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Kamangir’s Birthday

Kamangir | October 15, 2007 | Category Personal

It is again that time of the year. October 17th 2004, in an attempt to write essays for the upcoming TOEFL exam, I started writing a blog titled “Kamangir” in blogspot with the secretive address kmgr.blogspot.com. If by any chance you like to know about the history of this blog, please refer to the Archeology Section in the appendix.

Some Statistics:

This figure shows the number of posts of this blog, and those of its Persian companion, in each month. Clearly, July, August and September have been very busy months, one of the reasons behind the “retirement”.

The “Retirement”

I think this is a good place to discuss the issues which led, and resulted from, the “retirement” post. Basically, Azadeh kept torturing me with lashes and other horrible instruments to make me stop blogging, or that’s what many people have told me half seriously half jokingly. The fact is, what happened was “blogger’s burnout“, as Frieda put it so well. So, I’ll keep blogging but blogging will not be my first priority anymore. That’s all and thanks for all your support, I did need it.

And, a Birthday Present for me, Please!

If this is not the first time you are reading something here, or anywhere else on kamangir.net, please leave me a comment. Tell me one thing you have liked on this blog and one thing for which you would have slapped me on the face if you ever saw me.

Appendix: Some Archeology:

The first post on Kamangir was this,

This is the birth of this weblog. I am not sure that I am going to continue this game, but it seems nice right now. My close friends will almost kill me when they read this phrases, because I have had long discussions with them against such nasty things as weblogs. I am not sure my opinion has changed massively….

I kept blogging in blogspot until at some point of time, which I am unable to determine, and for some reason, which I am not able to remember either, Kamangir moved to the fantastic blogging service Wordpress at the address kamangir.wordpress.com. From this point of time things start to become clear.On 26 February 2007, at last, I got the domain kamangir.net, and I remember it was 11pm when I did that. By 4am the next day, Kamangir was up and running, although I needed a few more days to completely transfer posts and comments from the old place to here. Then, the original English Kamangir started to enjoy having sisters and brothers as a Persian blog and a Photoblog started here, on 1 May 2007. Finally, because of a fancy camera Azadeh got me for my birthday, a photography blog joined the team.

“Iranians’ Share of the Caspian Sea”

Kamangir | October 15, 2007 | Category Iran, Islamic Republic

Iranians’ share  of the resources in the Caspian Sea. Source: The Sail, [Persian].

Putin’s visit to Tehran has made many Iranians worried that the regime may be planning to get the support of Russians for their nuclear ambitions even if that costs forgetting Iran’s rights to the Caspian Sea. The cartoon is from The Sail [Persian].

Iran: Detention for Holding Prayers

Kamangir | October 15, 2007 | Category Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

Some of the members of the Liberation Movement of Iran and its sister organizations. Source: Kossof [Persian].

After close to four weeks of fasting, the holy month of Ramadan ended and Muslims everywhere marked the event by attending the Fetr Eid Prayer. Most of these people went home with the fabulous sense of having finished a holy ritual. That was not the fate of everyone, though.

When a small group of Iranian Muslims gathered to say their prayers, they were attacked by tear gases and the angry guards who arrested an unknown number of them. The event took place when the heads of the Liberation Movement of Iran and its sister organizations and some of their members wanted to pray together, and not attend the official prayer. The party has long been outlawed by the state [Persian].