From Foreign Press on Jan 6th 2010, by Houman Majd:
Archive for January, 2010
“Why Iran’s green movement is a civil rights movement, Not a revolution”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged civil rights, green movement, Iran on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Creating a dance about our civil rights struggle, more inspiration:
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged alvin ailey, civil rights, dance, green movement, Iran, Revelations on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Making my dance, learning from Zoor Khaneh Moves
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Who We Are, tagged dance, green movement, Iran, Zoor Khaneh on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
#1 OLD SCHOOL! #2 # 3 I want to use the spinning move, and the cool push ups on the ground #4 This is a really good one:
Discovering my history: Hafez Nazeri YOU ROCK!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hafez Nazeri, Iran on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Urban Persian, creating a style
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged dance, folklore, green movement, hip hop, Iran, michael jackson on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What is the style of movement that expresses who we are today. I expect that it is a mash up of these. They are distilling inside, creating a new voice for our new free spirit. Iran-das organization
Project Runway Season 7 Represents — Way to Go Khahar!
Posted in Who We Are, tagged green movement, Iran, Project Runway on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Project Runway Season 7 features Iranian-American designer Amy Sarabi, from Oaktown:
What I’ve learned from Green Movement, Project Runway, and SYTYCD
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged Creativity, dance, green movement, Iran, Lyrical Hip Hop, Mia Michaels, Project Runway, self expression, So You Think You Can Dance, uprising on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the evenings I talk to relatives in Iran via skype or internet about life in the Green Movement, then will often watch episodes of So You Think You Can Dance and Project Runway as a release. (One columnist referred to those of us internet-activists outside Iran as “chubby fingers on a key board” He [...]
From You tube today: so beautiful, so strong, my sisters
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged Iran, women on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From You Tube today, a video of Iranian women taking to the streets and a quote from Ferdowsi about Iranian women. This with music from Sting. I love how the video ends with the hands of a man and a woman because we are together in this.
An elder’s wise and kind words
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged democracy, green movement, Iran, non-violence on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The best thing I have read in a long time. It is never simple, must remember not to fall into polarized thinking. Self discipline, nonviolence, accepting all, democracy are the only way forward:
