I cannot wait until 7 to get this dumb final over with and go back to scanning and uploading manuscripts.
Posted on Friday 1 June with 5 notes.
Bazar E Botan (The Bazaar of Idols, Hafez)
Maryam Akhondy & Ensemble Barbad
Sarmast
“[…] project Sarmast, which means intoxicated, in this case intoxicated by the lyrics of the great Iranian poets, such as Hafez and others. Sarmast is Akhondy’s own compositions in the style of classical Persian art and music.”
Old Maps Online
This was interesting. The link provides a look at how regions were depicted in maps made a long, long time ago when colonizing people and demarcating settlements was the ‘right’ thing to do by the then-Empire Pax Britannica. I decided to see what my native land(s) looked like and I found this. My Afghan friend sat with me while we sifted through the map and found his native city Kabul as ‘Cabool.’ Looks like our British lords found it difficult to pronounce what they intended on colonizing.
Where’s your land on this map?
Posted on Tuesday 29 May with 10 notes.
Posted on Monday 28 May with 4 notes.
Maryam Akhondy singing a tahrir.
Posted on Monday 28 May with 7 notes.
- leyla: " I want to make a tumblr solely to follow that delusional child who thinks she's Arab "
- arpi: " I genuinely think she's convinced herself she is "
- arpi: " I don't follow her anymore, I can't "
- arpi: " but a DNA test told me sooo "
- leyla: " meanwhile she's been living in a white household in America all her life, no idea that she was 203493/230432th Arab "
- leyla: " "i care about middle eastern politics dat meanz i'm arab""
give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.
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warsan shire.
a few days before graduation I got an email from the school’s registrars office with the subject line “pronouncing your name.”
(via newwavefeminism)
I love this.
My name is Arpi Tatevik S[…]yan and when others try to say my name it’s usually something like “Ar-pie Tayt-vihk Saladary-an?”
Then when I correct them they’re surprised beyond belief.
I know it’s crazy, but sometimes, in other languages, things are spelled exactly how they are pronounced! Isn’t that nuts?
Kyalam Amerikatsi’s.
(Source: afrosandpeeptoes)
Geometrical constructions in the corners of the central arch in Wazir Khan Masjid, Lahore. There are individual mini-niches, each containing a different floral design, giving the corners a honeycomb like appearance.
“SIMPLE BITCH!”
this never made sense to me. there are a million ways you can fuck up how someone feels about themselves.
(Source: drinkyourjuice)
Posted on Wednesday 23 May with 9 notes.
An Armenian folk song (Aravodun Temin: At the Break of Dawn, compiled by Arusyak Sahakian), arranged by Ayşe Tütüncü and performed by 42 musicians. In memoriam of the Armenian Genocide.
It’s a 10 minute long masterpiece. Let it build up.
Posted on Tuesday 22 May with 14 notes.
I just want to take people by the collar and go, “care about folk music. you need to care. about. it.”
Posted on Friday 18 May with 3 notes.
azaadi replied to your post: I thought I’d tell you that I love your Tumblr so, so much. It’s like a beautiful dream.
That gif is perfect.
It’s from this cartoon!
I thought I'd tell you that I love your Tumblr so, so much. It's like a beautiful dream.
You just made my day. You’re such a beautiful person, jan.
Don’t make me tell you how much I love you and your blog. We’ll be here for the rest of eternity.
Posted on Friday 18 May with 2 notes.
Stavento feat. Giorgos Tsikaris - Hey Hop
This song makes me dance and I’m not ashamed of how many plays it has accumulated on iTunes since 2008. BUMP.
