Last Wednesday of the year (Chahar Shanbeh Soori) : On the eve of last Wednesday of the year, literally the eve of Red Wednesday or the eve of celebration, bonfires are lit in public places with the help of fire and light, it is hoped for enlightenment and happiness throughout […]
The Islamic Republic continues to deny women the right to protest by Shirin B Sadeghi The Islamic Republic continues to deny women the right to protest by Shirin B Sadeghi was last modified: March 8th, 2007 by mahnaz badihian
The year is ended, and it only adds to my age; Spring has come, but I must take leave of my home. Alas, that the trees in this eastern garden, Without me, will still bear flowers. Su Ting (670-727) February 19th, 2007 started the Chinese new year DingHai of 4704 […]
Dear Mr. President: Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) …from Michael Moore 1/10/07 Dear Mr. President, Thanks for your address to the nation. It’s good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November. Letter to President Bush by:Michael Moore was last […]
Winter Solstice Iranian Style! December 21st is the Winter Solstice — the longest night of the year — and it has been celebrated by Iranians for millennia. The festivity is essentially rooted in an appreciation of nature and despite various religious movements in Iran, including the present Islamic one, this […]
Yalda – Shab-e Cheleh – Shab-e Yalda Shab-e Yalda Yalda, a Syric word imported into the Persian language by the Syric Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the “Shab e Cheleh Festival” a celebration […]
Here are some links MahMag find’s interesting, enjoy! External Links was last modified: November 10th, 2006 by mahvand sadeghi
FASCINATing….. If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: FASCINATing….. was last modified: July 25th, 2006 by mahnaz badihian
Caroline Elkin’s book, Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya, won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction this year. The book looks at atrocities performed by British forces in Kenya in the 1950s. Caroline Elkin is an Assistant Professor of history at Harvard University. Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction […]
To President Bush, You Cannot Kill Our Brothers and Explode Our Mother’s Grave… Dear President Bush, How can you sleep at night? How can you look at your wife, your mother, your daughter and yourself and tell them you love them? You are lying to all of them. If you […]