I was finally released. Israeli soldiers abducted me while filming an attack on villagers of Al-Walaja. The attack started with dynamiting their village lands near their houses, a process that already shook and cracked houses and injured some residents before. …
Posted in Activism, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Photos, Videos | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 2 CommentsIts amazing how random a chance meeting in Tweed Heads (Northern NSW east coast of Australia) can end you up in a 5 star hotel in Egypt on the banks of the Nile. This’ll be my first departure from Australia …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Countries/Regions, Creative Media, Culture, Culture and Society, Current Events, Demonstrations, Egypt, Film, Fun and Recreation, Fun Stuff, History, Humor, Interviews, News and Politics, Philosophy, Photos, Politics, Regional Issues, Society, Videos | Leave a commentThe first Asian caravan for solidarity with Gaza is gathering volunteers from all around the Asia to Gaza. AsiatoGaza is a movement that intends to break the illegal siege of Gaza in a peaceful manner. AsiatoGaza consists of non governmental …
Posted in Activism, Afghanistan, Awareness, Interfaith, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine, Photos, Syria | 1 CommentAmir-Ata Jokar
Child of “Gholamreza”
Birthday: 2008.11.20
Which is died at one month of age because of circumcision at Fasa Hospital.
Ahmadinejad’s government is innovative in every respect and now it comes with sexism in economic! You may wonder as I wondered and pissed off when I saw this new se.xism “no comment” news. Yesterday, separation of male and female in …
Posted in Gender, Iran, Islam, Photos, Sexism, Women | 7 CommentsEveryday numbers of Muhammed cartoons on Facebook page “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day – May 20th, 2010” increases and at one side it bothers Muslims who are against Muhammed depiction and at the other side encourages those who like the event. …
Posted in Art, Censorship, General, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Photos, Religion | 37 CommentsWe just launched our experimental gallery, which aggregates photos from the Middle East and North Africa through Flickr and Picasa. The functionality is pretty straight forward, so go ahead and check it out! You can filter the countries through tags, …
Posted in Announcements, Middle East, Photography, Photos, Website Updates | 3 CommentsToday is the first anniversary of Iranian blogger Omid Reza’s death. For those of you who don’t know who Omid is, this is an excerpt from the entry we created on Wikipedia: Omid Reza Mir Sayafi (also Omidreza Mirsayafi), a 29-year old Iranian blogger and journalist died in Evin Prison in Tehran on March 18, 2009. In December, he was sentenced to two and half years in prison for allegedly insulting religious leaders, and engaging [...]
Posted in Awareness, Censorship, Events, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Photos, Videos | 3 CommentsFereydoun was born in an irreligious and rich family with no idea about religion. Up to the time he entered high school he was not much involved in politics at all. Being a teenager and the identity conflict of that …
Posted in Awareness, History, Iran, Literature, Photos, Politics, Society, War, Youth | Tagged Iran's Revolution, Iraq Imposed War | 5 CommentsYesterday was celebrated as Iran’s Clean Air, Blue Sky Day. Air pollution is a major issue in mega cities like Tehran. Most days, Tehran is clouded by a thick layer of smog making it difficult to breath especially for children …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Environment, Gender, Health, Iran, Media, Photos, Politics, Society, Taboos, Women | Tagged Iran's Clean Air Day, Protecting Earth, Sports | 7 Comments