JAN JANRAY aka Jalal Jonroy
05-Mar-2008 (one comment)
Celebrate Norouz with Shiva Rose at David & Layla premiere, San Francisco. 7:00 PM Saturday March 8 at Sundance Cinemas>>>
SCE Campaign
05-Mar-2008

A video Clip prepared by Amnesty International to Stop Child Executions:

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MaryamTabrizi
05-Mar-2008 (4 comments)

Coache Team Melli speaking on Iranian TV

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STORY

The Spider Killings (6)

Ramin knew this was the work of one man

05-Mar-2008
The opium was already starting to lift Ramin up onto a sensual, cottony cloud when he was suddenly yanked back violently to earth. Mandana’ smiling, rosy face had morphed into that of an eye-less, decaying Fati. Fati, the seventh victim. Fati, poor Fati. She was not anonymous anymore. She had been a wife, a mother. Her son, Babak, had stood there staring at Ramin with hate, telling him he was a liar, that his mother was not dead, that she was waiting for him at Kuh Sangi Park. But Fati was dead, and it was up to Ramin to find who had killed her, and the others. Some among his force were already nicknaming her murderer the Spider Killer. A fitting name>>>

NOMADS

Journey to Bakhtiari country

Journey to Bakhtiari country

Photo essay

by Mark en Marianne
05-Mar-2008 (19 comments)

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ART

Metal master

Metal master

Ghalamzani

by Mohammad Sarraf
05-Mar-2008 (5 comments)

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Anonymouse
05-Mar-2008 (14 comments)
Let's go to khastegaree for Hajiagha. >>>

EMIGRANT

Law of my life

Accent is part of my former identity from which I can and should never escape

05-Mar-2008 (21 comments)
I always consider coming to America and experiencing the life in a foreign country as one of the major turning points of my life during which I matured quickly and learned how to manage my living personally. When I first came here, I was facing a lot of difficulties with the issues like language, cultural distinctions, Americans’ prejudice against Middle Easterners, and separation from my life. At first I dealt with a miserable sense of alienation and social rejection mainly because of my accent. I considered myself lower of the class compared to the native born Americans, and sometimes I was even afraid to talk because I was afraid of mispronouncing the words which, I thought, would make other people laugh at me>>>

RIGHTS

Disrupting discourse

Chaos at Amnesty event, NIAC responds

05-Mar-2008 (117 comments)
On February 22, Amnesty International hosted a panel presentation and discussion titled, "Human Rights in Iran: How to Move Forward," in Beverly Hills, California. The event was disrupted by Mohammad Parvin’s MEHR-Iran organization, various monarchist factions, and members of the outlawed Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK); and was cancelled after the opening remarks. The Amnesty event featured four Iran specialists (including National Iranian American Council President, Trita Parsi), and was organized to highlight Iran’s abysmal human rights record. Amnesty International organizers hoped to use this event to initiate talks with the Iranian-American community in Southern California about Iran’s human rights situation>>>

PEACE

Passionate believer in dialogue

Alikhani was especially keen to see rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran

05-Mar-2008
HOSSEIN Alikhani, an Iranian-born citizen of Cyprus who was a committed advocate of dialogue between civilisations, passed away this week after a long illness. He was 63. Alikhani was a successful businessman whose Nicosia company dealt in oilfield equipment. But he was best known as a passionate believer in the necessity for improved understanding between the peoples of the world, and in particular between Muslim countries and the West. To further this goal, he established in 1995 the Centre for World Dialogue, an independent, non-profit research institution that publishes a quarterly journal, Global Dialogue, and has hosted in Cyprus a series of international conferences>>>
Mohammad Ala
05-Mar-2008 (10 comments)
We must value and preserve our heritage. >>>
Abarmard
05-Mar-2008 (7 comments)
An ideology can cover nationalism but not patriotism. >>>
Shaer
05-Mar-2008 (3 comments)

"Self Explanatory".

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sepideh
05-Mar-2008 (2 comments)
Taking a look at Kevin Kelly's article on the 1,000 True Fans concept, and wondering if it works for our community. >>>