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Existential graffiti
2007-06-07 23:23:00 Roughly translated: I write to leave a reminder So that if I disappear one day A reminder it will stayIran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Graffiti , Existential
Existential graffiti
2007-06-07 23:23:00 Roughly translated: I write to leave a reminder So that if I disappear one day A reminder it will stayIran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Graffiti , Existential
"Eeenja Iran-e!" (This is Iran!)
2007-06-07 16:07:00 This is an excuse I hear a lot when things are not the way they should be. It's usually employed once a solution to a problem is identified and thoughts turn to putting it into practice."But this is Iran !" It's not as easy as that! Sure, that's the problem and this is the best way to get around it but this is Iran. Don't expect things to go so well....[ followed by any/all of Iran's 3 great national excuses.]1. First of all people 'don't have culture' here [the Farsi word for this is 'bifarhang' which has no direct translation] they don't know how to behave. You tell them one thing and they do another. They're uneducated and they don't know how to follow rules....2. And the government doesn't let people get on with their lives. One day one politician launches a policy, the next day he's gone and his replacement wants something else. He gives government jobs to all his cronies and they start filling their pockets and before they've had enough so they can really start ... More About: Tehran
"Eeenja Iran-e!" (This is Iran!)
2007-06-07 16:07:00 This is an excuse I hear a lot when things are not the way they should be. It's usually employed once a solution to a problem is identified and thoughts turn to putting it into practice."But this is Iran !" It's not as easy as that! Sure, that's the problem and this is the best way to get around it but this is Iran. Don't expect things to go so well....[ followed by any/all of Iran's 3 great national excuses.]1. First of all people 'don't have culture' here [the Farsi word for this is 'bifarhang' which has no direct translation] they don't know how to behave. You tell them one thing and they do another. They're uneducated and they don't know how to follow rules....2. And the government doesn't let people get on with their lives. One day one politician launches a policy, the next day he's gone and his replacement wants something else. He gives government jobs to all his cronies and they start filling their pockets and before they've had enough so they can really start ... More About: Tehran
Uptown Real Estate
2007-05-21 17:00:00 Another pic from the rooftops. This is uptown Tehran . You can make out the slope up to the Alborz mountain range in the background. Basically, if you have the money, you get cleaner air. But Tehran real estate is prohibitively expensive for most Iran ians and prices just get higher. And so do the construction projects. Here's a tower block going up on Afriqa Avenue (also known as Jordan) - a fashionable, traffic clogged boulevard flanked by some of the most expensive property in the country. .Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real
Uptown Real Estate
2007-05-21 17:00:00 Another pic from the rooftops. This is uptown Tehran . You can make out the slope up to the Alborz mountain range in the background. Basically, if you have the money, you get cleaner air. But Tehran real estate is prohibitively expensive for most Iran ians and prices just get higher. And so do the construction projects. Here's a tower block going up on Afriqa Avenue (also known as Jordan) - a fashionable, traffic clogged boulevard flanked by some of the most expensive property in the country. .Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real
Tehran From Above
2007-05-21 16:46:00 On a clear day you can see mountains from everywhere in Tehran .Iran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
Tehran From Above
2007-05-21 16:46:00 On a clear day you can see mountains from everywhere in Tehran .Iran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
Iranian reactions to the movie "300
2007-05-12 11:56:00 Iran's mission to the UN has issued a statement criticising the movie "300", calling it "a thinly-veiled attack on Iranian history." You can read the full text here.The statement expresses what many Iranians feel about a film that most haven't even seen yet - that misrepresentations of Iran in Western media are something close to a deliberate campaign to present Iran as "a dangerous, bestial force fatally threatening the civilized 'free' world." Government Spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, described it as a "cultural intrusion" and said the government interpreted it as "hostile".I was at a talk held at the Khaneye Honarmandan artists centre where a mercifully edited version of "300" was shown to an audience mainly of university students. Listening to the talk that followed, I was struck with just how intensely felt, yet deeply vulnerable, the Iranian sense of national identity was.During the screening the mood was light. When King Khashayarshah (Xerxes), a three-metre-tall drag q... More About: Movie , The Movie , Rani
Iranian reactions to the movie "300
2007-05-12 11:56:00 Iran's mission to the UN has issued a statement criticising the movie "300", calling it "a thinly-veiled attack on Iranian history." You can read the full text here.The statement expresses what many Iranians feel about a film that most haven't even seen yet - that misrepresentations of Iran in Western media are something close to a deliberate campaign to present Iran as "a dangerous, bestial force fatally threatening the civilized 'free' world." Government Spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, described it as a "cultural intrusion" and said the government interpreted it as "hostile".I was at a talk held at the Khaneye Honarmandan artists centre where a mercifully edited version of "300" was shown to an audience mainly of university students. Listening to the talk that followed, I was struck with just how intensely felt, yet deeply vulnerable, the Iranian sense of national identity was.During the screening the mood was light. When King Khashayarshah (Xerxes), a three-metre-tall drag q... More About: Movie , The Movie , Rani
Nuclear banknote
2007-05-10 17:20:00 Iran's central bank has issued a 50,000 Rial note with a nuclear symbol motif. The back of the note features a symbol representing electrons circling a nucleus superimposed over the map of Iran. Alongside it is a quote from the Prophet Mohammad which runs, ""if the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it."Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Nuclear , Knot
Nuclear banknote
