Princess

Love Crimes of Kabul

A film by Tanaz Eshagian >>>

When you come this way

TS Eliot's Little Gidding >>>

Kabul Bank Shooting in Jalalabad

This is one of the most shocking things I have ever seen. This is the video of the attacked to the Kabul Bank in Jalalabad a few days ago. The official count of the dead is 40, unofficially up to 75 people>>>

Aimee Mullins: My Super Powers

Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs>>>

Amiee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity

How my legs give me super powers >>>

Our very own special version of Godwin's Law

Godwin's Law amended specially for Iranian.com >>>

We should not be reluctant to assert the superiority of Western values

This is a debate definitely worth watching if you manage to carve out the time. I think this particular debate topic is very relevant to the issues discussed on this site>>>

Kabul Diaries: at the ministry of interior

The final of this series. >>>

Kabul Diaries: an honorary man

On the night of the delicious Indian feast, Ben showed up to dinner dressed up in an elegant sharwar kameez, a well-crafted waistcoat and a pakol. I had never been a fan of sharwar kameez, but this looked really good >>>

Kabul Diaries: lost in translation

The challenges of communicating in Farsi and Dari.>>>

Kabul Diaries: conversation with an ex-soldier

The drive back from the old city always took a lot longer in the evenings because of the traffic jam. The high number of vehicles, drivers who tried to turn two lane streets into a four lanes by sheer force >>>

Kabul Diaries: Istalif Walk II

By the time we reached Rafi, the caretaker and his companion had taken off. After a few minutes, we saw a woman in a flowery chador  with a man and a donkey coming towards us in the opposite direction>>>

Kabul Diaries: Istalif Walk I

The next morning, a colleague, Sara, and I set out at 7.30 to go Istalif, a village located about 18 miles northwest of Kabul and known for its handmade glazed potteries>>>

Kabul Diaries: friday hamam

The whisky sours of the previous night, my jet-lag and probably the overexertion of my senses during the previous week in Afghanistan, made me sleep in well into Friday. >>>

Kabul Diaries: the bar

My alarm was set for 5:45 AM so that I would be ready to for 6:45 when we all would be driven to work.>>>