From Iran today: March 16, 2010 Shiraz is ALIVE!!!! This is the BEST Chaharshanbeh Soori I have ever experienced! Our city was alive tonight with the sounds of music, laughter and fireworks! And even though it is illegal now to build bonfires on the roads, people were building fires in the joobes (open drains) and [...]
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March 16, 2010 Shiraz is ALIVE!!!
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March 15, 2010 Warnings against celebrating the fire festivities
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From Iran today: March 15, 2010 Warnings against celebrating the fire festivities My son reported that at school a 25 year-old Basiji came and spoke with the kids about the dangers of celebrating Chaharshanbeh Soori – the fires and fireworks. He said the guy made the kids feel bad about celebrating. Another kid I spoke [...]
March 14, 2010 Let me Explain
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From Iran today: March 14, 2010 Let me Explain Chahar Shanbeh Soori takes place the Wednesday eve before the Iranian new year, or No Ruz. I don’t know how Zoroastrians celebrate it, but the rest of us Iranians usually get together with friends, party, light off firecrackers and light up numerous bonfires that we then [...]
March 11, 2010 What do we do with all the graffiti?
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From Iran today: March 11, 2010 What do we do with all the graffiti? Cities around Iran try to do a bit of spring cleaning and get their cities beautified in preparation for all the No Ruz travelers this time of year. Our cities really do put on a fresh face. It’s great. However, this [...]
March 8, 2010 Chahar Shanbeh Soori is Getting Close – Let’s stamp it out!
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From Iran today: March 8, 2010 Chahar Shanbeh Soori is Getting Close – Let’s stamp it out! I drove my parents to the airport today. They will be in the U.S. for over a month. Lucky them! They get to breathe freely for awhile! On our way to the airport we drove along the Dry [...]
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