Wednesday, August 20, 2008 
In the 1970s, a team of Italian archaeologists discovered a goblet in Iran’s “Burnt City.” Only recently, however, was it discovered that the goblet’s visuals create an animation.
According to an article from “The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies”:
The artefact [sic] bears five images depicting a wild goat jumping up to eat the leaves of a […]
Filed under: ART, FOLK ART, IRAN
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On October 23rd, PBS will begin airing a Frontline examination of U.S.-Iranian relations, ominously called Showdown With Iran.
The title and previews for this show seem to beat war drums; I’m encouraged only by the fact that PBS is airing this special. PBS has a long history of being even-handed in its political coverage and I […]
Filed under: POLITICS, TELEVISION, VIDEOS, WAR
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The Columbus Dispatch last week printed a controversial editorial cartoon depicting Iran as a sewer and Iranians as an infestation of cockroaches.
Niki Akhavan wrote the Dispatch to complain of what she calls an “incitement to hatred” and received a canned response from the paper, reprinted here:
Dear sir or madame:
Thank you for writing to The Dispatch.
You […]
Filed under: ART, DISCRIMINATION, NEWS, POLITICS
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Ali Seradge is a 28-year-old artist living in Oklahoma City. He has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters of Public Health.
His artwork has been published in various journals, and hung multiple times in OVAC’s 12 x 12, LiT lounge in OKC, as well as other venues.
A selection […]
Filed under: ART, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS
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CSU Fullerton has two 6 week intensive (10 units) courses (for beginning and moderate speakers) of Persian over the summer.
Here’s the kicker: ALL accepted students get a full scholarship.
The program includes one summer of immersion language study, and a second summer of studying abroad. If you get in, they pay for everything, so that means […]
Filed under: EDUCATION, EVENTS, TRAVEL
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Comic-book artist Frank Miller was interviewed on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” this week, as part of a “diverse group of creative thinkers” talking about the United States’ state of the union from their vantage points.
I’ve always been (and still am) a huge fan of Miller’s artwork and much of his storytelling, and the […]
Filed under: FILM
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