Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for May 23rd, 2008

Persian Blogosphere: On the Verge of Adolescence

By Kamangir • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Blogging, Didish, Features, Lead Story

I had a presentation today in the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008 Conference, on a panel titled “Breaking the Silence: Iranians Find a Voice on the Internet“, about some of the results of the work I do on analyzing the Persian blogosphere (Project Didish).
My main argument in the talk was that the Persian blogosphere is [...]

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Remembering the Fallen Soldiers

By Kamangir • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Iran, Video of the Day

The anniversary of Operation Liberation of Khoramshahr is approaching. Independent of all the arguments against the war and how the Islamic Republic to many people’s understanding prolonged the war to establish itself and silence the opposition, the brevity and sincerity of those who fought and fell for their country should be honored. They fought an [...]



The Fun of buying Condoms in Iran

By Kamangir • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features, Humour, Iran

A satirical post by “35 degree“,
Do you carry condoms?
It is a lot fun to buy a condom in Iran! Of course, I agree with you that not only it is a hard thing to do, but also it could cause trouble for you. But, just for the sake of argument, let’s look at it differently. [...]