See Maz Jobrani's interview on the humorous commercial he made with Iranican.
http://www.celebmagnet.com/2010/06/maz-jobrani-video-interview-census-2010.html
why he says Iranians always put “zero” on forms: Maz Jobrani Explains Iranican's Census 2010 PSA .
Iranican Census 2010 PSA with Maz Jobrani - Zero
Sunday, December 4, 2016
نوروز New Year!
No Ruz? Yes. We have Ruz.
This is a contest to see how many ways you can find New Year spellings in on-line articles.
The first is in Persian: نوروز The rest will be in other alphabetic characters. Transliteration differences for the holiday come from differences in pronunciation, which vary by region, per wikipedia.
Let's start with American English:
NOROOZ San Francisco
Nowruz wikipedia, White House
Norouz in a comment to a New York Times article
Maz Jobrani comedy at the White House Nowruz 2016 with First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts an Event to Mark Nowruz (official transcript)
White House greetings over the years
This is a contest to see how many ways you can find New Year spellings in on-line articles.
The first is in Persian: نوروز The rest will be in other alphabetic characters. Transliteration differences for the holiday come from differences in pronunciation, which vary by region, per wikipedia.
Let's start with American English:
NOROOZ San Francisco
Nowruz wikipedia, White House
Norouz in a comment to a New York Times article
Maz Jobrani comedy at the White House Nowruz 2016 with First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts an Event to Mark Nowruz (official transcript)
White House greetings over the years
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Noruz
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Purim 2013 - a song in English for Mr Ahmadinejad from Ari Lesser
This song goes out to Ahmadinejad
The Jews don't fear you, we fear God
The youtube has the text so that it gives some decent practice at following the English words as Ari Lesser chants the saga of Esther and Mordecai in Shushan, along with some advice for Iran's leaders.
The Jews don't fear you, we fear God
The youtube has the text so that it gives some decent practice at following the English words as Ari Lesser chants the saga of Esther and Mordecai in Shushan, along with some advice for Iran's leaders.
Friday, September 23, 2016
What's eating at you? Comparing meals in Iran with that in Hanoi
... with Anthony Bourdain and President Barack Obama.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/15/Food/Images/Rezaian%20011407353290.jpg?uuid=sTAIUnuDEeasjs-ODdkdxw
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/15/Food/Images/23596_053_0061_R.jpg?uuid=Tfnv6nt_Eeasjs-ODdkdxw
From an article By Emily Yahr published in 2016 (September 20)
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/15/Food/Images/Rezaian%20011407353290.jpg?uuid=sTAIUnuDEeasjs-ODdkdxw
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/15/Food/Images/23596_053_0061_R.jpg?uuid=Tfnv6nt_Eeasjs-ODdkdxw
From an article By Emily Yahr published in 2016 (September 20)
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