Today my friend writes about the struggle in an Iranian school to get children to behave, sit still, memorize and stop “rebelling.” In the context of a repressive society like Iran’s, it’s easy to ridicule this behavior as forced captivity. But, before readers get self-righteous, look around your own world, and how the children [...]
Archive for October, 2009
From Iran today: “Wednesday, October 21, 2009 School Sucks! For kids and moms!”
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, tagged 4th grade, First day of school, home schooling, Iran update, school prayer, U.N. Charter for Children's Rights on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What Sunni Insurgency?
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, tagged 2009, green movement, Iran, Iraq, October 18, suicide-bomber, Sunni on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington Post reports that a suicide bomber attacked in Iran today, and that it was the “Sunni insurgency.” My first thought was that some one in the Associated Press must have mixed up their consonants, and they were talking IraQ, not IraN. Especially with this talk of Sunni insurgency: why are they using the [...]
Tips on anonymous blogging
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged anonymous blogging, filter-shekan, Iran on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Received some great advice today. A friend of a friend suggested the following, information which he got from non-profit called Tech Soup. I am not sure if the site is accessible in Iran: A Technical Guide to Anonymous Blogging When Sarah uses her Web browser to make a comment on the minister’s blog, the IP address [...]
10/13/2009 Run my dear . . .
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged Hafez, Iran on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hafez We have not come into this exquisite world to hold ourselves hostage from love Run my dear from anything that may not strengthen your precious, budding wings Run like hell my dear from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart For we have not come [...]
10/12/09 “If you ever wanted to know what it was like being a mom here [in Iran} . . . “
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, tagged Children, elementary school, Iran, life lessons, motherhood, preschool, teaching on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Iran today: Hey guys! If you ever wanted to know what it was like being a mom here …. well….Tuesday, October 06, 2009 The School Year Ahead. I haven’t watched the BBC [...]
Nobel Peace Prize: Americans be happy — IT IS FOR YOU, NOT YOUR PRESIDENT!
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Events Outside Iran, tagged iran election, Iran uprising, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama on October 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Overjoyed about Obama peace prize. People are up in arms about what he hasn’t done. But, exactly. What he hasn’t done is remarkable. Obama refuses to engage in the extremist posturing game. In fact, at a loss for a sufficient enemy, Ahmadinejad still invokes Bush during his speeches to rile the crowd. By not providing [...]
10/4/09 Puritan Oligarchy Comparison from Iran today
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, tagged Iran, Iran update, Puritan, Puritan Oligarchy on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Iran today: Hi all! I have almost finished a book that gives me deja vu when compared with todays events here [Iran]: The Puritan Oligarchy; The Founding of American Civilization by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker in 1947. The similarities are fascinating, the outcome is enlightening. It gives one hope.
10/2/2009 Looking for Dancers
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged breakdance, dance, entertainment, inspiration, Iran, news-junkie, political junkie, survival, urban, We are heros, Who We Are on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just posted an ad on the internet that says: Looking for Persian male or female Beat Boys, breakdancers, poppers, lockers, or Iranians who can do African or other ethnic dance for a new dance movement. Please email for more details and audition at: seamorg74million@gmail.com Why not? Youth should dance at the joy of existence [...]
10/1/2009 quotes from Iranians on the nuclear issue
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged iranian opinion, nuclear on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some quotes from a variety of Iranians on the nuclear issue here:
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