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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bahram Moshiri on Hafez at the University of Texas at Austin

Bahram Moshiri’s talk on Hafez from October 9, 2011.

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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

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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.

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آفتاب در حال غروب است

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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

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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

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