Protests of Mousavi supporters broke out again today in Tehran (and reportedly in Shiraz, Mashad, Isfahan and Avhaz as well). Following the stern warning in Ayatollah Khamenai’s speech this Friday, that the leaders of the protesters (Mousavi/Karroubi) will be responsible for the bloodshed, riot-police and Baseej forces spread out across Tehran.
Starting at 16:00 violent clashes [...]
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Round-up of June 20-July 1 Protests in Iran from YouTube
June 20th, 2009
Google’s Persian translator sucks!
June 19th, 2009Today, Google launched its Farsi to English and vice versa translator option in Google Translate.
Farsi (Persian) language is very different of English in statement structure. The most obvious difference is the position of verb in statement. For example:
In English: Today is a good day to study.
This statement in Farsi: Today, day a good to study [...]
What is happening in Iran: Iran communicative situation
June 19th, 2009Iran is facing the hardest times and unfortunately there is no communication in this country. Yahoo Mail, Gmail, AOL and many other hosts are not accessible and their pages can’t be open! Internet speed is low!
In Tehran all mobiles has been inactivated before election and no one can use them yet (its about 8-9 days). [...]
Did Ahmadinejad Win The Debate?
June 5th, 2009
Everything in Iran’s 10th presidential election is so new. Every event’s happening for the first time in the history of Islamic Republic. For the first time, women are involved thoroughly in the race and influence the votes.
Now Ahmadinejad also follows Moousavi’s strategy and for the first time appears with his wife front of cameras. Ahmadinejad’s [...]
Iran’s Election: Persian Blogosphere
May 28th, 2009Just some days to Iranian presidential election, the Iranian blogosphere published a huge amount of articles on weblogs about its diverse thoughts on the capable candidate. They have left no stream of thought unrepresented.
From the ocean of persian blogosphere, i decided to chose some blogs which are more straight in their voting attitude and have [...]
US military analyst: Bomb journalists in war
May 26th, 2009“”Rejecting the god of their fathers, the neo-pagans who dominate the media serve as lackeys at the terrorists’ bloody altar,” - Ralph Peters.
Retired US Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters wrote an interesting article for the Journal of International Security Affairs, which is part of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Peters argues that journalists aren’t [...]
STOP Censorship: Sudan Government tries to issue law on journalism
May 24th, 2009The Sudanese government started a move last week to issue a law on journalist to require them to register themselves with the government media regulator so that the government would monitor them if they misuse there power as journalist. if this law was to be passed it would grant the government the power to deny [...]
Is “Michelle Obama” A New Brand?
May 24th, 2009Nowaday news agencies - mostly American- try to enforce a new propaganda in people’s mind. They’re representing a new ideal to compare all women of the world with her.
“The deafening cheers were not for presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi, but rather for his wife — a woman some are calling Iran’s Michelle Obama.
The comparisons [...]
SPINearth Spotlights Middle Eastern Music and Culture
April 30th, 2009Serious doubts and lack of nurturing, the Middle East often struggles to find its place not only in the world, media and politics but also in culture, arts and music. While also being stuck between religious governments, war and misinterpreted media conceptions, the Middle East’s music scene is no longer being overlooked with sites like [...]
It’s the First Saudi Fashion Show… Please, No Cameras Allowed!
April 16th, 2009On Tuesday March 24, 2009, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, the city of Jeddah witnessed the first women’s fashion show ever held in the country. The event came after the organizers had finally succeeded in getting the official consent from the authorities. The show was organized by the Nafisat Shams Al Biqa’ Academy [...]
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