Archive - Apr 5, 2009

Renaissance Painting: Doge of Venice Receives The Persian Ambassadors (1574)

Doge Marino Grimani Receiving the Persian Ambassadors of Shah Abbas The Great of Persia in a Painting by Carletto and Gabriele Caliari is exposed in the Sala delle Quattro Porte in the Doge's Palace (circa 1574) >>>

MON CINEMA: Gary Cooper Seduces the Future Queen of Persia (1938)

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) is a Classic Hollywood Depiction of the Life and Times of Venitian Merchant Marco Polo and his travels through the Silk Road. In this scene he falls in love with a Chinese Princess Promised to the King of Persia to his dismay ... >>>

Persians of Africa ... Love chocolate

Why do Persians of Africa dance? >>>

Picture of the day - Amsterdam bikes

Each city has its own distinction. With Amsterdam it is the world of Canals, bikes, flowers and tall, slim people and tall, slim houses. >>>

شکنجــه

احمد باطبی

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So, are you white?

IAAB Conference in Berkeley.>>>