Archive - Apr 2008

Iranian Student Group Fashion Show at UCLA

Bidar.tv will be broadcasting Iranian Student Group Fashion Show at UCLA on Friday, April 25, 2008.

Stay tuned for more updates... 

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Nostalgic bike

It just reminded me of the bikes we had in Iran with leather seat >>>

Video:"Naked Man"at Berlin Conference(Censored)

Man strips naked at Berlin Conference (April, 2000) to protest against the Iranian government. >>>

Who do you hate the most?

I always knew so well how to hate. I hated being a child and being ignored. I hated being a teen and waiting, wondering, doubting. I hated Shah, I hated Khomeini, I hated Saddam the way their ideological differences changed all of us for the worse. The way the war locked me in my room, listening to the silence, listening to the noise, missing joy or temerity, missing the light seeping through sheer curtains. I hated missing one small volume of space in time when opening my window or listening to loud music, or painting red on my bloodless lips and nails wouldn’t have been called an act of bravery>>>

Why fundamentalism...

Why fundamentalism prospers is a question that deserves to be examined by every Iranian.

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The Spider Killings (14)

When Roxanne finally got back to her hotel room, she realized something was amiss as soon as she entered. To a non-observant eye, the room looked just as she had left it: Her suitcase open in the corner with half the clothes still inside, unpacked; Her laptop open on her desk, with some papers and pens strewn around; and her handy coffee mug and ashtray full of cigarette butts still on the windowsill, her favorite spot in any room to have a quiet smoke. Roxanne looked around and she was sure that someone had been in her room. She could not put her finger on it but she just knew it was a fact. Had someone searched her room in her absence? Searched it looking for… what?>>>

نجات هويت از چنگ ايدئولوژی

باری، بنظر من می رسد که در بيشتر جوامع پيشامدرن، يا جوامعی که نيش مدرنيت را چشيده و از نوش آن محروم مانده اند، يکی از جدال های انديشگی در بين متفکران وابسته به گروه هائی که بر سر مدرنيت با يکديگر دارای تضاد عقيده و هدف هستند پيش از آنکه جنبهء سياسی داشته باشد، گاه حتی بی آنکه خود بدانند، به مسئلهء «هويت» بر می گردد که ظاهراً پديده ای فرهنگی است تا سياسی. در واقع، در صحنهء حيات سياسی و اجتماعی، هر گروه، ضمن انجام فعاليت های سياسی خود، داعيهء آن را نيز دارد که «مردم» دارای هويتی هستند که گروه مزبور بهترين معرف و مؤيد آن است. در عين حال، مبارزه گروه ها عليه يکديگر نيز، بجای اينکه مبارزه ای مبتنی بر «برنامه» باشد، کارش به مواضع فلسفی و فرهنگی آنان در مورد «هويت» می کشد. >>>

دموکراسی و تحزب

کتاب خاطرات مهندس زیرک زاده معرف تاریخ و فلسفه نهضت ملی است. او از تکان های شدیدی که نهضت مشروطیت به فرهنگ و زندگی مردم ایران داده بود آغاز می کند و مینویسد: "حرکت به اندازه ای شدید بود که امواج ضعیف و فرسوده آن باز هم سال ها بعد از خاموشی هسته مرکزی هنوز صدها کیومتر دورتر از مرکز جنبش، اثرات تکان دهنده و تحول انگیزی دارد" . "نه تنها من بلکه هر بچه ایرانی به مجردی که حرف زدن یاد می گرفت با اسم باقرخان و ستارخان آشنا می شد. اولین درسی که در مدرسه به او می دادند شرح انجمنها، کمیته ها، قرائت خانه ها و کتابخانه هائی بود که با خون دل مردم ایران تهیه می گردید و مبارزات و اقدامات رجل و سرداران مشروطیت سرلوحه تمام کتابهای درسی مدارس بود". >>>

Can it Be True?

Are Presidents elected or selected?>>>

Deadly blast strikes Iran mosque: Negligence or Terrorism?

Deadly blast strikes Iran mosque: Negligence or Terrorism?

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مال کجائی

به کجا میروی>>>

Obama's World

Obama era must go beyond religious divisions dangerously created by three decades of Islamism, reborn in Iran>>>

Nothing is sacred?!

This article from Steven Pinker Harvard professor of psychology says somethings are sacred but not necessarily what you would think or like it to be!!>>>

My "Love" - "Maryam"

"Self Explanatory".

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New Rule for People too Stupid to Know the Old Rules

Would someone light a bush on fire for me? >>>