About
Short Version:
I am Arash Abadpour (Abad Pour), an Iranian student in Canada. I write under the pen name “Arash Kamangir” and I am not into politics, of any kind. This is my email address and this is Kamangir’s feed. The best way to contact me is through the Skype ID arash.kamangir.
Kamangir.net is a collection of an English blog, a Persian blog, a photoblog, and a photography blog.
Long Version:
I am an Iranian student, not studying politics, law, or anything related to what I talk about in here. I have been living in Canada, since last year, with my lovely wife, Azadeh, and our zero children.
Kamangir means archer in Persian, and please remember that the name Farsi is the Arabic term for the language I speak as my mother tongue. So, here, I will only use the term Persian. I have chosen Kamangir as my blog’s name because my first name is Arash. In the mythology, Arash is the heroic archer who saves Iran. the full story is mentioned here.
I am an agnostic, raised in an Islamic country. Since childhood, one of my greatest challenges has been to explain to Muslims how obvious they think their ideas are and how ignorantly they force others to live as they do. Obviously, this blog follows the same path. However, when I talk about the words “Islam” and “Muslim”, I mean the mainstream Islam and Muslimism. To my understanding, people have the right to worship whatever they want to however they want to and this is none of anyone’s business. However, when people force children to recite books or take ideology courses, or collapse twin buildings, for that matter, in the name of Allah, I find no reason to remain silent.
To my understanding, Iran and what is seen today in the news about “Iran”, are two very distinct issues. However, I am not a fan of conspiracy theories or “Jews rule the world” fantasies. I will use the name Islamic Republic (IR) to refer to the Iranian political system. To my understanding, Iran and the IR are like a body and an infection. You will not kill ill people. You will not sleep with them, either.
While I have all the reasons to criticize the Islamic Republic, I will remain objective. I am not a member of any Iranian political party in or outside Iran. Having said that, I do respect any movement which is pro democracy and human rights.
In Kamangir, no lie has ever been told, neither will it be in the future. If you catch me telling a lie, I will send you a $1,000 check (not for mistakes, though!).
I read any single comment and I respond to almost all of them. I do not censor or delete any comment unless they contain insults or links to pornographic websites. As some of Kamangir’s readers may use Persian or Pinglish in their comments, I will translate, and also annotate, terms and ideas which an average non-Iranian would not understand.
My mother tongue is Persian. So, obviously, Kamangir is full of mistakes. I would be grateful if you let me know when my sentences are weird/unintelligible/or just wrong.
Kamangir.net is a collection of an English blog, a Persian blog, a photoblog, and a photography blog. If you have added any of these blogs’ addresses to yours but your blog is not listed here, please kindly let me know. This is my email address and this is Kamangir’s feed. The best way to contact me is through the Skype ID arash.kamangir .
Other than here, I write for these blogs,
Last update: 16 April 2008.
