Jahanshah Javid

Welcome to World War III

You think the situation in the Middle East is bad now? It's nothing compared to what WILL unfold>>>

Ohhh, she said yes!

I posted a "poem" a few days ago, which I think it's pretty decent compared to the cheese bomb that's about fly into your face>>>

TV aquarium

Love that Animal Planet channel>>>

The right to be

Have you noticed we have no respect for our opponents? >>>

Walk

it's a beautiful day
take a walk with me
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Me & Rushdie (3)

So where was I? I wrote about my Salman Rushdie Award and the fax from Jamaran. Sorry for the long break. >>>

Swim forever little goldfish!

That sweet little thing took my heart and whenever I see her I always smile... I come alive.>>>

BerimFaza.com

Iranian home-made sex videos. You heard me!>>>

Pavarotti on fire

I had bought the season tickets to the opera at New York's Lincoln Center months in advance and by the time of the performances, I had almost forgotten about them. One day I looked at my tickets and noticed that two of them were for a performance on the following day. Since I had no one to go with, I took the tickets to college the next day and after the end of my afternoon class, I decided I would walk the halls and stop random girls and ask them if they would like to go to the opera -- in two hours. Why not? I would have said yes! >>>

Me & Rushdie (2)

I joined the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in March 1981 (back then it was still called by its post-revolutionary name, Pars). My aunt, Laleh Bakhtiar, knew the head of the English section and was determined to get me a job. She had become my de facto parent since I arrived unannounced at her Tehran home a few months prior. I was barely 19 and living with relatives who wondered when I was going to get a life. All I did was buy every newspaper and magazine I could get my hands on and take pictures of the revolution parading in front of my eyes. >>>

Me & Rushdie

In 1991, I wrote a piece for the my college paper's April Fool's edition. The fake commentary on the state of affairs in the Middle East offended so many Arabs on the Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico that I had to write another column explaining the joke. My April Fool's piece (I have the clip somewhere in my junk boxes, but too lazy to look) said something to the effect that Israel should just take over the entire Middle East and civilize savage Arabs and Muslims.>>>

Going too far

In the dispute between Mehdi Khalaji and Hossein Derakhshan, I sympathize with both Hossein and Mehdi, even though I have to take sides with free speech over truth. Hossein has a habit of throwing wild accusations. But even if all of them were malicious lies, he is still expressing his personal political opinion which cannot and should not be silenced. >>>

Goodbye, my love

I love the new design by Ardalan Payvar. I am thrilled that user experience and interactivity will be greatly enhanced. It's time for iranian.com to grow up a little. The future is bright :o) Still, it's hard to let go.>>>

Hello

My first blog is proving difficult. I mean, what do I say? I've been looking forward to this day. Finally, after several attempts, iranian.com is not only getting a new look, but also a blogging section where anyone can self-publish.>>>