Posted in politics on Sunday, January 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
What’s going on in Gaza is outrageous. Yes, it’s as outrageous when they torture or stone somebody in Iran, and I don’t need to be reminded that a lot of human rights violation happen in my own country, many of which I have written about. But I was wondering where all these concerned governments and [...]
Posted in Personal, Social, politics on Monday, November 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My friends threw a great birthday party for me yesterday. The food, the cake, and the gifts were awesome. We drank so much that had to stay the night at my friend’s home.
I’m happy that I had my birthday yesterday, instead of today. Because I woke up today and saw the news about another [...]
Posted in politics on Saturday, November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Delaram Ali’s attorney told ISNA news agency today that the judiciary chief has stopped Delaram’s sentence and her case is sent for revision. This does not guarantee that she won’t go to prison, but at least she has a chance for now.
But, two young women in Iran’s Kurdistan are in prison. They are both members [...]
Posted in politics on Monday, November 5, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Do you remember the rally by women’s rights activists in Tehran on June 12, 2006? Do you remember the pictures of policemen and policewomen beating the participants? Do you remember the pictures of a girl being dragged on the asphalt pavement of the streets whose hand was broken by the police? She was Delaram [...]
Posted in Social, politics on Saturday, October 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I highly recommend everyone to read this thoughtful post by Hamid Dabashi*, an Iranian professor at Columbia University, about Bollinger’s racist remarks and the politics around Ahmadinejad’s visit to Columbia University. Best article I’ve read about the issue so far:
Of banality and burden
Also, the following article written by an Iranian queer woman about Ahmadinejad’s infamous [...]
Posted in journalism, politics on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I sometimes wonder if I’m just wasting my time at journalism school. We so much talk about ethics in our classes, and then we see these ethics hardly being observed in American mainstream media. I watched 60 Minutes interview with Ahmadinejad on Sunday and I was amazed how unprofessional Pelley acted. Has any journalism professor who teaches at [...]
