Archive - 2007

Persepolis to Represent FRANCE at Hollywood Oscars 2008

ITS OFFICIAL, Marjane Satrapi's animated film "Persepolis" co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud and produced by 2,4,7 Films that earned the Jury Prize at the 60th Annual Cannes International film festival this year will officially represent France at the upcoming Oscars in 2008. The CNC (CENTRE NATIONALE DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE) the commision whose members are named by France's Minister of Culture and Communication announced Monday the choice of Satrapi's film to represent France at the upcoming Oscars in Hollywood next year.

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گفتی سابقه‌ی فرهنگی چند ساله؟

حتمآ داستان آن بابا را شنیده‌اید که برای رسیدن به شهرت دست به هرکاری زد و چون نا موفق بود در آخر به سر چشمه رفت و دل سیری در آن کار خرابی کرد و نامی جاودان از خود باقی گذاشت! حکایت بعضی از احوالات ما نیز گویا همینگونه است٬ عرض می‌کنم چطور...

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What will you do after America destroys Iran?

TEHRAN, Iran -- What’s the connection between; the theft of the 2000 Gore-Bush election, Cheney’s secret meeting with oil executives, September 11th 2001, the invasion of Iraq, and plans for destroying Iran’s military defenses and setting it’s economy back 50 years? The connection is Peak Oil. If you have not figured this out and are still lost in your hatred for the mullahs, or still worshiping the Pahlavi’s, or are part of the Rajavi cult, then you are in for a very rude awakening.>>>

Got food?

Sunshine fills the living room of a deluxe apartment in sunny Santa Monica, California, as I sit here enjoying the remaining 4 days of my vacation. Watching ‘Mystic Pizza’ with Julia Roberts (Circa 1988), with occasional mysterious clicking sounds coming from what I presume to be the sink area. I’m hungry. I begin to think what I could whip-up using the few ingredients available in the home of a young, high-protein eating, married couple who tend to eat out a majority of the time….Not much to work with, I can tell you. Having been granted free reign over the kitchen by my generous hosts, I am allowed to do as I wish in their exquisite kitchen>>>

Charkh-o-Falak

The big Charkh-o-Falak was visible from our small kitchen window, where I would sit for hours during the long summer afternoons and evenings of Tehran in the 1980's. I watched the kids on the streets play soccer or just look at the Charkh-o-Falak, be lost in its magic, hoping that my Dad would come home any minute after work and take me there. I can still hear the happy screams of children who were riding the big Charkh-o-Falak. >>>

Persepolis Nominated for European Oscars !

Marjane Satrapi's Animated Movie Persepolis has been a Box Office Summer Hit in France with more than 1 Million viewers to date and Heads to the 2007 European Film Academy (EFA) and is a possible Contender to the American 80th Oscar Ceremonies in 2008... >>>

توجیه آپارتاید دینی ایران

آقای لاریجانی اگر زحمت زیادی نیست محبت بفرمائید و در پیشگاه اهل تحقیق و صاحبنظران و در فضای باز اینترنت نشان بدهید در کدامین برهه و کدام مورد بهائیان با "کسانی که با جان و مال مردم این سرزمین تعرض می کنند" "دوستی و مهربانی و عدم سخت گیری" نشان داده اند؟ در کدام زمان و مکان زنان بهائی در روابط جنسی متعدد "آزادانه" عمل کرده اند. آیا بی بند و باری جنسی و فساد اخلاقی بی سابقه کنونی ایران نتیجه سیاستگذاری و روشهای بهائی است یا آموزه های اسلامی؟ چرا پس از بیش از ربع قرن حکومت اسلامی فحشا و اعتیاد در ایران بی داد می کند>>>

She doubts!

She feels a butterfly in her stomach;

B-Complex doesn't fix it - her heart aches when she thinks of him!

She experiences anxiety and breathing hard;

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Polygamy; Iranian Style - in North America

I just got off the phone. It has happened again! It's not new anymore and I am not surprised! She dumped him since she decided she doesn't want to share him with another woman! Tough decision though as she likes him very much!It seems like a trend these days: Iranian men have lost their place, they don't have the role of a provider anymore, they don't have the power of a family man. They have lost their place in the society! Iranian men are confused! Those with money have found a way out: polygamy - Iranian Style!>>>

ا ز تهران تا تورنتو

با دستگیری ( عادل _ الف) 48 ساله ساکن تورنتو در فرودگاه پیرسون (1) به اتهام همراه داشتن و وارد کردن 8/3 کیلو گرم تریاک به کانادا یک پرونده دیگر به لیست قاچاقچیان تریا ک اضافه شد و بار دیگر وسوسه پولدار شدن سریع یک نفر را به زندان انداخت . د رهر حال از انجا که این دستگیری اولین مورد نبوده و آخرین ان هم نخواهد بود بهتر است که کمی به این پدیده خانمانسوز که راه خود را از شرق به غرب همراه عده کمی از مهاجرین ناخلف باز کرده است بپردازیم .
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Deception takes a higher IQ than honesty!!

Alan Turing in 1950 suggested thatwe can tell apart a computer from a human for the fact that a computer can not deceive us! So there seems to be a fundamental divergence atleast at the individual level between intelligence and morality?! To put it bluntly, being honest is morally difficult but intelligently easy!>>>

Worse than Islamic fundamentalism

Western governments, especially the US administration, must think many times before wishing for the annihilation of the Iranian Islamic government. Although the IRI is a relatively dangerous one it has not proved yet prepared to do anything serious other than annoying Israel. Such fundamentalist regimes are usually more in danger of implosion than being destroyed by an outside force, so time may just be enough to solve what is seen as an imminent threat. The same also happened with Communism, which was far more dangerous than Iranian Islamism. Many Iranians, and Westerners alike, hating the Islamic regime of Iran, for simply being Islamic, do not contemplate about what is going to replace it.>>>

Shab e Dovoum

Midoni bad az 8 sal eanja bodan baram neshanehai uon var ea hokme dige pida kardeh.bazie vaghta migam beza az daftarm raj bezanam harfae rou ke ta hala hichkas neshnedeh?! ama shayad na!! beza az ean be bad benvisam az ghablesh v az halash... >>>