Aw common Time magazine, how you gonna do us like this? So, there was this huge effort to get the Iranian protesters to be Time magazine’s people of the year. One of the only rewards we have for standing up to brutal oppression is international encouragement or at the least acknowledgement. By not supporting the [...]
Archive for December 17th, 2009
Time magazine: Ben over Neda
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ben Bernake, green movement, Iran, Neda Soltan, Person of the Year, Struggle, Time on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saadi on gooze (passing gas) and the human condition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fart, Gooze, hope, Iran, Obama, Saadi, Shiraz on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A friend and Saadi scholar sent me the following translation today: “A noble man had some gas in his stomach. He could not hold it any longer, so he let it out. He said, ‘Friends, what just took place was out of my control; I did not mean to do it. Grant me this sin. It [...]
Fabulous summary of how Iranians “Bend it like Bekham”
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This video comes from a great Persian blog, and explains the Persian relationship with authority and rules. It gets to the core of who we are and how we are functioning in the world. It is fabulous. See link here.
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