Persian Bakery

Author of The Last Living Slut: Born In Iran, Bred Backstage; a book of war, the Iranian Revolution, the Persian dusk, bath-houses in twilight, child abuse, escape to England, American rock stars, love, blood & abortion, explicit sexuality, Guns n Roses, my book has also been translated into Italian and sold over 25,000 copies worldwide. Born in Iran, I was sent to England during the Iran/Iraq war at the age of 10. At 14 I wrote my first book on the street kids of Sao Paulo. Having studied extensively at university, I now lecture at universities across the UK on gender and feminisms, and cultural and political theory and speak at International Women’s Conferences on gender and cultural taboos as well as child abuse in 3rd world countries. I am passionate about animal rights. Cruelty to animals does not allow me to sleep at nights, Have you seen footage of cats and dogs being tortured and skinned alive for fur?

Their howls and cries when they are being tortured makes me die a little every day. People who wear real fur are the same as pedophiles to me. I would gladly murder these people. As a poet, author and human I am inspired by: Iran’ s beauty, Michele Foucault, Victorian London, Transylvania, Oscar Wilde, Postmodernism, Judith Butler, Edith Piaf, Dylan Thomas, James Douglas Morrison, Leonard Cohen, all Animals and wildlife, Edinburgh’s underground city, Eric Cantona, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, The Rat Pack and feta cheese.

Roosari Abi

Arab hijab styles can recommend to the training of small dress by Islamic women or perhaps the apparel used to include the brain, chest and neck area used by Muslim women. With respect to traditions, faith based dedication and way of living, Hijab styles differ.

The Arabic-talking planet is financially different, and this is mirrored in its styles. Hijab and designer have put together to generate possibly-developing styles, however some Arab hijab styles used in the Arabic-talking planet is standard. A hijab is an important part of a Muslim woman’s clothing.
The word “hijab” is actually an Arabic word that means “veil” or “curtain.” Hundreds of thousands of Muslim women around the world put on the hijab as a signal of humility. You can use any sort of scarf for a hijab–sq.Scarves, Pashminas or pure cotton shawls are often used. Or, to present a selection into your clothing, you can get a hijab from a niche retail store, exactly where you can get a vast choice in diverse shades, printing, models and components.

Bus Stop

Thousands of Iranian women are uploading images of themselves without a hijab to the Internet, sparking a debate on the country’s 35-year-old law that requires them to wear the head covering.
They are sending their pictures to a Facebook page called Stealthy Freedoms of Iranian Women. The page was created by London-based Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad on May 3, and had notched up over 170,000 Likes by May 14. “Every single minute I receive emails and Facebook messages, bombarding me with images,” Alinejad tells TIME.
The anonymous photos vary in their degree of defiance, some of them depicting uncovered women next to their husbands or mothers, others standing next to the Grand Ayatullah’s office or in the middle of a packed subway car.
However, Alinejad, whose mother wears a hijab, says she has no intention of encouraging defiance.
“I’m not asking people to take off their scarves,” she says. “But you never see these ordinary, smiling women, full of color in the Iranian papers. I’m not fighting the hijab, I’m fighting censorship.”

The debate over the hijab tends to erupt every summer, when temperatures reaching 40°C cause women to challenge the limits on how far back on the head they are allowed to wear their hijabs. Normally, Iran’s morality police keep the streets clear of what is considered indecent behavior, but what’s on the Internet is proving harder to purge.
The semiofficial Fars News Agency has denounced the page and accused Alinejad of working with Iran’s enemies, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Alinejad is meanwhile worried about Facebook pages with similar names to hers that have cropped up over the past few days.
“I verify every single image, and post them anonymously,” she says. “I don’t know who runs these other pages, maybe it’s the government, maybe it’s someone who wants to abuse the pictures. It could be dangerous for the women. I worry that they may be sending their images in the wrong direction.”

The Fars News Agency continues to claim that Stealthy Freedoms of Iranian Women promotes promiscuity, but the multitude of images of women enjoying the simple comfort of being bareheaded, and the messages that accompany the pictures, say otherwise.

Park Interview

It may not come as a surprise to learn that the Iranian government invests heavily in internet filtering, mobile-communication restrictions and jamming of international satellite broadcasts to control and manipulate the Iranian people.
What may be surprising is that European companies, particularly satellite providers, continue to provide services to Tehran despite its comprehensive assault on free expression and free access to information. Iran leads the world in illegal jamming of international satellite broadcasts, but it is a prolific user of international broadcasting platforms for its own programming. European satellite companies like Eutelsat, Intelsat and Arqiva provide extensive services to the Iranian state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), including for domestic Iranian radio and television broadcasts, and for Iran's growing list of foreign-language channels, like the English-language PressTV and the Arabic Al-Alam.

