Archive - Jul 3, 2012

Interview on Dubai TV, talking about new cookbook 'Pomegranates & Roses: my Persian family recipes'

Book desciption: 'Pomegranates & Roses evokes the sensual, exotic pleasures of Persian flavours, using pomegranate seeds and juice, rose water and rose petals, fragrant herbs and spices>>>

4th of July in Canada

It is the 111th aniversary of world's largest covered bridge, which is located in Hartland, New Brunswick of Canada  >>>

Mojahedin's Moment

The annual congress of the Iranian resistance in Paris on June 23 was a spectacular event and described as a turning point by policy makers and Iranian affairs pundits. It confirmed several points. The unprecedented, massive turnout of 100,000-plus participants made it abundantly clear that the opposition the People's Mujahedin of Iran – also known as MEK, and the political coalition of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) led by Maryam Rajavi, enjoys widespread support among the Iranian Diaspora>>>

Nuclear War

If Israel carries through with its illegal threat of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities using the bunker busters America has sold it there is a strong possibility of radioactive contamination of millions of Iranians and fallout reaching Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. Iran's most likely response will be to fire GPS guided missiles aimed at Israel's nuclear facilities causing a similar outcome. In other words conventional weaponry will cause the same results as a nuclear bomb>>>

Iran's Green Movement: 3-year Anniversary

While the Green movement of 2009 appears to be relegated to history, there is unmistakable pressure being placed on Iranians these days>>>

Baladoor's Barriers

In Bahram Beyzaei’s shadow play, Jana and Baladoor, Jana is just one character among several who aids or battles the brave Baladoor in her quest to restore the primordial universe. So I wonder why Jana gets top billing in a play that’s really about the adventures of her sister, Baladoor. After all, The Epic of Gilgamesh or The Odyssey are aptly named after the character who is present in every scene in some way>>>

People Projects

CrowdFunding is a relatively new phenomena dating back to 1997 when a group or young people created a site for PeerToPeer lending. Friends would use a site to provide small loans to friends; for travel, emergency medical expenses etc. Other sites were used to gather funds to pay for rock bands to tour or record albums without help from record companies. Later, a few sites, again launched by young entrepreneurs, started CrowdFunding as an investment tool >>>

مادر بزرگ های گلشیفته فراهانی

فیلیپ راث یکی از بزرگ‌ترین نویسندگان معاصرامریکا، ۱۰ سال پیش رمان کوتاهی نوشته است که از بسیاری جهات می‌تواند بخشی از کشمکش‌های رفتاری ایران معاصردر باره عریان شدن گلشیفته فراهانی را پاسخگو باشد. رمان «جانور رو به احتضار»۱ ، در ظاهر، روایت ماجرایِ عشق یک استاد ۶۲ ساله ادبیات در یکی از دانشگاه‌های امریکا به دانشجوی ۲۴ ساله زیبا به نام کونسئلا است>>>

محمد امینی از شورای ملی مقاومت و شاهزاره رضا پهلوی می گوید

گفتگوی شهره عاصمی با محمد امینی پژوهشگر تاریخ در تلویزیون ایران ما >>>

He is Cuming, he is Cuming? maybe!

My English is so bad not even bother to spell check>>>