People react to the question “how many followers do you have on tumblr” the way they treat the inquiries to their salaries in real life. 

AKA they evade the question spectacularly 

Jan. 27 2013
#ahem #tumblr
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  • recently
  • i read things wrong
  • like really badly
  • someone wrote on somebody's photo
  • "i wish i was there"
  • I read
  • "I wish i was a tree"
  • and proceded to think the person was weird
Jan. 26 2013
#goodness lol #I have funny friends
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SANCTIONS ON IRAN:

Let’s make a list of all the things sanctions are affecting—let me know what I’m missing:

1) Medicine shortages 

2) Increased smog and pollution in Iran (and thus, a spike in deaths) 

3) Cancellation of a number of flights from Europe to Iran  

4) Iranian students’ bank accounts abroad closed down

5) Denial of admissions to Iranian students at European institutions 

6) Iranians denied the ability to buy an iPad after speaking Persian in an Apple Store in the US 

7) MASSIVE INFLATION IN IRAN 

8) Starving artists, literally. The price of paper has multiplied 5x since sanctions first started.  

Jan. 26 2013
#Iran #politics #sanctions #US #Obama #inflation #rial #Iranian #Middle East
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ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK! ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK! ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK! ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK! ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK! ask-iran: I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that. ((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.] thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!)) I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK!

ask-iran:

I am not a country of solely black haired Persians, dear anonymous. Though, I assume much of the perception the world has of me is just that.

((It’s not surprising that a lot of people have the impression that Persians, let alone Iranians, all have the same features. The image of the black haired and brown eyed Persian often comes to mind when  one thinks of Iranians, but this image is disingenuous to the massive diversity within Iran. Persians make up over a little of half the population in Iran, with a substantial percentage of non-Persian Iranians. Take into mind, Iranian is not an ethnicity, but a nationality in the modern context, so it’s not in any way surprising that your friend had light hair, it’s not impossible for an Iranian to have light hair or light eyes, dark hair with light eyes, dark skin or light skinned or in between, and so on. I’ve mentioned it before, but aside from Persians, there are other ethnicities within Iran, there are Kurds, Azeris, Gilakis, Talysh, Mazandaranis, Arabs, Balochs, Bakhtiaris, Loris, Assyrians [Atoraya], Pashtuns, Armenians, Georgians, Iranians of Russian and Ukranian descent, Qashqais, Iranians Jews, Turkomen, Mandaeans, Hazaras [nominally Afghan refugees], Iranians of African descent [and in fact, many people are unaware that there are Afro-Iranians at all, to read more about them within the context of Iranian society, I suggest you read an article by a good friend of mine, Beeta, on Ajammc], etc. Among all these groups of people, physical characteristics are wide and varied, as they would be in any multicultural+multiethnic society or country. I’ve depicted here, firstly, the Bandaris of the South, an area with Iranian Arabs and Iranian Africans. Second, the Qashqai, a nomadic and pastoral turkic-speaking group. Third, Gilanis [note: Gilan is a province, not an ethnicity, but there are natural blondes in the North of Iran because of Russian or Georgian presence, Azeris can also have natural blonde hair, as well as Kurds from particular areas of Kurdistan] in the North of Iran. And lastly, miss Beeta, who is Persian, and a group of Persian and African Tehranis. [note: obviously, even within ethnic groups, no one has the same look to them.]

thank you all for having patience with me! Life has gotten busy again so I’ve been a little slow. Sorry about that!))

I’M ON ASK-IRAN THAT’S ME LOOK!

Jan. 26 2013
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Surin delavar: The black night covers her as she breathesinoutand every drop of... ➔

naasirheydari:

The black night covers her as she breathes

in

out

and every drop of salty rain

pours down the window of her soul

before an ocean that 

knows no mixing.

two worlds that meet

but never collide

in some strange dance

that knows no end

fueled by the rhythm of fate…

beautiful my beautiful

every beauty 

will one day part

except that which shines

from eye to heart

and heart to eye.

for in the glimmer of eternity

what is written upon the heart

will live timelessly

without change

without loss.

so though bodies separate

and turn to dust

remember beautiful

the heart will remain

the heart always does.

