Kamangir (Archer)

Etemad, a newspaper published inside Iran, reports that they have received word that the Ministry of Communication is considering complete blackout of the Internet in Iran for the day of the Parliamentary Elections [Persian]. Reportedly, this is the first time computerized polling will be integrated into the old paper-based system and the ministry is worried [...]

A very up-to-date PressTV Anchor

A paper I wrote three years ago, as a result of my masters research, has been finally sent to print. This is a non-technical introduction to the issue. Read the whole paper here: pdf or html. This is quoted from here.

This is a work I did a long while ago, during my masters. The aim [...]

Riot in Tehran

The matter of fact is that this blog has not been updated frequently in the past couple of months, at least compared to the rate of update which it saw last year around this time. This, however, does not mean that I have deserted this blog.
The Persian companion to this blog, at persian.kamangir.net, is almost [...]

“5 in the morning”, a website close to the reformists, claims that since a month ago Iranian tankers have been travelling in the Persian Gulf under foreign flags [Persian]. Reportedly, as the American ships in the Persian Gulf increased their surveillance on Iranian vessels, tankers operated by the state adopted flags from Cyprus and Malta. [...]

The Folly of Attacking Iran

On February 16th, I published a report on the statistics of the Persian blogosphere (see: Statistics of the 100 Hottest Persian Blogs/Websites). That report, as well as this one, are all results of project “Didish?”. In this report, not only we’ll take a look at the hottest Persian sources on the web, but also the [...]

The simplest job on the planet

The Iran I can be proud of

This post is another, much more extensive, report about the results of project “Didish?”. In short, in “Didish?” I gather information about the most liked Persian blogs/websites. For more information please refer to the post “Statistics of the Persian Blogosphere, a Report“.
As a companion to the previous post, here, you can acquire detailed information about [...]

I talked to Ido Hartogsohn of the Israeli website Nana last month, about the Persian blogosphere and how its members manage to communicate with Israeli fellows despite all the tensions between the two countries. The piece was originally published in Hebrew, but Lisa Goldman has been kind enough to translate the whole piece in English. [...]

Through analyzing links shared by Persian bloggers, I regularly search for the hottest points in the Persian blogosphere (a brief introduction to the methodology is given in here, for more information please send me an email or leave a comment). This report is based on 171 sources and over 30,000 shared links. The Persian translation [...]

“Executing” the US and Israel

Proud to be Offensive

It was time to move on to a better template and make this place look a bit more mature. Nevertheless, this is still the personal blog of an Iranian engineering student in Canada. Your answers to the poll will be appreciated.
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The International Fajr Film Festival has been a prominent part of the celebration of the Islamic Revolution since 26 years ago. Since then, every year, the cold February days see a lot of new movies competing against each other. The event also includes discussions about the participating films and a lot of other social events.

It is not really easy to be exposed to all the news about the upcoming elections in the states and remain silent, even if you know about American politics less than you know about Canary Islands. Taking a side feels good, as well. Therefore, this is why I chose Barack Obama.

Republican vs. Democratic: I guess [...]

The disgraceful action of an Iranian student in Canada caused a lot of very passionate discussions in the Persian blogosphere. Reportedly, the 25-year-old Ph.D. student of Memorial University, Newfoundland, has pleaded guilty for charges of sexually assaulting a lady in an elevator. On his defense he argued, “You can’t expect all males to control themselves when the breasts are out”. He also claimed to have been abused during his three-week preliminary confinement.

You might know that since a few months ago I have been working on a robot which crawls through the Persian blogosphere (see: Statistics of 78,000 Persian Blogs - Report on KiBeKi’s results so far). A companion to this robot is another project I have been working on recently. I have given the name “Didish?” to this project (means “have you seen it?” in Persian).

Didish is a feed aggregator (installed at didish.kamangir.net), which archives the links Persian bloggers share through delicious, Google Reader, or other services. As of now, I have been able to find 163 sources. This chart shows which service the sharing is carried out through.