who each take turn to host and cook dinner for the group, often to hilarious and bitchy consequences. Each cook is scored for their efforts, by the other guests and the winner gets a prize at the end. It has a somewhat cult-status here in the UK and I can tell you that the whole process was a bizarre experience, indeed. A week of intense filming, Monday through Friday from 6pm-3am sometimes, leaves you absolutely exhausted as you have your normal day job to do also and so you are getting only 3 hours sleep each night! I wasn’t planning on even writing about this, but someone made me promise I would mention it… Although I did agree that only in the instance that I won, would I write about… and by some miracle I did actually win!
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STORY
If the coup had not succeeded, you would not be sitting in an American bar with a beautiful woman tonight
She was American really, but she became a little more Italian after each drink, not in terms of how she talked or acted, but in terms of how she wanted him to see her, and after their third round, he'd told her about how a lot of Iranians liked to think they looked like Italians, and he tried to tell her with the right combination of flirtatiousness and Western beauty standards critique. You don't have to lay your whole heart on the table in order to have a good time, he thought. Anyway there's no time when you lay your whole heart on the table, because that would suggest that you understand the whole thing. It was a very sound conclusion to reach after three gin-and-tonics. She was quiet for a moment and then she said, "I don't like the way they protest against Columbus when we have the Italian Day parade in North Beach."
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Afghan Author Atiq Rahimi wins France's Top Literary Prize for first Novel written in French.
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Orange County Health Care Agency has reported major violations at Caspian and Darya restaurants in southern California.
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‘Persepolis’ Vote Goes to Obama
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Reza Deghati French Iranian Photo Jourlalist publishes 100 photos for Freedom of Press. Available Online
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In 1979, a group of students held hostage 52 Americans who worked in the embassy in Tehran. The event left a negative impression of Iran around the world and deeply wounded the American psyche.
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ارتباط ایزدبانوان با آب به عنوان مظهر باروری و تولد در کنار گیاه که نماد بر آمدن از خاک و زنده شدن است در اساطیر مورد توجه قرار گرفته است....
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