From Iran today: Friday, October 16, 2009 Ripples in the Tide We went to a roller hockey game today. It was fun. And it was a thrill to be participating in a sport from outside the country. Both teams were pretty good and were trying out for spots on the national team. While the game was a lot [...]
Archive for November 3rd, 2009
From Iran today: Ripples in the Tide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 13 Aban, hockey game, Iran, iran election, Parenting, protest, uprising on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nov 2 “Down with America” Day Approaching (a.k.a. Student’s Day)
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged 13Aban, Iran, iran election, Orwell, Student Protests on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The title, sent to me by my Shiraz contact today, is sarcastic. There is no official Down with America Day in Iran. Nov 4 is Student’s Day. Traditionally, on Students Day, the Islamic Republic and supporters arrange school and street demonstrations, and incite Down with America chanting during those demostrations. This publicity stunt is fabricated [...]
Leave your story here, read another person's story here, and share the burden of this crazy experience.-
Top Posts
Topics
Learning to love our diversity
-
Contributors
-
seamorg
- From Iran Today: Thank you Mr. President
- March 16, 2010 Shiraz is ALIVE!!!
- March 15, 2010 Warnings against celebrating the fire festivities
- March 14, 2010 Let me Explain
- March 11, 2010 What do we do with all the graffiti?
- March 8, 2010 Chahar Shanbeh Soori is Getting Close – Let’s stamp it out!
- New letter from Iran: “Not much going on, but a lot going on”
- New letter from Iran:”. . . it had been hacked bt Iran Cyber Army, who had left a nasty little note for potential readers”
- New letter from Iran: “It is a nervous time”
- New letter from Iran: “What’s happening?”
-
spoonsun
- No posts
-
