It is almost 5 years I have left Iran. During last years, a new generation of young musicians has been emerged which is very talented and I like almost everything I hear from them. Ironically, compare to all those L.A. musics that have been produced without any Islamic restrictions rarely you can find something interesting […]
Due to heavy censorship in Iran, there are many books each year that don’t get approval to be published (Yes, you need to get approval on content from authorities to publish your book and just market demand is not enough to publish a book). So, recently, there was an exhibition in Tehran of books […]
Not only would a foreign invasion of Iran vitiate popular support for human rights activism, but by destroying civilian lives, institutions and infrastructure, war would also usher in chaos and instability. Respect for human rights is likely to be among the first casualties.
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Source: NYTimes
Bush keeps telling that he wants to liberate Iran and Iranian people. I am wondering why he doesn’t pay any attention to Chinese people?! Or Russian? Or billions of poor people in Africa? They are hungry and suffering from aids. They even don’t want freedom or liberty. They are simply hungry and dying of HIV. […]
For those who want to hear persian music by masters, Alizadeh, Kalhor and Shajarian are coming to Toronto.
Shajarian was my first favorite singer and it took me almost 10 years to understand Alizadeh: His majic in music and his infinite creativity. Kalhor which was a part of Silk Road Project is very well […]
Talking about war against Iran is on media everyday. Almost any single article in newspapers or interviews are talking about it. An analyst says bush and his administration are dead to do that and change the Middle East structure (From Afghanistan to Lebanon and Saudi Arabia). It’s very hard to hear all of these and […]
Hardliners in Iran are struggling with Internet and trying to ban or restrict people from getting access to it; it’s stupid but they even try to ban Yahoo messenger or Orkut! On the other hand some American service providers warn Iranian clients to reject them time to time. For example Planet had just fired […]