Jan. 26 2013
Via naasirheydari
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naasirheydari:

No beauty shines brighter than the beauty of a good heart.

Jan. 26 2013
Via naasirheydari
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ajammc: Seeing Through the Haze: the Politics of Reporting Sanctions and Smog in Tehran The latest on Ajam: A piece examining the relationship between sanctions and Tehran’s air pollution crisis. In 2010, a new round of American sanctions were implemented targeting Iranian imports of refined gasoline, meaning that Iranian officials were forced to come up with a way nearly overnight to prevent a crippling energy crisis that would shut down the nation’s economy.Iran was able to make up for the imported refined gasoline denied it by sanctions, but due to the suddenness of the American blow on its gasoline supplies it has still only managed to refine gasoline to an inferior level than previously available.As a result, no longer are Iranians merely suffering from the economic effects of wide-ranging international sanctions; they are literally choking to death from them. Be sure to read the full article, here.  That meter is intense, isn’t it? It’s showing the air pollution levels for the day. :( 

ajammc:

Seeing Through the Haze: the Politics of Reporting Sanctions and Smog in Tehran

The latest on Ajam: A piece examining the relationship between sanctions and Tehran’s air pollution crisis.

In 2010, a new round of American sanctions were implemented targeting Iranian imports of refined gasoline, meaning that Iranian officials were forced to come up with a way nearly overnight to prevent a crippling energy crisis that would shut down the nation’s economy.

Iran was able to make up for the imported refined gasoline denied it by sanctions, but due to the suddenness of the American blow on its gasoline supplies it has still only managed to refine gasoline to an inferior level than previously available.

As a result, no longer are Iranians merely suffering from the economic effects of wide-ranging international sanctions; they are literally choking to death from them.

Be sure to read the full article, here. 

That meter is intense, isn’t it? It’s showing the air pollution levels for the day. :( 

Jan. 24 2013
Via ajammc
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reemdream25: So this is what a 1920’s telegram to the League of Nations actually looks like… So this is what archival research looks like…

reemdream25:

So this is what a 1920’s telegram to the League of Nations actually looks like…

So this is what archival research looks like…

Jan. 22 2013
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ajammc: “The 1934 reconstruction of Ferdowsi’s Tus mausoleum was central to the nationalist effort, involving the destruction of the existing monument in order to erect one that suited Persian modernist taste and highlighted a chauvinist view of history that erased influences deemed insufficiently ‘Persian.’ The monument contains a farahavar, a Zoroastrian symbol, copied directly from Persepolis. Besides the monument’s influences from ancient Persian design, the white stone signifies the Persian ‘purity’ of the Shahnameh with respect to its non-inclusion of Arabic words. It’s name, ‘Ferdowsiyeh,’ taken from the Shia Hosseiniyeh, implies that the tomb should become a site of contemporary pilgrimage just as Iranians had historically visited the tombs of Shia religious figures (imamzadeh).”From Ajam’s latest article “Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh”

ajammc:

“The 1934 reconstruction of Ferdowsi’s Tus mausoleum was central to the nationalist effort, involving the destruction of the existing monument in order to erect one that suited Persian modernist taste and highlighted a chauvinist view of history that erased influences deemed insufficiently ‘Persian.’ The monument contains a farahavar, a Zoroastrian symbol, copied directly from Persepolis. 

Besides the monument’s influences from ancient Persian design, the white stone signifies the Persian ‘purity’ of the Shahnameh with respect to its non-inclusion of Arabic words. It’s name, ‘Ferdowsiyeh,’ taken from the Shia Hosseiniyeh, implies that the tomb should become a site of contemporary pilgrimage just as Iranians had historically visited the tombs of Shia religious figures (imamzadeh).”

From Ajam’s latest article “Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh”

Jan. 17 2013
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ajammc: Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh www.ajammc.com This was my first collaborative piece with the other Ajam editors!! Very exciting.  ajammc: Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh www.ajammc.com This was my first collaborative piece with the other Ajam editors!! Very exciting.  ajammc: Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh www.ajammc.com This was my first collaborative piece with the other Ajam editors!! Very exciting. 

ajammc:

Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh

www.ajammc.com

This was my first collaborative piece with the other Ajam editors!! Very exciting. 

Jan. 17 2013
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