Two funny videos on Persian vs. British partnering and parenting practices made by a group of second-generation Iranian immigrants in the UK:
9 January 2012
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2 January 2012
Here are some photos of the New Year’s Day religious service at Holy Savior Cathedral (or Vank Cathedral) in Isfahan. Photos are from ISNA and Mehr News Agency:
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2 January 2012
Happy New Year!
Some photos of the New Year’s Eve church service at Saint Sarkis church in Tehran –from Mehr News Agency:
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29 December 2011
While Spain’s unemployment rate was more than 20% in 2011 (see Bloomberg, The Independent and Google Public Data), the Spanish government spent more than 8.4m euros on their royal family in the same year!
“The Spanish news website ABC said the family did not disclose how much was spent on clothes, hair styling or other personal items”. (From the BBC News website)
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28 December 2011
A student fee protester on the main campus of the University of Birmingham, UK. Photo by me.
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27 December 2011
There was a story on forcing women to take virginity tests during anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt earlier this year.
Follow the latest development on this story from Al Jazeera English, BBC News, CNN and Reuters.
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