Dear Ghazal, Christopher Hitchens, one of the bravest opponents of religious hypocrisy and fighter for a secular and educated society died today. In his 2007 book “God is not Great” Hitchens dismantled the concept of a God or a supreme being as being a totalitarian belief that destroys individual freedom. His opinion that free expression and scientific discovery should replace… (more…)
BBC News (13-12-2011): The Search for the Higgs-Boson: LHC scientists to release best evidence Anticipation is building in the run-up to presentations of the best-yet evidence for – or against – the existence of the Higgs boson. Rumours have been swirling about the findings for weeks, ahead of the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. The famed particle is a missing link… (more…)
Christian faith, Shia Islam and Nazi Fascism share one common in their roots: All three ideologies or religions are based on the myth that their founder (or at least one of their earliest believers) were killed by the enemy. Hence, all three seek for supporters who are willing to take revenge by assasinating as many as possible of the branded… (more…)
When the Berlin Independent Film-Festival AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS is going to present again 14 extraordinary movies by young film-makers, the Iranian art of cinematografie will be represented by film-director Mohammad Rasoulof. Rasoulof, whos movie “Bé omid é didar“already received an award at this years Cannes Film-Festival, will be present at the Babylon movie-theater on November 30th himself.… (more…)
Hello Michael! Sorry for the late mail!! There is just a lot to do every day. Go to university every day and them come home eat and spend time with family. Or meet a friend after work and come home late. But Now i found some good time to sit and write. Hope that everything is fine with you. The… (more…)
On Friday we went with Omid to the concert by Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, who was accompanied on his tour through 9 european countries by the Shahnaz ensemble. The prospect to hear and watch in Munich the perhaps biggest and most famous representative of classical persian vocal music attracted a big audience that filled the Hercules-Hall of the royal residence up to… (more…)
Dear Michael, Have you seen “Melancholia” meanwhile ? I liked your montage of the planet above the Munich sky-line. But always if I think back to my year in your city, I remember very happy moments and a nice summer with the mountains on the horizon and green parks with fresh air and the Isar-wave surfer, the concerts we went… (more…)
Hi Michael, not sure if I shall recommend you to see that new movie by Lars v. Trier “MELANCHOLIA”. It started in Sweden already in May, but I did not had time before to go. It has some very beautiful scenes, in particular at the very beginning. It shows some moments in the life of the main character (Justine, played… (more…)
Hello Michael, Im glad you have your vacation and that the weather and everything is nice. enjoy these days. Nice that my gels worked out!! Thank you but you dont have to send me chocolate. i already eat too much here I had my vacation (2 weeks), my family came for a visit from US. So it was nice. Enjoy… (more…)
The ancient Bulgarians came to the Balkan peninsula from the south russian and and Kazakh grass lands, were they lived next to skyths. The Partians, i.e. the native persian people, came from the same area and from their brought to Iran the expertise of horse breeding and riding. But the Black Sea basin, located between the Balkan peninsula, caucasus mountains,… (more…)