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Posted in Kultur on jul 7th, 2007
Interesting stuff here. The Economist runs a web-diary from their correspondents around the world. This week it’s from Tehran (requires subscription):
One of the first stories written by every hack to arrive in Iran is about the coquettishly figure-hugging coats and loose headscarves worn by uptown girls to thwart Islamic regulations on public attire. We revel [...]
Posted in Kultur on jun 1st, 2007
One of the things that surprised me in Iran was that even the people who were very critical of the government, also hated the movie 300. Many Iranians are very proud of their ancient Persian heritage, which they see as a highpoint in their culture – especially compared to what they have now. I haven’t [...]
Posted in Kultur on jun 1st, 2007
Global Voices today has an excellent interview with Danish researcher Caroline Nellemann, who has written her master thesis on the Iranian blogosphere. It is well worth a read, and I’m not only saying this because Caroline was my companion on my recent journey to Iran.
A little snippet from the interview:
I believe that blogs are a [...]
Posted in Kultur on maj 13th, 2007
Another Syma Sayyah report: this time on the work of the Iranian NGO Science and Art Foundation’s work in the city of Bam, which was almost destroyed by an earthquake a few years ago. The organization has been working with UNICEF and the Sharif University of Technology from Tehran in setting up computer courses for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on maj 12th, 2007
I’m making some experiments with my picasa-webfolder. Here’s a picture from my great trip to Iran. It’s from what is probably one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Esfahan:
Fra Iran Greatest…
Posted in Uncategorized on maj 3rd, 2007
There’s a poetic irony here somewhere: Iran’s hardline president Ahmadinejad under fire for kissing the hand of his old teacher. Actually, there was no skin contact, but it caused an uproar just the same. Danish news here, international here and a blog comment here.
More on the dress-code crackdown. Will the president now see how it’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on maj 3rd, 2007
My friend in Tehran Syma Sayyah writes for Peyvand, an English-language site with news about Iran. Syma writes mainly about everyday things going on in Tehran, and her latest article is about a NGO helping hearing impaired children.
It hasn’t even been two weeks since I returned from Iran, and already it seems so far away. [...]
Posted in Kultur on apr 27th, 2007
It’s a scorching day in Denmark. Summer is here at least a month too early and I’m thanking global warming. It’s a great day to think about a certain phenomenon that very clearly separates Western (I’m thinking particularly about North European) culture from Eastern. Is it the pietistic and protestantic background? No. Is it the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on apr 26th, 2007
Speaking of hejabs. Here’s a site that makes clear why hejabs are needed in the Middle East: traffic stopping, cardiac arrest inducing Lebanese Beauties. Danish girls often don’t have much hair to show, which is why they don’t cover it up – what’s the point anyway? Arab, Persian and Jewish girls on the other hand [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on apr 26th, 2007
Last week when we were in Iran, there was a rumor going round, that the police were going to crack down on girls not wearing their hejab modestly enough (lots of Iranian girls wear it only to the middle of the top of their head, with lots of hair – sometimes carefully coiffed – visible). [...]
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