Iranian students in Paris criticized Iranian government and its repression policy against Iranian students and opposition in a meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president's advisor in Paris. Here are the films [fa].
Regine, at we make money not art, introduces us to photographs by Bas Princen of Cairo's Mokattam Ridge or Garbage City (Zabbaleen) - where a community of mainly Coptic Christians live and make a living out of collecting, sorting and disposing of Cairo's waste.
Iranian authorities released Mohammad Ali Abtahi,former vice president and blogger on a $700,000 bail one week ago after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison. Human rights activists reported [fa] that a few days ago Sasan Aghayi, a blogger and journalist got arrested in Tehran.
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Thank you for posting this Hamid. Thanks for Global voices. Homeyra’s blog is great. Forever Under Construction has become one of my favorite blogs in the entire world. I always learn something fun about art and about Iran and Homeyra makes me laugh. What more could anyone ask for?
Hi Hamid–
Thanks for linking back to my blog, but I thought you might want to fix the link to ArteNews so that it takes people to the magazine itself: http://www.arteeast.dreamhosters.com/pages/artenews.
Let me join the thank you club :)
Thanks Hamid, Serv for your kind words and Richard for your work in the first place.
I forgot to add this to my previous comment: I just want to let people know about the organization for which I am literary arts directory: Persian Arts Festival, a NYC-based non-profit. You can check us out at http://www.persianartsfestival.org.