Month: May 2016

  • Future of Islam

    Future of Islam

    “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” ― George Orwell, 1984 These days every other person seems to be concerned about the future of Islamic Civilization. From the Islamists, the traditionalists, the Liberals, the Conservatives etc. almost everyone seems to have a stake in the…

  • She ran across northern Iran and saw kindness

    She ran across northern Iran and saw kindness

    Kristina Palten was wondering what she can do to have an impact on prejudiced world that she encounters. She decided to run alone across Iran. She took risk and was afraid. But her intuition was positive. She run for 58 days and most of the time all she saw was kindness and compassion. Kristina Paltén blog…

  • Iranian Homosexuals in an Album

    Iranian Homosexuals in an Album

    Born to Iranian parents but growing up with Swiss upbringing gave Laurence Rasti critical mind that has a flavors of both culture. In her project “There Are No Homosexuals in Iran “, we can see the alternative perspective that she brought to a social issue in Iran. “In Denizli, a small town in Turkey, hundreds of Iranian gay refugees have put…

  • A cozy dining spot in the middle of nowhere 

    A cozy dining spot in the middle of nowhere 

    Sometimes you have no idea how a place in the middle of your way to a destination can become your cozy spot. You would not care what time or when it is. That becomes your all the time hang out, no matter what. I found my cozy spot while ago when I was traveling to…

  • A guy in our office is going through a divorce

    A guy in our office is going through a divorce

    He is distracted and depressed and hardly focused. He is constantly complaining, skipping on office work and missing deadlines. And to top it all off, he is forgetful and takes forever to do a simple task. Last week after seeing all the backed up work and more that needed to get done, I barged in…

  • The girl in a veil

    The girl in a veil

    It was all we had on our minds: to hit on girls when they least expected it. We were teenage boys in junior high; three friends looking for ways to spend the heated summer of my hometown. One day while on our hunt for a possible best “catch”, and to escape the three o’clock scorching…