2007-05-10 17:20:00 Iran's central bank has issued a 50,000 Rial note with a nuclear symbol motif. The back of the note features a symbol representing electrons circling a nucleus superimposed over the map of Iran. Alongside it is a quote from the Prophet Mohammad which runs, ""if the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it."Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Nuclear , Knot
Giveh: Iranian summer footwear
2007-05-05 16:28:00 Just in time for summer, I've bought myself a pair of giveh, the ideal shoes for the long, hard Tehran summer. Giveh have been made for centuries in many parts of Iran but are most famously from Western Iran, particularly a town called Paveh in Kermanshah Province. The upper is made of strong tightly woven cotton sewn tight to (on my pair) a leather sole. The soles of traditional are made of tightly compacted layers of cotton material stacked from toe to heel. These are less practical since they can lose their shape if wet. Giveh are, however, very much dry weather footwear. Made almost entirely from cotton, there's no need to wear socks and feet breath easily. In fact, in the town where my giveh were made they are referred to as jurab (socks) rather than kafsh (shoes).Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Summer , Footwear
Giveh: Iranian summer footwear
2007-05-05 16:28:00 Just in time for summer, I've bought myself a pair of giveh, the ideal shoes for the long, hard Tehran summer. Giveh have been made for centuries in many parts of Iran but are most famously from Western Iran, particularly a town called Paveh in Kermanshah Province. The upper is made of strong tightly woven cotton sewn tight to (on my pair) a leather sole. The soles of traditional are made of tightly compacted layers of cotton material stacked from toe to heel. These are less practical since they can lose their shape if wet. Giveh are, however, very much dry weather footwear. Made almost entirely from cotton, there's no need to wear socks and feet breath easily. In fact, in the town where my giveh were made they are referred to as jurab (socks) rather than kafsh (shoes).Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Summer , Footwear
Kermanshah Sheep
2007-04-20 07:06:00 Kermanshah, in central west Iran, is known for its large flocks of sheep.The sheep have a dual purpose: meat from the animals is consumed locally and much of the surplus is sent to the capital Tehran, sheep wool is also used in the production of the famous geometric-designed carpets of the area.Kermanshah carpet design is significantly influenced by the culture of the local Kurds and Loris who live in the area. Sheep and goats number around 81 million in Iran, according to 2005 figures and outnumber the 71 million humans in the country. Sheep have been a prominent part of the culture of Iran for centuries. A clay image of a sheep which was found at Sarab in Iran dates back to 5000 BCE. Iran cloned its first sheep in 2006 at Tehran's Royan Institute, though the animal lived only a few minutes, before it could be named.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Kermanshah sheep More About: Kermanshah , Shah
Kermanshah Sheep
2007-04-20 07:06:00 Kermanshah, in central west Iran, is known for its large flocks of sheep.The sheep have a dual purpose: meat from the animals is consumed locally and much of the surplus is sent to the capital Tehran, sheep wool is also used in the production of the famous geometric-designed carpets of the area.Kermanshah carpet design is significantly influenced by the culture of the local Kurds and Loris who live in the area. Sheep and goats number around 81 million in Iran, according to 2005 figures and outnumber the 71 million humans in the country. Sheep have been a prominent part of the culture of Iran for centuries. A clay image of a sheep which was found at Sarab in Iran dates back to 5000 BCE. Iran cloned its first sheep in 2006 at Tehran's Royan Institute, though the animal lived only a few minutes, before it could be named.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Kermanshah sheep More About: Kermanshah , Shah
Eid-e-Nowruz goldfish
2007-03-08 02:46:00 The build up to Eid. Darakeh?s walnut and almond seller is branching out into the New Year goldfish market.Goldfish are not one of the haft sin but still an indispensable part of the festive spread that every Iranian family displays at this time of year. They are said to represent the unexpected favours to be received in the coming year. Traditionally, they are set free in rivers when the holiday period ends. Some people take theirs to the ponds at mosques and shrines. My aunt?s goldfish from Nowruz 2006 is still going strong and will be making comeback appearance this year.Books on Persian Art
Eid-e-Nowruz goldfish
2007-03-08 02:46:00 The build up to Eid. Darakeh?s walnut and almond seller is branching out into the New Year goldfish market.Goldfish are not one of the haft sin but still an indispensable part of the festive spread that every Iranian family displays at this time of year. They are said to represent the unexpected favours to be received in the coming year. Traditionally, they are set free in rivers when the holiday period ends. Some people take theirs to the ponds at mosques and shrines. My aunt?s goldfish from Nowruz 2006 is still going strong and will be making comeback appearance this year.Books on Persian Art
Post Office, Vali-Asr Square
2007-03-08 02:44:00 Iran?s postal service is reliable and efficient. Sending packages internationally requires identification in the form of a passport. Bring your package unsealed as contents will be checked before dispatch.Books on learning Farsi More About: Office , Post , Post Office , Vali , Square
Post Office, Vali-Asr Square
2007-03-08 02:44:00 Iran?s postal service is reliable and efficient. Sending packages internationally requires identification in the form of a passport. Bring your package unsealed as contents will be checked before dispatch.Books on learning Farsi More About: Office , Post , Post Office , Vali , Square
Tasbi (prayer beads)
2007-02-19 16:06:00 Strings of prayer beads are known as tasbi in Iran and here are some on sale in Tajrish bazaar. Most often they are seen dangling from the hands of middle- to old-aged men who tend to fiddle with them rather aimlessly. However for devout grandmothers, they are indispensable tools for tallying the number of prayers required to get a grandson into university or a sister out of her sickbed. More About: Prayer , Beads
Tasbi (prayer beads)
More articles from this author:2007-02-19 16:06:00 Strings of prayer beads are known as tasbi in Iran and here are some on sale in Tajrish bazaar. Most often they are seen dangling from the hands of middle- to old-aged men who tend to fiddle with them rather aimlessly. However for devout grandmothers, they are indispensable tools for tallying the number of prayers required to get a grandson into university or a sister out of her sickbed. More About: Prayer , Beads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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