Iran.
Iran is out there leading the way for the world.
Forget about nuclear power plants for the moment.
Iran is off to Norway to put forth a peace plan for Syria.
While back in Iran, the river is running dry.
Immorality among women is causing a river in Iran to dry up, according to a senior cleric from the Islamic Republic. Seyyed Youssef Tabatabi-nejad, who leads Friday prayers in Isfahan, encouraged the country’s morality police to crack down on ‘improper veiling’ and suggested women’s immodest clothing was having an impact on the environment….“If we see a sin it’s useless that we only bicker about it. The police force can use the [paramilitary] Hezbollahi forces in carrying out their operations to root out vice,” he added.
Darn, if it is not the fault of those girls.
Meanwhile, here in Jerusalem, Israel, at the Museum for Islamic Art, there is a new temporary exhibit of Iranian graphic art posters.
The contemporary artists combine new technology with old calligraphy to create,
dozens of works on display, covering the last 40 years.
One of the oldest posters in the exhibition caught my attention.
The poster proudly announcing the 11th Festival of Arts in Shiraz/Persepolis, running 17-20 August 1977.
The 11th and last arts and cultural festival in Shiraz.
Women artists are included in the show. It is no coincidence, they use red for their works, as with one poster, Sara’s Paradise –
blood red and with flame imagery.
More than half of university graduates and artists and designers are female, but..
more than the river is drying up in Iran.
