Archive - 2009

Official websites for dead people

On how fans take the word "official" loosely in the persian community and similar problems when trying to have credible information from an artist from their own mouth.>>>

Mr. Mohajerani goes to Washington

Mohajerani did not mince words when it came to the nuts-and-bolts questions facing the opposition movement in Iran's ongoing internal crisis. He began by cautioning against haste and expectations for fast results. "The Green Movement is an opportunity for the Iranian people to define themselves on their own terms. The process requires time -- it's not a sprint, but a marathon." He warned that any act toward radicalization would spell "the death of the Green Movement," and stressed the need to preserve its non-violent nature.>>>

What would you do if you had U.S.$120,000,000 ?

Last night I found out that a Korean guy I knew back in the 90s had won a huge Mega Millions jack pot worth over $120M a couple of moths ago>>>

نهضت پرابهام

متأسفانه برخی ابهام این جریان را حسنش میشمرند و مدحش را میگویند، تحت این عنوان كه حركت را فراتر از جبهه گیری های معمول سیاسی قرار میدهد . یا چندصدایی بودنش را میستایند كه به هر سخن و فكری فرصت ابراز میدهد و هیچ گرایشی را از خود نمیراند. باید به آنها یادآوری كرد كه دمكراسی به سخن گفتن همگان میدان میدهد ولی خواست دمكراسی از میان همهمه زاده نمیشود و كلام روشن و محكم میخواهد>>>

Compared to Khamenei, Iraq's high clergy have such a refreshingly democratic attitude

Sistani, who outranks Khamenei as a cleric and is far better qualified to interpret Islam, has a 180-degree opposite view of who should have ultimate power in a state--the people or the clergy. >>>

Flowing from his bones

On Saturday, September 26th, I wandered into San Francisco’s gorgeous Palace of Fine Arts ten minutes late like any good Iranian. This was one time I regret coming even one minute late. Before my butt hit the red velour seat, my jaw fell down as I finally heard something I’ve been hunting for for years: the Iranian Jeff Buckley and his motley band of strings and drums that spanned the Old and New worlds with creativity, melancholy, and good ‘ol Iranian silliness. At intermission, while Fared was flocked by newfound fans to sign his CD>>>