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Amy Winehouse: like a moth about the candle of life

pas-e-pardeh — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:20:57 +0000

Amy Winehouse, a regular Jewish girl from England took me closer to Motown, Khayyam, and my soul than anybody else in a long time. A true artist, she left a great body of work to be enjoyed for all humanity for all times.

moving narrative from today's protests

pas-e-pardeh — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:37:18 +0000

11:45 p.m. A Tehran Bureau special correspondent reports:

We walked down Gharani Avenue from Karim Khan Avenue to reach Ferdowsi Square around 3 p.m. There were only three of us and we made a promise that if others did not show up we would abandon the march altogether. But were we in for a nice surprise. Even before we got to Ferdowsi Square we saw silent groups of people marching randomly with a determination in their eyes.

An Important Photograph for Monarchists

pas-e-pardeh — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:31:06 +0000

This is the occasion when all the last remaining world "Royals" met to sign some sort of "Royal Pact" in 1962. Amsterdam, Holland.

What is noteworthy to us is the position of Shah of Persia in the line-up: dead center, front row with Queen Elizabeth to his right! And a young Shahbanou can also be seen in the front row to the right, standing tall, unabashedly flat chested, and deservedly hard-nippled.

The song I lost my Virginity to

pas-e-pardeh — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:21:48 +0000

To this song, Nooshin and I locked lips 36 years ago in an underground Tehran discoteque .. and took off on our [everlasting] FIVE month sensual journey together. I was 18 ... She was 1å7. 1974.

I had known about Persian literature and Hafez before, but in polite assembly only. I had known about Western music and the 60's culture, but only from a distant.

Arghavan Rezai French Open

pas-e-pardeh — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:06 +0000

After winning her first two games, Arghavan (ranked #15) will be playing Russia's Nadia Petrova (ranked #19) on Phillipe Chatrier court, game #5. So, it may be later in the day. I will make a post when the match starts.
You can watch the match online by going to:
http://tennischannel.rayv.com/Video/Location.aspx?...