-
Archives
- March 2013
- July 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- September 2011
- July 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
-
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Happy Nowruz 1392
Happy Nowruz 1392! As we say in Persian: “هر روزتان نوروز ، نوروزتان پیروز” (May every day of yours be a new year, and your New Years a successful one). Here is a good introductory video explaining what is Nowruz … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Concept of Tarof, an Iranian tradition
This is a short video describing the concept of Tarof, the Persian form of etiquette to people who may not be familiar with it. As you can see in the video, it can be slightly extreme, and can sometimes get … Continue reading
Scuba Diving with Bull Sharks of Playa Del Carmen
This is the rough cut of the bull shark video. The videos in this clip were shot in three different cameras, which should explain different resolution qualities you see here. This was a one tank dive that is literally right … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Spider Cave at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park
In the summer of 2011 I got visit Carlsbad National Cavern’s Spider Cave. I didn’t include clips from outside of the cave which might reveal the cave’s exact location to the public per National Park Service’s request. The cave is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Bahram Moshiri on Hafez at the University of Texas at Austin
Bahram Moshiri’s talk on Hafez from October 9, 2011.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Turbulent by Shirin Neshat
In Turbulent, Neshat’s 1998 two-screen video installation, two singers (Shoja Azari playing the role of the male, and Iranian Vocalist and composer Sussan Deyhim as the female) create a powerful musical metaphor for the complexity of gender roles and cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
سوال: چرا کوهنوردی می کنیم؟
من خودم به شخصه 100 ها بار مثل گوسفند، سرم را انداخته بودم پایین و رفته بودم کوه، ولی اصلاً نمی دانستم چرا کوهنوردی می کنم.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
License Plate Vigilante
The other day while I was walking back to my car in front of the Texas Capitol building, I noticed a middle aged white guy in a suit and tie looking at the car. By the time I got there … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Foreign Terrorist Organization, MEK, Operating in US
Recipients President Barack Obama Sen. John Cornyn Rep. Mike McCaul & Lloyd Doggett Secretary Janet A. Napolitano Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton I am deeply concerned by the unprecedented and possibly illegal campaign of political … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment