Archive - Mar 2009

Pre-order Mansour's New Autographed CD

Janjaal is Mansour's highly anticipated album set to be released in March!>>>

ماتيز برقي

شليك گلوله رنگي از جانب پليس

چند روز پيش در ترافيك سنگيني گير كرده بودم و بعد از گذشت 15 دقيقه >>>

The BAYANI community of Iran

The survival of the Bayani community and its contribution to Iran >>>

Cursing Bahais is cursing Islam

How interesting it is to see that contradictions are boiling in Iran in all matters. Bahais are the largest religious minority in Iran with an official population of 300,000 members and many many more who have become Bahais but, for their own safety, have not registered. In other words, any individual who believes Bahaullah is the Manifestation of God for today and believes in all the other past religions and believes that the teachings that Bahaullah has brought to humanity are the healing message to the world is actually a Bahai>>>

The Tyranny of Dead Ideas

We Iranians are obsessed with many things; the healthier obsession is with our kids. We often brag about them stridently. We take pride in their success particularly in education and in their careers. We claim, for instance, that they earn more than we do. But do they really? Not according to Matt Miller, the author of a very intriguing book entitled The Tyranny of Dead Ideas. In this book, he explains how the current economic crisis has changed our collective perception of many axiomatic ideas that we have believed in for so long, albeit erroneously>>>

از شب و جیرجیرک ها و....

هزاران هزار
جیرجیرک ِ خواننده
حجم شب را می درند
و پوست قیرین و برّاق ِ آنرا
با ارکستر ِ صداهای خود
تا بی نهایت
جر می دهند >>>

Eminent Persians: Mahnaz Afkhami International Women's Conference in Mexico City (1975)

Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran Mahnaz Afkhami Represents Iran at International Women's Conference in Mexico City. (circa 1975)  >>>