Category Archives: Shariati

Hichkas – Ye Rooze Khoob Miad (and the origins of rap)

Posted on April 7, 2010 by iPouya

This is by far one of the best Persian rap songs I’ve heard (thanx Milad).  I should tell you that I am one of those who thinks that mainstream rap is dead, DEAD. Most commercial rappers today rap about nothing. … Continue reading →

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Shariati Speaks

Posted on November 9, 2009 by iPouya

“.اگر مثل گاو گنده باشي،ميدوشنت، اگر مثل خر قوي باشي، بارت مي كنند، اگر مثل اسب دونده باشي،سوارت مي شوند… فقط از فهميدن تو مي ترسند”

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Video Project: “Shi’ism: From Defeat to Defiance”

Posted on January 24, 2009 by iPouya

This past semester I enrolled in Professor Harvey Cox’s “Fundamentalism in Religion and Politics” course at the Divinity School here at Harvard. For the final, he gave us the option of doing a video project or a final paper. My … Continue reading →

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Imam Musa as-Sadr on Shariati

Posted on February 14, 2008 by iPouya

In his eulogy to Dr. Ali Shariati, Imam Musa as-Sadr said: Men living through difficult times which fail to meet their aspirations split off into four categories. There are those who submit, become ‘pillars of society,’ become like the large … Continue reading →

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