August 04, 2003

More Iranian English Blogs

Here are a few more Iranian blogs in English I would like to introduce to you:

Iran Translated attempts to translate blogs and other materials from Farsi to English. I tried this once and it became too overwhelming for my time constraints to continue but still believe it to be a very critical and worthy effort and I hope this blog succeeds where I failed. I don't know how I have managed to ignore where's MY elephant up to this point, it certainly wasn't deliberate and I apologize to one of my favorite bloggers for this. Another Canadian based blog is MayKadeh or "Tavern" in Persian as the blog declares. "Happy Hours" are only observed in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary though, not Tehran, Isfahan or Shiraz. Last but certainly not least is one of the most attractively designed blogs I've seen called Shabnegar. I wish all of you guys/gals the best and once again offer any help to those who may wish to start their own blogs. Just contact me.

Posted by Pedram at August 4, 2003 09:22 AM
Comments

Where is my Elephant is interesting for no other reason than that Kaveh seems to feel he is being punished by having to go to Harvard law school and leave Toronto behind. I think he is going to really like it when he gets there.

Posted by: Dave at August 4, 2003 09:32 AM

thanks for the plug, pedram.
k.s.

Posted by: kaveh at August 4, 2003 10:39 AM

Hey! imagine my surprise when I came for my daily visits of iranian.com and huh! here is "iran translated"! I was going to email you and let you know eventually and hope that you would be kind enough to mention it in passing, but starting a log entry with the link? and without a request even?! thank you very much! I am not even done posting my first bit but never the less, i appreciate the support. I hope you and its intended audience find it interesting.

cheers
bargeboo

its been a pleasure reading your weblog pedram and i hope your voice is never silenced.

Posted by: bargeboo at August 4, 2003 02:41 PM

Bargeboo,

Yes, the fact that Padram has mentioned your blog is very nice but even nicer is your own attempt to provide non-persian readers with persian material which may not otherwise be heard by them.

Thank you for your bright idea

Posted by: Faramin at August 4, 2003 04:29 PM

Sorry I am just a little confused about the first sentence, what is translation "Farsi to English"?

Posted by: Enrico Rinaldi at August 4, 2003 05:51 PM

Enrico, Farsi or Persian is the official language of Iran.

Posted by: Pedram M. at August 4, 2003 06:20 PM

Pedram,

I think what Enrico wants to know is whether the translation is from Farsi to English or reverse.

Enrico,

Although that blog has justed started, but I think the translation will be to English So English speaking readers can read.

Posted by: Faramin at August 4, 2003 06:45 PM

Thanks for the link. You'r is quite nicely designed as well. I don't get a chance to update the site that often, but I will start in a couple of weeks. We might be able to start a grand weblog with a few other bloggers and offer info, news, commentary in english. Tell me what you think. I'll take care of the design if you want to do it.

Posted by: sasan at August 4, 2003 08:14 PM

I just want to thank you for your attempt to encourage the Iranians to speak out.

Posted by: Davood Fard at August 5, 2003 08:03 AM

so..what about the only Italian blog about Iran? LOL...greetings from Italy! =)

Posted by: Valerio at August 5, 2003 10:51 AM

Thanks for the link Pedram!

Posted by: polo at August 5, 2003 02:44 PM