The Good, the Bad, the Hopeful
If you're a college basketball fan (or if you just get sucked in this time of year by someone else) you may have seen the upset victory of Northern Iowa over top-ranked Kansas with a last minute 3-point shot by Ali Farokhmanesh. Ali is an Iranian American (American mom, Iranian dad) who is now gracing the March 29th cover of Sports Illustrated. The following article relates how his parents (who are college volleyball coaches) supported his love for basketball and helped him get where he is. The last line brought a tear to my eye, "He also would like to visit his father's side of the family in Iran, something he's never been able to do, to meet grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins he's never seen. 'That would be a dream come true,' every bit as much as hitting the winning shot in a big game in the national tournament."
Check it out: The Good
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Michigan gets in the national news for the darnedest things.
'Christian Militia' members were arrested this week for plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.
I'm just plain embarrassed/disgusted on so many levels: The Bad
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If you're in the UK and are a fan of foreign films and/or music be on the look-out for screenings of the movie, Nobody Knows About Persian Cats, a documentary-style drama about the underground music scene in Tehran. The film won one of the jury prizes at last year's Cannes film festival and was smuggled out of the country by Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi. Rock music (among A LOT of other things, lol) is banned in Iran but where there's a will, there's a way.
Read more here: The Hopeful
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So what's going on in your corner of the world?
Check it out: The Good
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Michigan gets in the national news for the darnedest things.
'Christian Militia' members were arrested this week for plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.
I'm just plain embarrassed/disgusted on so many levels: The Bad
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If you're in the UK and are a fan of foreign films and/or music be on the look-out for screenings of the movie, Nobody Knows About Persian Cats, a documentary-style drama about the underground music scene in Tehran. The film won one of the jury prizes at last year's Cannes film festival and was smuggled out of the country by Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi. Rock music (among A LOT of other things, lol) is banned in Iran but where there's a will, there's a way.
Read more here: The Hopeful
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So what's going on in your corner of the world?