VP, VP IV; Southern Comfort II and a reality check
After the demonstration affair we headed over to Vakil Baths and Bazzar in search of breakfast, The French had to nurture their stomach. In the Bazzar me and the Norwegian dude each purchased a Chafieh he got the Hammas brand and I got the red one which as I understand is used by the people of Jordan and the communist Palestinian groups. At this point the French stopped being the main attraction, a turn of events which they welcomed greatly (since the World Cup Final, 95% people uttered the word Zidane upon finding out that they are french followed by the speculations. In the caspian sea area it was not as annoying but after 4 weeks of hearing the name I was seeing Zidane in my freakin sleep, so imagine the French. After a little walk we headed to the resting place of Sa'adi.
Farsi language at one point enjoyed an abundance of poets, philosophers and scientist and I would not think any person would disagree that Sa'adi is in the top Ten. (Others being 1) Ferdowsi -who orchestrated rebirth of Farsi- 2)Hafez -My favorite, also from Shiraz -see below, 3)Mollana Jallaledin Balkhi -Also known as Rumi, whom is claimed by both Turkish and the Iranians eventhough he expelicity denied having such identities, 4) Omar Khaiam (whose poetry would appeal to atheists and materialist 5) Roodaki 6) Vahshi Bafghi 7) Parvin Etesami 8) Shahriar (Azari poet who has done poetry both in Turkish and Farsi 9) Nima 10) Sohrab. Obviously this list the best 11 in my opinion who has not read all their works but sporadic and unevenly.
As for sa'adi, he has 2 major works and in one of he concentraits on his travels around that time's Cultural world (India and the Islamic empire)
Unlike Sa'adi he did not leave shiraz at all, his poetry is quite illuminating and leaves its impression on the heart. My personnal favorate his influence on Goethe resulted in latter's creation of "East-
This is the visitor section of the complex which was thehome of Qavam one of the notables of Shiraz, who comes from a family that recieved their title from the Qajar kings. The buliding is owned by University of Shiraz.
He is father in law of Shams (one of the powerful sisters of last king) who is one the top ten Corrupt and incompetant figures of last 150 years of history (there are soo many who deserve to be in this personal list which explains the historical desent of the country) My top ten list actually a 150 person list and is to be Blogged later.
Nonetheless the house is very nice, very nice mirror works and the painting on the ceiling have recieved the attention that the country lacked.
Narenj is a sour orange. As I know it, after the Shiraz wine, is the second most welknown thng about Shiraz in Iran, some help from the Shirazi people would be greatly appretiated :).
This is the central balcony of the visitor section very nice and detailed work on the ceiling.
On the way from Narenjestan, we stopped to get a cold drink, The 13 year old kid was a very polite and friendly one. Behind me in the picture there were 4 kids playing and this one was just watching his stnd and opening the bottle for the passers by. I asked him if he is from Shiraz he said He was born here, I went on and inquired more. Basically he and his brother (the guy with the stand behind the younger kid) are sons of Afghan refugees. Their parent have lived in Iran for 30 years (since the Soviet invasion) the older kid is 27 and born in the Kurdish region (Kermanshah) he has been in Shiraz and this stand has been his job for the last 20 years. The Afghan refugees in Iran are denied access to public education (needless to say 99% cannot afford private either) they are the low wage labourers in construction and subject to be targeted for bribes and mistreatment of Authorities and the population. They cannot buy a house, go to public hospitals. these brothers are born in Iran, raised in Iran and ignored in Iran.
The older man told me with a bitterness; they say that they are brothers to the Moslems, but if I was Christian, a jew or an Armenian I would received better treatment I wish I was. This makes me apeculate that if Iranian Central Authority would weakened upon a stress, the such marginalized people would be direct target of Wahhabis and like of them. some of you may say, one form of Ultra-Islamism is not different than the other but I strongly disagree.
To a person whose brought up in the west, and their views are shaped by a certain anti-Iranianness, Iran may seem at the end of line of radicalism, perhaps only some scholars on Iran and some of the Iranians themselves know the actual pragmatic and two-faced-ness of Iranian system ( they mayshout death to America, and Mr. Rafsanjani may say "America is a paper-tiger" but they are quite willing to buy weapons from them (a truth about U.S. as well) they may accuse England of this and that (Which is to the most part true I should say) but they are quite willing to divid the profit of one of the major Goal mines with them 30 to Iran and 70 to UK.
