Part II in my review of “Rings of Power” tv series : What was … not so good.
Rings of Power (season 1) Review Part I : Let’s stay positive
So I finally did it. I sat down and watched the entire first season of the "Rings of Power", the much-awaited Amazon Studio funded and...
Film Review : La nuit du 12 (The night of the 12th)
A review of the French awared-winning crime thriller “La nuit du 12” (The night of the 12th) ; one of the most moving films that left devastated in years.
Follow-up : Digital Generation my *#&!
Follow up on the previous post : any technology once it matures. It just works, but we’re all the more dependent on it, the more it transforms into a magical black box of technology.
The Sound of Sohrab’s Footfalls
A brief biography of the great modern Iranian Poet Sohrab Sepehri, and some of my own translations of his work.
Interview with Harvard Physicist Cumrun Vafa
In 2005 I had the immense pleasure of interviewing the eminent Iranian physicist Cumrun Vafa, of Harvard university, for Shahrvand English Magazine. Here follows a transcript of that interview.
Yalda : Seed of Light in the belly of Darkness
A history of one of the oldest traditions in Iran/Persia, and the world, celebration of the winter’s solstice, Yalda night; looking back at it’s Zoroastrian origins.
The persian role in the development of Arabic grammar
Wheat field, Choue, France || f1.8 || 1/5000 || ISO100 || 50 mm || Nikon D7200 || 2018 Through a twisted path i came across this quote...
Fereydoon Moshiri: A Delicate Soul
Sunday October 24 was the sad anniversary of a loss: the day the flame of one of the brightest figures of contemporary Persian literature was...
At the gates of the Underworld
Little red dragonflies are flying back and forth harmlessly all around me, engaged in seriously in their own business. The water undulates serenely. The white goose...