Tag Archive | "Culture"

Iranian Culture is Safe: UN recognizes Nowruz

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Podcast will be available by Friday [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) If you haven’t heard the news about UN’s recognition of Nowruz, you’ve probably received at least fifty e-mails about it asking you to sign the petition. Would the Iranian [...]

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Lifestyle and Identity: What is the most contributing factor?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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Lifestyle and Identity: What is the most contributing factor?

Click Play to Listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Mazhar, the guest of this episode of Iranican Live, claims that what we know of the Iranian culture is mostly religion, namely Islam. The question is, if we remove all Islamic influences [...]

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مردم چی‌ میگن ؟ - Caring for what people Say: Void or Virtue?

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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مردم چی‌ میگن ؟ - Caring for what people Say: Void or Virtue?

Click Play To Listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) “Mardom chee meegan?” If you also believe that this is an invalid or backwards thinking concept, you have to also be able to answer the question of why it is so common in [...]

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Inferiority Complex: Iranian’s Love for the West

Friday, March 13, 2009

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Inferiority Complex: Iranian’s Love for the West

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) Do we Iranians have an inferiority complex? Do we believe that “Western” culture and/or identity is inherently better than ours? What does “Western” culture mean anyway? Isn’t culture constantly in a state of flux? The Iranican Crew explores this issue and the arguments get heated.

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Iranian Sports Culture, Exercise

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Iranian Sports Culture, Exercise

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) Have we lost something important in the transition from Zoorkhooneh to the modern Gyms? What is different in the Iranian Sports Culture, and is it the reason we’re better at individual sports than team sports? Interview with Iranian American Olympian Amin Nikfar. If you’d like [...]

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