Farsi language at one point enjoyed an abundance of poets, philosophers and scientist and I would not think any person would disagree that Sa'adi is in the top Ten. (Others being 1) Ferdowsi -who orchestrated rebirth of Farsi- 2)Hafez -My favorite, also from Shiraz -see below, 3)Mollana Jallaledin Balkhi -Also known as Rumi, whom is claimed by both Turkish and the Iranians eventhough he expelicity denied having such identities, 4) Omar Khaiam (whose poetry would appeal to atheists and materialist 5) Roodaki 6) Vahshi Bafghi 7) Parvin Etesami 8) Shahriar (Azari poet who has done poetry both in Turkish and Farsi 9) Nima 10) Sohrab. Obviously this list the best 11 in my opinion who has not read all their works but sporadic and unevenly.
As for sa'adi, he has 2 major works and in one of he concentraits on his travels around that time's Cultural world (India and the Islamic empire)
Unlike Sa'adi he did not leave shiraz at all, his poetry is quite illuminating and leaves its impression on the heart. My personnal favorate his influence on Goethe resulted in latter's creation of "East-
This is the visitor section of the complex which was thehome of Qavam one of the notables of Shiraz, who comes from a family that recieved their title from the Qajar kings. The buliding is owned by University of Shiraz.
He is father in law of Shams (one of the powerful sisters of last king) who is one the top ten Corrupt and incompetant figures of last 150 years of history (there are soo many who deserve to be in this personal list which explains the historical desent of the country) My top ten list actually a 150 person list and is to be Blogged later.
Nonetheless the house is very nice, very nice mirror works and the painting on the ceiling have recieved the attention that the country lacked.
Narenj is a sour orange. As I know it, after the Shiraz wine, is the second most welknown thng about Shiraz in Iran, some help from the Shirazi people would be greatly appretiated :).
This is the central balcony of the visitor section very nice and detailed work on the ceiling.
On the way from Narenjestan, we stopped to get a cold drink, The 13 year old kid was a very polite and friendly one. Behind me in the picture there were 4 kids playing and this one was just watching his stnd and opening the bottle for the passers by. I asked him if he is from Shiraz he said He was born here, I went on and inquired more. Basically he and his brother (the guy with the stand behind the younger kid) are sons of Afghan refugees. Their parent have lived in Iran for 30 years (since the Soviet invasion) the older kid is 27 and born in the Kurdish region (Kermanshah) he has been in Shiraz and this stand has been his job for the last 20 years. The Afghan refugees in Iran are denied access to public education (needless to say 99% cannot afford private either) they are the low wage labourers in construction and subject to be targeted for bribes and mistreatment of Authorities and the population. They cannot buy a house, go to public hospitals. these brothers are born in Iran, raised in Iran and ignored in Iran.
The older man told me with a bitterness; they say that they are brothers to the Moslems, but if I was Christian, a jew or an Armenian I would received better treatment I wish I was. This makes me apeculate that if Iranian Central Authority would weakened upon a stress, the such marginalized people would be direct target of Wahhabis and like of them. some of you may say, one form of Ultra-Islamism is not different than the other but I strongly disagree.
To a person whose brought up in the west, and their views are shaped by a certain anti-Iranianness, Iran may seem at the end of line of radicalism, perhaps only some scholars on Iran and some of the Iranians themselves know the actual pragmatic and two-faced-ness of Iranian system ( they mayshout death to America, and Mr. Rafsanjani may say "America is a paper-tiger" but they are quite willing to buy weapons from them (a truth about U.S. as well) they may accuse England of this and that (Which is to the most part true I should say) but they are quite willing to divid the profit of one of the major Goal mines with them 30 to Iran and 70 to UK.
posted by The Hopeful Cynic at 1:16 PM
1 Comments:
Qavam was the father in law of Ashraf and not Shams (twin sisters) as I said before apologies for the mistake.
Post a Comment
<< Home