EQUALITY
New crackdown on women's activists
While the global community marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a year long celebration of “Dignity and Justice for All “ there is neither dignity nor rights or justice for women in Iran. On June 12th for the occasion of the third anniversary of National Day of Solidarity of Iranian Women, nine women's rights activists were arrested outside of the Rahe Abrisham (Silk Road) Gallery just prior to a small, peaceful assembly planned to commemorate the day. Aida Saadat, Nahid Mirhaj, Nafiseh Azad, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Jelve Javaheri, Jila Baniyagoub, Sarah Loghmani, Farideh Ghaeb, were arrested by Tehran security police along with photographer and reporter Aliyeh Mohtalebzadeh.
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DIET
I have now begun my 6th week of dieting and haven’t cheated even once, yet...
My bid to pour myself into a suitably va-va-voom “Knock-em-dead” party dress for an event this summer, continues unphazed. “I’ll show him” I think… “Him” is the dreaded Ex… Breaker of hearts, king of all tale-tellers and my sole reason (initially) for embarking on a diet… In the unrealistic hope of showing him what he is missing. Fully aware that my motivation is pathetic, predictable and the embodiment of Bridget Jones herself, I carry on regardless in a flurry of blind idiocy… Although I still hold one small pearl of wisdom that I find comforting and that is that no matter what impression I leave with The Ex, when all is said and done, it is myself I am doing this for now and no one else
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LIFE
“I was wondering what happens to the money that is collected for tomatoes that we don’t get to eat?”
The other day I went to one of those places that make burgers in a hurry, to order a cheeseburger meal. I don’t want to mention their name because I don’t want to be liable for defamation, but this place in one of those In and Out places that are really fast. I noticed they had a signed posted at the cash register that they are not using any tomatoes in their burgers as a precaution because of the FDA tomato recall (even though their tomatoes were not from any of the suspected areas in question). After I made my order I noticed the price of my meal without tomatoes was exactly the same as ever before. I asked the cashier if I was entitled to a reduced price since I was not getting any tomatoes
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19th International Annual Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation Presents a Talk by Partow Nooriala: Necessity of Shattering the Traditional Images of Women in Cinema
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IRAN
Photo essay: Life in Iran as told by former Los Angeles resident
by LA Girl
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After the Soccer game between Foolad Ahvaz and Payam Khorasan, the Ahvazi crowd entered the field and began to fight, notably with former Iranian superstar Khodadad Azizi.
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This documentary is essential viewing and brilliantly exposes the Israeli apartheid wall/illegal land grab for what it is
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It's nobody's business who you love, have sex with or marry. Beh maa cheh? What's the harm to society? Absolutely none
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Presenting the final version of "Voices for Peace," a public service announcement featuring fifty Iranian Americans
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