Month: August 2014
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Hidden City – Tehran
Hidden City by Hoda Rostami Tehran is a big crowded city with a selection of distinctive individuals, with even more distinctive lives and exceptional behaviors. After many years when I returned to the city, where I was born and raised, everything had a different look from the time I had left it. By living there…
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ِDivorce and Happy Selfie
Orlando Florida suppose to be the center of magic of love and happily ever after family with it’s giant superficial Disney World but unconventionally enough, a couple in that city post a happy selfie after finalizing their divorce. Keith Hinson and Michelle Knight ended their marriage on Friday, and they felt hat they might as…
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Hijab via Instagram
Ascia Farraj, now 24. can’t deny the joy of wearing the beautiful and fashionable dress and at the same time stay modest. She knows the fact that many young Muslim women who believe and practice the Islamic dress codes also appreciate the fashion too. She decided to run a fashion blog and introduce the new lines…
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Tantric Exercises for Couples or Singles
The most important aspect of Tantric Sex Exercises is that the sex or orgasm are not the goal. sex is a healing device. To appreciate femininity and creating of long lasting bond between couples. Patricia Johnson and Mark Michaels, co-authors of Great Sex Made Simple, The Essence of Tantric Sexuality, and Tantra for Erotic Empowerment,…
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Our Dying Planet
A biologist at Duke University, Stuart Pimm, recently published a research article in the journal Science, which claims — that in the past — before humans evolved, only one species went extinct each year per every 10 million years. However, after the emergence of humans, that extinction rate has exploded at a rate between…
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Wedding of the Future
At least since 50 years ago most people in the world have contemplated the idea of having a big and fancy wedding. With that has come the fashion, the designs, the rituals and the ceremonies that have become affordable to lots of people. Weddings have become one of the most important and memorable events in…
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9 Language Boy Meets 6 Language Girl
Any person who can speak 6 or more languages is known as Polyglot. Matthew Youlden is one of the member of this elite group but not only he knows to speak 9 languages he also can understands more than 10 other ones too. He is a sociolinguist who studies minority languages that are vanishing or…
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Ride on Vintage Bicycles
Participants dressed in early 20 century dress, ride the same era’s bicycle on July 19 in St. Petersburg, Russia http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/07/21/3441s836975_3.htm
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ٔThe New Yorker’s Diet Cartoons
http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff
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Official Report of the Secret World of Sex in Iran
The Economist published an article this week called “Throwing off the Covers” that reviews the 82 pages document of Iran’s parliamentary research department. The magazine finds the report interesting and goes on and to call it Sexual mores in Iran. These are some of the findings that The economist has highlighted: ” Not only are young…
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Visual Historian of Iranian Cities – Bandar Abbas
The oldest record of Bandar Abbas is during the reign of Darius the Great (between 586 and 522 B.C.) When Alexander took over the Persian Empire, Bandar Abbas was known as Hormirzad. Bandar Abbas up to the 16th century, used to be called Gamrūn to the Persians. In the 16th century European navigators called it…
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The Tragic Song of These Days
We are proud individuals living on the city But the flames couldn’t go much higher. We find God and religions to, To paint us with salvation. But no one, No nobody, Can give you the power,To rise over love, And over hate, Through this iron sky, That’s fast becoming our minds. Over fear and into…
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Visual Historian of Iranian Cities – Bandar lengeh
ُThese days, all around the world being a photo journalist is an exciting artistic career. Things are changing fast and the contrasts, conflicts and above all fusion of traditions and contemporary stuff are everywhere. You can see a visual historian at work with every shot from our favorite photographer Mohammad Rodgoli takes. Part 1 Bandar…
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EBay’s Iranian Founder’s $3 Million Gift to Louvre
EBay founder Pierre Omidyar is known for the “venture philanthropy” of his Omidyar Network, which has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support micro-finance, governmental transparency, and social media in developing countries. He also ventured into the arts with a gift of $3 million to the Louvre for research and educational projects on Persian…
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Iran among Top 10 Countries for Cosmetic Surgery
More than 23 million cosmetic and non-surgical procedures were performed in 2013, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Iran is among Top 10 countries for cosmetic surgery. The United States topped the international chart, with almost 4 million people going under the knife or needle, followed by Brazil with more than 2…
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Tree of 40 Fruit
Award-winning contemporary artist and Syracuse University art professor Sam Van Aken grew up on a family farm in Reading, Pennsylvania, but he spent his college years and much of his early career focused on art rather than agriculture. While Van Aken says that his work has always been “inspired by nature and our relationship to…
