LIFE

You get what you give

You get what you give

Photo essay: This is ME! Welcome!

by Toktam Tayefeh
26-Apr-2010 (10 comments)

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Majid Tavakoly:

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

Four Months in Detention Without Access to Lawyer or Visitation With Family

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
26-Apr-2010
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What about Kiarostami's "Close Up" ?

Darius Kadivar

Iran bans foreign names for national movies

Mehr News Agency via payvand
recommended by Darius Kadivar
26-Apr-2010
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Iran's Friar Tuck Calls for More Demonstations

Darius Kadivar

Karrubi Calls Ahmadinejad 'A Calamity,' Says Opposition Will Protest On Election Anniversary

RFE/RL via payvand / Golnaz Esfandiari
recommended by Darius Kadivar
26-Apr-2010
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Flying Solo
26-Apr-2010 (5 comments)
A green thumb, a generous heart, a playful soul >>>

POETRY

Solo About Town

Solo About Town

Photo Essay: Installment # II

by Flying Solo
26-Apr-2010

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TRAVELER

Kolkata

Kolkata

Photo essay: The City of Joy and Protest

by Keyvan Tabari
26-Apr-2010

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GREENS

The Question of Violence

It’s sad how many leftists have fallen for this vile distortion

26-Apr-2010 (7 comments)
If Iran’s Green movement has a godfather, the Iranian religious thinker Abdulkarim Soroush recently said, it is Gandhi: “We are insisting adamantly that democratic, nonviolent change is at the heart of this movement.” Echoing Soroush, the Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo has called the post-June 12 period “a Gandhian moment in Iran.” “Iranian public discourse has changed by drinking deeply from the well of nonviolence,” he observes, pointing to parallels “between the civil disobedience movement in today’s Iran and successful nonviolent movements led by Gandhi in South Africa and in India.”>>>
Was Rosie
26-Apr-2010 (55 comments)
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TRAVELER

The City of Joy and Protest

Kolkata: birthplace of the intellectual and cultural resurgence of modern India

26-Apr-2010 (2 comments)
In the evening that I arrived in Kolkata, the musician A.R. Rahman was giving a concert in the city’s Salt Lake Stadium. “He is our double Oscar winner,” the receptionist at my hotel said with obvious pride. “More than one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the concert.” Dubbed India’s Mozart, the multi-talented Rahman excels in Hindustani and Carnatic music, as well as Western classics. Presently, the din of another kind of music attracted me to a night club on the other side of the lobby>>>

IDEAS

Art for Free

How much is music worth for the average Iranian?

26-Apr-2010
what music or musicians are worth for people! And in specific; for Iranians! Are Iranians art lovers or are they art owners? In order to answer this question, let’s study the generations. The generation that has grown up with Internet and is familiar with the accessibility it brought with itself, is generally unfamiliar with the concept of paying for music. It is not only not paying attitude for music that is important but also the culture this generation brought with itself>>>

POETRY

For What Good is Life
26-Apr-2010
Conscience seared,
Innocence lost,
Manhood morphed,
Into the brute force,
Of a soldier ready,
And willing,
To kill,
Upon command >>>
Darius Kadivar
26-Apr-2010 (5 comments)
Nazanin Afshin Jam has been Independantly struggling for Human Rights and Democracy over the years. Could she be the ideal Goodwill Ambassador who could bridge Iranians at large towards more Solidarity beyond Political Affiliation?   >>>

Have you tried Burkina Faso?

Majid Zahrai

Iran seeks to woo foreign money as sanctions loom

Reuters / Fredrik Dahl
recommended by Majid Zahrai
26-Apr-2010
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"Obama may be maneuvered into attacks on Iran"

Majid Zahrai

The slippery slope to strikes on Iran

Politico / FLYNT LEVERETT & HILLARY MANN LEVERETT
recommended by Majid Zahrai
26-Apr-2010
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