I went scuba diving at the Balmorhea State Park in west Texas a few days ago, and I decided to celebrate the Persian new year with fishes underwater. I will upload some videos to youtube soon. Happy Nowruz!!
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Happy Nowruz 1388
March 20th, 2009 2 Comments
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The AP Stylebook dictates proper name usage for the Persian Gulf
March 4th, 2009 No Comments
The following is taken from the Associated Press’ Stylebook, which is a style and usage guide used on newspapers and in journalism classes in the United States. Use this long established name for the body of water off the southern coast of Iran. Some Arab nations call it Arabian gulf. Use Arabian Gulf only in [...]
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Al-Khwārizmī – Arab or Persian?
February 8th, 2009 No Comments
The printed edition of the Economist Magazine “The World in 2009” edition has an advertisement by Istithmar World, a Dubai (UAE) company that presents Al-Khwārizmī (Kharazmi in Persian) as an Arab mathematician. Al-Khwārizmī was a Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose important work includes the concepts of Algebra and Algorithm. Unfortunately Al-Khwārizmī was not Arab as [...]
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Punishing the Palestinians
January 20th, 2009 No Comments
What is going on in Gaza is what Bill Moyers called it earlier this month: ‘state terrorism.’ By Ralph Nader In the long sixty-year tortured history of the Palestinian expulsion from their lands, Congress has maintained that it is always the Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority, and now Hamas who are to blame for all hostilities [...]
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Fared Shafinury’s first music video
October 19th, 2008 No Comments
AriaNaz is the first video from Iranian singer-song-writer and setar player Fared Shafinury. Shafinury is a Texas born & raised Iranian-American musician based in Tehran. He blends classical Persian musical techniques with indie rock sensibilities. The music video was shot by only using the video function on a digital photographic camera.
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Groaning with bisotun, Kermanshah, Iran
June 29th, 2008 No Comments
A poem is being recited in laki (kurdish dialect) about the past glory of Iran to the Bisotun mountain in Kermanshah. Acompained by Shahram Nazeri’s Voice.
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Acoustic Cover of Khaleej-e Fars “Persian Gulf” by Ateen
December 12th, 2007 1 Comment
Persian Gulf for Ever!!!
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Dear Mr. President at the White House
December 7th, 2007 No Comments
I always wondered if there has been a live performance of Pink’s “Dear Mr. President” song. Apparently the Code Pink folks are on top of everything. The following video is of a Code Pink member singing it at the Moms For Peace rally earlier this year (March ’07) in front of the White House. The [...]
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Funny parody clips of Persian musician and singers
November 25th, 2007 No Comments
Silhouette and Leila Forouhar Shahram Nazeri Kamran and Hooman
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Reading of Bijan Taraghi’s poem: Poshte Panjare “Behind the Window”
November 16th, 2007 No Comments
Here is my reading of Bijan Taraghi’s poem Poshte Panjare or “Behind the Window.” Sina Najmai played the Sitar. This is a video from the 2007 Annual Persian Performing Arts Show (University of Texas at Austin)
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