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Kindness Improves Your Physical Attractiveness
One of the most robust findings in social psychology is the beauty-is-good stereotype: physically attractive people are perceived and treated more positively than physically unattractive people . But here’s the thing: I have definitely met attractive people who went from hot to not the second they opened their mouths! Vice-versa, some people are so kind…
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Rich Kids of Tehran
It was a few months ago that we had a report about Rich kids of Instagram and all the huff and puff of luxury cars, jewelries, big boats and mansions that young rich people around the world proudly claiming to have. Here goes what Iranians do, repeating the same thing only because as the saying…
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How Often the Average Woman and Man Masturbate
It’s likely not a surprise to you that men masturbate more frequently than women do, but now there are actual stats to prove it—thanks to Indiana University’s National Survey Of Sexual Health And Behaviourès recent report. Depending on your own self-pleasuring habits, the titillating facts will either shock or mildly interest you. Regarding the highest-frequency…
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Nastaliq: The Persian Calligraphy
The short video presents calligrapher Manzar Moghbeli demonstrating the nasta‘liq script. Notice the measured and deliberate pace of writing, the slow twisting and turning of the pen to modulate each stroke from right to left, and the arrangement of letters and words in relation to the baseline and to each other. Nastaliq: The Genius of…
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ّIranian Post-Surf Psychedelic Rock
The band Muckers was founded by the guitarist, Emir, in 2011, who says he’s influenced by an array of contemporaries, from punk to garage rock to indie music. https://soundcloud.com/the-muckers-1/as-if-she-cares The original sound of post-surf and psychedelic rock, verging on punk has its audience still today. As a genre its been enjoying a resurgence all over…
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Face of the New Feminist
Emma Watson is the new woman of our society. She is powerful, articulate, independent, successful and above all as she clearly elaborated is not aggressive, isolated, anti-men and unattractive: “I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is…
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Daily Dose of Iran
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Nasa: It Was the Hottest August in 130 Years
The analysis comes from the Nasa space agency’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), but with a sign of caution from Nasa, who have stressed that individual months are not as important as yearly trends in highlighting changes in the climate. “The key issue for climate are the long-term trends, not individual months”, said Nasa-GISS…
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Toronto TIFF 2014 and Emersonian Walk
I Had a daily pass for 20 films for Toronto International Film Festival and it cost me $10 each. This year every movie I saw was great. It realty was… Maybe the the new generation of filmmakers have more visual culture or the technology of film making has become more handy and accessible. Even the…
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Daily Dose of Iran
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Tom Waits' Animism
All you have to do is to try to picture him like one of those ancient shamans, a healer that celebrates a world that from his perspective is alive and dancing with him. A world that possesses a spiritual essence and above all a world that he is chanting to the elegy of his leaving.…
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Sidewalk lane for Phone Addicts
Chongqing city, one of the five major cities in China has a designated lane for people who prefer to talk on the phone or play or even watch their favorite video clips while walking. The drivers of the town welcome the idea because the distraction that cell phone addicts were creating was real and dangerous.…
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When Potholes Are Funny
Every city in the world has potholes. Nobody likes them and they are annoying. They create accidents and simply give ugly face to every street. The two photographers Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano tried to make fun of potholes through irony:
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Niqabitch Unveil Themselves
The two students, who are studying political science and communication in Paris with their action debating and mocking the ban on Niqab. Risking both criminal records and heavy fines from the authorities, plus a possible backlash from the any militant Muslim community in France, two anti-ban activists hit the streets of Paris as NiqaBitch with…
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I Was invited to My parent’s Wedding
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When David Fincher Makes Ads for Gap
The creative mind behind movies such as Fight Club , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Seven made a few commercials for Gap. All of them are somehow weird but fun to watch:
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Iranian Living Room
Middle East has been the center of attention for the last decade or so not only by anthropologists or sociologists or even economists but by the ordinary people of all walks of life. This time the orientalisim is not organized curiosity of gathering the information for the old ways of colonialism, this time it is…
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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…
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Tehran Noir – Collection of Stories
Launched with the summer ’04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Includes brand-new stories by: Gina B. Nahai, Salar Abdoh, Lily Farhadpour, Azardokht Bahrami, Yourik…
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Eid al-Fitr All Around the World
Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan 2014 http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/07/eid-al-fitr-and-the-end-of-ramadan-2014/100781/
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No More Clichés – A Poem by Octavio Paz
Beautiful face That like a daisy opens its petals to the sun So do you Open your face to me as I turn the page. Enchanting smile Any man would be under your spell, Oh, beauty of a magazine. How many poems have been written to you? How many Dantes have written to you, Beatrice?…
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How To Be Alone
Tanya Davis, has found the recipe, very simple yet heartwarming, to how to be alone. She doesn’t ask us to fight it, or ignore it, or even hate it. With each word, she takes us through a journey of doing the small daily things we might take for granted or not do because we are…
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Palestinian Lose of Land 1946 to 2005
This is a chart that shows how gradually Palestine has been annexed by Jewish state. It is not hard to imagine that what would be left of Palestine in the last 9 years. United nation once and for all has to declare that both Israel state and Hamas government are war criminals. Both governments are …
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Ultimate Dog Tease
ُDogs were with our ancestors and help them to survive all the way to here. They know us and trust us and vice versa. Here in this video it is clear that the root of relationship is deep. We can feel and anticipate hat they like and what bothers them.
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Forbidden Movie
After a long day at work, and to get away from it all, I decide to treat myself to a movie. Once I get there, and as I am getting off the cab, I see a crowd of religious fundamentalists, opposing the screening of the movie, with signs in their hands. I am used…