But Eutelsat also hosts many of the stations whose programming Tehran jams. It has not stopped carrying IRIB channels on its satellites, which are facilitated through Arqiva, even though the Iranian government is effectively destroying the products of its other clients.
Over the past two years, during which Iran increased its jamming of Persian-language broadcasts from abroad, Eutelsat and Arqiva have done little to hold the Iranian government accountable. Either company could have contractually required Iran to stop its jamming, which is politically motivated censorship, or refused to carry IRIB. Instead Eutelsat's response was to discontinue broadcasting BBC Persian and VOA Persian on the most accessible and popular satellite, Hotbird6, and to move them to less accessible satellites.

Providing continuous service to the IRIB as long as extensive jamming of Persian-language media is taking place is essentially a gift to the Iranian government from European satellite companies.

New Ad

Justin Bieber sure made a lot of noise on the Internet this week. On Friday, the music website BreatheHeavy.com published what it claimed to be an untouched image from the pop star's new Calvin Klein ad campaign, but has now issued a retraction. The GIF suggested that Bieber's head, arms, legs, chest and below-waist area were exaggerated in the final image. While it's still possible that the unretouched photo could be real (and that BreatheHeavy simply wants to avoid a lawsuit), the image does look a bit fishy, particularly since Bieber's head seems sizably larger compared to the after photo. 
"We sincerely apologize to Bieber for the hit to his ego and to the millions of tweens on social media we upset," BreatheHeavy writer Jordan Miller says. Indeed, the untouched photo sparked a storm of chatter about the CK campaign on Friday (see some examples of reactions on Twitter below). BreatheHeavy.com obtained the photo from a source who also claimed that Bieber caused a scene on the set of the shoot. But CK CMO Melisa Goldie tells US Weekly a much different story. "We shot the print and video campaigns over several days at Silvercup Studios with photographers Mert and Marcus and Johan Renck, who directed the campaign video," she said. "Justin showed up early every day with amazing energy; he completely trusted us and gave it his all."

Free Exam

In honor of Movember, we hit the streets to raise awareness for testicular cancer by giving free exams. We donated $100 for every guy that agreed. But that's still not enough, for every 100k views this video gets, we're donating an additional $100 to the Movember campaign.
The Movember Foundation is the leading global organization committed to changing the face of men’s health.
The Movember community has raised $559 million to date and funded over 800 programs in 21 countries. This work is saving and improving the lives of men affected by prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health problems.
The Movember Foundation challenges men to grow moustaches during Movember (formerly known as November), to spark conversation and raise vital funds for its men’s health programs. To date, 4 million moustaches have been grown worldwide, but we won't stop growing as long as serious men’s health issues exist.
Mo Bros, with their new moustaches, become walking, talking billboards, and like a run or walk for charity they use their hairy ribbon to spark conversations around the often ignored issue of men’s health and seek to raise funds to support the work of the Movember Foundation.
Movember’s not just for men. Women who support men’s health, known as Mo Sistas, are an important part of Movember’s success. Mo Sistas register, start a team and fundraise – they do everything Mo Bros do, they just don’t grow a Mo. Mo Sistas are champions of Movember, rallying the men in their lives to join the movement, grow moustaches and have important conversations about men’s health.

Charkhandeh Hospital

 Due to the incidence of heart failure last night at one of the hospitals.
Value and ability to inspire our artists spinning last night and the incidence of heart failure in the ICU (ICU) is one of the hospitals.
According to the report, the cause of heart failure is unknown but appears to be caused by stress. Further news will be announced later.
Khamenei succeeded Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. He was Iran’s president for two successive terms from 1981-1989 and survived an assassination attempt that paralysed his right arm in 1981.
Khamenei has substantial influence, or constitutional authority, over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government as well as the military and media.
He has repeatedly denounced the West, particularly the United States, over its actions against Iran’s disputed nuclear programme and its broader Middle Eastern policy.
But he has so far supported the talks between Iran and six world powers on the programme, which Western countries suspect is aimed at seeking the capability to build a nuclear bomb but which Iran says is for peaceful purposes.