One of my major problems when I go to trips is my overweight luggage. No matter where I go and for how long, I manage to have gifts for my friends – not paying attention to the size and the weight. I have this idea that if I think one of my friends would like [...]
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In this serigraph, Picasso has simplified a big bull down to few curves. Much like what we, the physicists, do in our dealing with problems!
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I am standing under the piercing sun along with a dozen of people waiting for Mrs. Maleki to arrive. I sign my name on a paper that is attached to her door and lean on a tree. She appears on the other side of the street, very well dressed, with nicely dyed hair, perfect manicure, [...]
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After a long and exhausting trip, I finally got back to Paris. The flight itself is not too long, about 5 and a half hours, but the whole trip usually takes almost 10-12 hours. Worst of all is that the flight leaves at 7 am, so you need to get up at 4 am to [...]
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This will be my last post from Tehran. My flight is leaving in few hours. I am all packed and exhausted by all the running around that I did in this last week. I managed to see most of my friends and I did some shopping. Now, I just cannot wait to be in Paris. [...]
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Living in a traditional society is not always pleasant but it is fun to witness how taboos are broken. Today, I was in a bookstore when a tiny little book caught my eye, it was called “Etiqutte tips for boys and girls”. The cover had a cartoon of a guy giving a flower to a [...]
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One of the things I like about Iran, and Tehran in particular, is the contrast that you can see all around yourself. Yin and Yang. Tradition vs. modernity, both among people and in the city structure. In the same city you see high-rise buildings and highways, and also the remaining of old villages. Every year [...]
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Was I too naive to think that freedom of speech means expression of your ideas without having fear of being silenced? Apparently yes. Last week, one of my favorite weblogs Editor: Myself, held by Hossein Derakhshan (aka Hoder), was first butchered and then shut down by its hosting company. The story started when Hossein posted [...]
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We came back from the seaside on Thursday evening. As always, the day we wanted to leave, the weather was the best of the whole week. A small breeze was caressing the leaves, the sun was shining high and the sea was almost like a swimming pool. We went to the beach one last time [...]
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Women only beach, taken on 13th and 14th of August 2007, Daryakenar, Iran.
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