This & That

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi -- "a memoir in books"; see previous post At a café run by an Armenian in Iran -- ...

Since the year is mostly over I figure I can go ahead and post this now since I have some time! :) 1. What did you do in 2011 tha...

Here are a few quotes from Unveiled: Nuns Talking by Mary Louden that I found worthwhile to share. "When someone dies here the at...

Last night I finished reading Iran Awakening by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. She had lots of really interesting things to say d...

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Mr. Bahri could not understand why we were making such a fuss over a piece of cloth. Did we n...

Another month has come and gone. Thanksgiving last week was great!  I love that the weather has been on the warm side. Here are the books ...

It's rather interesting how we do things to either identify with others or perhaps show our submission.  Many Muslim women will choos...