Posted in Machiavellianism, Meet and Greet, Norouz on Apr 5th, 2010 7 Comments »
The delegates of the coalition of reformist parties – the Imam Khomeini Line – met with Mir Hossein Mousavi and Rafsanjani today. The Rafsanjani visit is translated below (crossposted at Khordaad88). The Mousavi visit will follow soon on Khordaad88. ————————- In continuing their new year visits, the delegates of the coalition of reformist parties, the [...]
Posted in Democrafascism, madreseh, Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics, Sizdah Bedar on Apr 1st, 2010 18 Comments »
I wrote about Sizdah Bedar earlier. Literally, ‘Sizdah Bedar’ translates to “getting rid of the thirteenth” or, “get out [outside] on the thirteenth”. It is the 13th day of the new year, and the last day of the celebrations. The point is to be “outside” with family, in nature, in parks, near rivers, flowing water. [...]
Posted in Dictateur Sanguinaire, Norouz on Mar 31st, 2010 5 Comments »
This is one of the best Ahmadinejad videos I’ve ever seen. You see Ahmadinejad giving his Norouz message, going on and on about how free and fair and exemplary the June 2009 elections were … the music you hear in the end is the music we play for new year. I don’t think I’ve ever [...]
Posted in code smell, Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 31st, 2010 6 Comments »
Sign says: “Men’s Toilets” ——————————- First of all, though it is a state news agency, I would like to thank Mehr photographers for being my eyes and ears into Iran – they capture so much of what I see and hear and notice everyday. …….. I write a lot about my native province of ♥Khuzestan♥ [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Iranian Rose Garden, Norouz on Mar 25th, 2010 7 Comments »
Symbols are the key. They have always been for us as Iranians, and with the birth of the green movement, our symbols have thrived. I’ve spent so long looking at this photo of Sohrab Arabi’s mother, because in this one photo, there are so many symbols to look at, there’s so much that might at [...]
Posted in Dictateur Sanguinaire, Meet and Greet, Norouz on Mar 23rd, 2010 5 Comments »
Abbas Amir Entezam was the spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister in the Interim Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979 and later served as the ambassador to Sweden. He has been in and out of prison since 1980, on charges of “efforts to topple the Assembly of Experts, undermine the supreme leader, transfer classified information to [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 19th, 2010 16 Comments »
Happy New Year! Edydetoon Mobarak! I hope this will be a year – with just a bit – of calm, tranquility, peace … for all, but most especially for the Ahmad Zeydabadis and Masoud Bastanis who were not released from prison for Norouz, who were not even permitted a short time with their families for [...]
Posted in Galadriel, Norouz, Serious A** Kicking on Mar 18th, 2010 10 Comments »
2006 – Zahra Rahnavard stands before a painting in her exhibition. ————————————— I was always uncomfortable with the Zahra Rahnavard/Michelle Obama comparisons that were prevalent during campaign season. I found them quite derogatory and belittling of Rahnavard, as I find the position of “first lady” quite an archaic institution all together. I don’t see what [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 18th, 2010 5 Comments »
One other very important sign of the new year I’ve neglected to mention before: the special Norouz issue of reformist newspapers which are published as a special issue magazine and span hundreds of pages. It all began with the first reformist newspaper, Jame-e [Society] and their special Norouz magazine in 1997, in the first year [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Heroes, Norouz on Mar 16th, 2010 5 Comments »
Sir: garlic, Serkeh: vinegar, Sib: apple, Samanoo: wheat pudding, Somagh: sumac, Senjed: the dried fruit of the oleaster tree, Sabzeh: lentil sprouts … These are the seven items we place on the Haft Seen [literally translates to the "seven S's"] for our new year. The blogger at A Chaotic Mind has written a beautiful poem [...]
Posted in Digory Kirke, GREEN, Norouz on Mar 16th, 2010 8 Comments »
. .. And oh what a year it has been. Looking back, I’m sure many of us are grateful Mousavi never became president. In less than a year, he has risen to a place where no president in our recent history ever has, and garnered the respect of millions of Iranians. This is not undying [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 15th, 2010 1 Comment »
The scent of new year (Norouz) is everywhere. That hint of green on a tree you pass by everyday to school, the weather becoming just a tad bit less brutal, a peculiarly clean house, the product of our spring cleaning efforts. Unlike many celebrations, it does not “belong” to only one particular group, or religion, [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 8th, 2010 5 Comments »
The Iranian New Year is called Norouz [New Day]. So besides the regular spring cleaning, carpet washing and new year shopping, families try to “new” everything. If we ever needed anything for our house, furniture, appliances, etc, unless it was badly needed, my parents would prefer to change that item near Norouz, so it would, [...]
Posted in Chahrshanbeh Suri, Norouz, Sizdah Bedar on Feb 18th, 2010 4 Comments »
The Iranian new year, Norouz [New Day] is just around the corner, and for some reason, this year, I don’t feel the excitement, that heartfelt anticipation that I’ve known every single year of my life. That is in part because this Norouz too, I will be away from home. From the orchards of Khuzestan, from [...]