Archive - Oct 2007

Slept in a phone booth in Avignon

.. and it wasn't that bad!!

Impressions of the beautiful Provenza city and the excitement of having no hotel reservations!!!

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Feminine [Iran] Masculine

Short film about a woman bus driver in Iran

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Amnesty International petition letter to Khamenei

To sign the pettition to save Ali Mahin-Torabi from execution visit: //www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=335

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The eye of the tiger

This year's Cannes International Film Festival mesmerized viewers with a simple black & white animated French produced film by Iranian born Marjane Satrapi entitled Persepolis. Amidst an international selection of heavy weight feature films by such greats as Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar Wai or Gus Van Sant, an outspoken cosmopolitan duo (Iranian Marjane Satrapi and French Vincent Paronnaud) of first time directors seduced not only the Cannes Jury but also the audience with their astonishing movie, the theme of which, resonated not only with our Post Sept 11th troubled times, but was also a historical reminder of a nation's struggle to survive.>>>

Putting Green

Putin is financially handicapped. >>>

Sokoot

Just a few words thrown together, from the depths of a lost soul... >>>

Middle Eastern Super Power

One thing that no one can deny is the powerful international position of Iranian foreign policy makers that has made Iran an “Island of stability” in a very unstable region. While one cannot deny the role of the United States in making Iran a powerhouse in the region, yet the Iranian government has not sat quietly either. Many arguments can rise for the real reason behind the Islamic Republic actions in the world stage and the truth behind the Iranian policy makers to do what they are doing.>>>

We fell behind

We live at a critical juncture of Iran's history and as a nation we are facing critical challenges in foreign and domestic politics. Naturally there is not much room for philosophical contemplation at this time. Nonetheless I decided to take a critical view of one of the great Persian philosophers in order to provide a historical perspective for us as a nation so we can evaluate our strengths and weaknesses and don't become a victim of a naive pride.>>>

Urgent: Save Osanloo from loosing eyesight

Mansour Osanloo is loosing his eyesight while in prison. I urge everyone to read and follow through on this…Thanks Mehdi Amini

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Omidyar: "Participatory Media" This!

Participatory media is all about extending "power to the people", let me see if I can leverage this medium to get some information that is important to me to the attention of Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman of eBay, and likewise see if I can get a compelling response from him.

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در خدمت و خیانت زمانه

ما می گوییم سیاست زمانه بر پایه فرق نهادن میان کار ژورنالیستی و کار اکتیوبستی بنا نهاده شده.
Part 2 of Radio Zamaneh Director Mehdi Jami's reply to: This is Radio Teheran

 

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What can we contribute to the west ?!!

How to improve humanity ?? Is there someting we Persians can contribute to modern human ?

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The lone song

It was hot in the desert
a heat as sharp as the steel
of my financial defeat.

In the deep end of the bar
with sweats of alcohol
sticking my shirt to the seat >>>