Kamangir (Archer)

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. [...]

As mentioned before (see: January 30th, Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian Students), this blog, and its Persian counterpart, proudly support bloggers’ solidarity with Iranian imprisoned students. Join in! Spread the news!
Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian Students
“There is no doubt winter will have an end
And, the post of spring will come to [...]

It was November 2006 when I first got to know Esra’a Al’shafei and her work at the Mideast Youth, through our mutual friend Tori Egherman. Since then, my respect for this young Bahraini lady has always been on the rise. She seems to have expanded her days to 48 hours, to be able to [...]

 

 Interview with Esra'a [8:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I spoke over the phone with the bright and well-informed Canadian journalist Terry Galvin. An excerpt of our discussion has been mentioned in his new article “What Iranian Dissidents Need, and why they deserve more from North America’s left.”
In the United States, a debate is raging over whether dissidents in Iran should accept U.S. State [...]

It is no mystery that blogging is the new phenomenon of the Middle East, in particular, and the whole world, in general. In a place where other means of discussion are majorly controlled and even censored, blogs bring about easy discussion and convenient communication. One of the players of the Middle Eastern blogosphere is Esra’a.Esra’a [...]

 

 Interview with Esra'a [8:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Nita has kindly tagged me for the Intellectual Blogger Award. I will tag these blogs from around the globe.

From the states, Tori Egherman, for her thoughtful posts about Iran.
From Australia, Antony Loewenstein, for his brave and honest look.
From Israel, Lisa Goldman, for her unique view on Israel and issues surrounding it.
From Bahrain, Esra’a Al Shafei, [...]

She was ET or at most Esther Herman, the American bravely writing from the land of “Death to America”. Now, she has left Iran and uses her real name, Tori Egherman. Tori has been writing in her blog View from Iran since June 2003. She has been also actively participating in the discussions at the [...]

Lisa Goldman’s brave trip to Lebanon was not left unnoticed by the Islamic Republic News Agency. IRNA uses the title “Israeli reporter live from Beirut” and writes,
Lisa Goldman walked in different locations in the capital city of Lebanon and sent live pictures to an Israeli news channel. In some of the her pictures, banners [...]

Antony Loewenstein is the author of the book “My Israel Question“, which I am impatiently looking forward to receiving it from Amazon. He recently visited Iran and talked to fellow Iranian bloggers. That experience is reported in a piece for the Guardian Unlimited, an excerpt of which is also published in his blog. After I [...]