<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Siddhartha</title>
	<atom:link href="http://chanani.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:56:43 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='chanani.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Siddhartha</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://chanani.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Siddhartha" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://chanani.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Iranian Culture as Some Sub-cultures</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/iranian-culture-as-some-sub-cultures/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/iranian-culture-as-some-sub-cultures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayandeghan Daily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kayhan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ketab-e-Jomeh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohammad Ghaed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payam-e-Emrooz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sub-culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read a book titled Injustice, Ignorance and Purgatory: Whispers and Cries in the Clash of Cultures written by Mohammad Ghaed. Ghaed is an Iranian professional journalist and he&#8217;s worked in some famous papers and magazines like Ayandeghan Daily, Kayhan, Ketab-e-Jomeh, Payam-e-Emrooz and some others before and after Revolution in 1973. As I know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=72&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/iranian-culture-as-some-sub-cultures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The End of Leadership</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/the-end-of-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/the-end-of-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottoman Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice and Development Party (AKP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Davos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundamentalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some like to call current movements in the Middle East liberalistic movements, but I think we should wait more. Of course these movements gladden me, too. I&#8217;m glad because it ends a point in the place of Turkey in the region. During some years ago Turkey had been able to introduce itself as a regional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=66&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/the-end-of-leadership/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Book about Shiism</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/another-book-about-shiism/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/another-book-about-shiism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bernard Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shi&#8217;ism, Resistance, and Revolution which is edited by Martin Kramer is another book about Shiism. In fact, it is the result of an international conference held in Tel Aviv, in 1984. First of all, I think it can be a good source about Shiism, Shia countries and evaluate the role of Iran&#8217;s revolution within the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=59&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/another-book-about-shiism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Write in My Blog Again</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/i-write-in-my-blog-again/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/i-write-in-my-blog-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Myself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=54</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our world faced some very important events like presidential election in The United States, as I couldn&#8217;t write anything in my blog. In fact, I was learning French during this time. But now I have to get ready for TOEFL, so I have enough time to read and write in English. In other hands, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=54&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/i-write-in-my-blog-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>We Are Alone, Very Alone</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/we-are-alone-very-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/we-are-alone-very-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic of Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=43</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ During thirty years ago, authorities in Iran haven&#8217;t been able to find any allies among neighbors or the other Islamic countries in the Middle East. Until now they haven&#8217;t been able to do it.  In the first decade, trying to foment a revolution among the other Islamic countries was the main obstacle, but later two other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=43&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/we-are-alone-very-alone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why Do We Need to Recognize Shiism?</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/why-do-we-need-to-recognize-shiism/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/why-do-we-need-to-recognize-shiism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic of Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asadabadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khomeini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shariati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiitic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=40</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shiism is the most important sect in Islam after Sunnis. Almost all of them live in the Middle East and the others live in south of Asia, especially in Pakistan and India. In addition, Islamic republic of Iran, the only Shiitic government all over the world, is based on Shiite principals, so I think that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=40&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/why-do-we-need-to-recognize-shiism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The West and Nothing Else</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/the-west-and-nothing-else/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/the-west-and-nothing-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic of Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al-e-ahmad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ali Shariati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westernism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Identity had an important part to play in fomenting the Islamic revolution of Iran. Revolutionists expressed opposition against the westernism of that society by political system. Some emphasized on an Islamic identity and the others proposed introspection. Ali Shariati and Jalal Al-e-ahmad were more famous than the others. Of course Islamic Revolution proved in practice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=35&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/the-west-and-nothing-else/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Iran</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/another-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/another-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic of Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santouri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Limitation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   Last night I watched Santouri, an Iranian drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui dealing with the life of a Santour player named Ali Bolourchi.  This film has only been screened once in Iran. Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has forbidden public representation of it. Of course, anybody can find a CD or DVD copy of it. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=36&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/another-iran/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://chanani.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/santourifilm-nahaaei.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Santouri</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dear Candidates! Don’t Forget the World!</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/dear-candidates-don%e2%80%99t-forget-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/dear-candidates-don%e2%80%99t-forget-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=31</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays the presidential candidates talk about interior issues more and more, as I think foreign affairs are more important. The voters want the candidates more welfare, less tax, better insurance and many other issues which Americans know them as key issues. All of them will prove to be true if the United States can protect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=31&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/dear-candidates-don%e2%80%99t-forget-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Who Is the Next Supreme Leader of Iran?</title>
		<link>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/who-is-next-supreme-leader-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/who-is-next-supreme-leader-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic of Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chanani.wordpress.com/?p=30</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was in Imam Sadiq University. There I heard that Seyyad Ali Khamenei is going to change Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrodi, the head of judicial system in Islamic Republic of Iran. While Khamenei appointed Hashemi Shahrodi as the head of judicial system, some pointed out that the supreme leader is going to plan the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chanani.wordpress.com&amp;blog=849672&amp;post=30&amp;subd=chanani&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://chanani.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/who-is-next-supreme-leader-in-iran/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/f77eb38e7b8c20de7c3d2f614e24c667?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Arash</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
