A San Francisco broker paid $400,000 to uproot his entire two-story Victorian house and move it to a new plot six blocks away in downtown San Francisco. After 139 years at 807 Franklin Street, the charming green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and rolled around the corner to 635 Fulton Street ... Read More »
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Perfume Mehran Modiri
Since ancient times, humans have been using scents from nature to produce pleasant smelling cologne and women’s perfume. These perfumes have taken many forms, including dried herbs, burning wood or pressed oil. Read More »
Mars Rover Hilarious Memes
This year seems to be quite an active time for all the people who have their eyes set on the “final frontier.” With Tesla being launched into space, and Kepler’s fuel running out, it was just the time for another big event on the horizon. Launched on the 5th of May NASA mission’s, called InSight, robotic lander had made a ... Read More »
Cat Cafe
Cat cafes originated in Taiwan, with one opening in Taipei in 1998. The cafe became popular with Japanese tourists as well as local visitors, who enjoyed the opportunity to interact with some furry friends. Read More »
Daughter of Fatemeh Haddad Adel
In an exclusive interview with Iran International, the US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, said: “You only need to look around the world and on Facebook and Instagram to see the rich conditions in which the children of Islamic Republic officials live.” Read More »
Artists’ reaction to vaccine injection
More than 15,941,000 people have now received their first dose of the Covid vaccine in the UK, but the majority of the country is still eagerly awaiting the chance to get the jab. Read More »
Ardeshir Zahedi at Ali Vaez wedding
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2002 to give voice to the Iranian-American community. As one of the most highly educated minority groups in the United States, Iranian Americans have achieved success on many levels – technological, scientific, academic, and economic life – yet our community’s contributions to American civic life has been ... Read More »
Taji Ahmadi Voice over artist
Building a voice over business has never been easier, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take work. Every savvy voice over actor knows that finding voice over work online takes time. Booking voice over work doesn’t simply involve auditioning for every voice acting job under the sun, but instead requires that serious effort is invested into scoping out the right ... Read More »
9 essential tips to protect children from strangers
The concept of strangers is very confusing and convoluted for children. We tell them not to talk to strangers, but they see mom and dad exchange comments with strangers at the grocery store, help someone put their groceries in their car, or even help them look for their lost pet. Read More »
Sharmineh Narvani
Sharmine Narwani is a commentator and analyst of Middle East geopolitics. She is a former senior associate at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University and has a master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University. Sharmine has written commentary for a wide array of publications, including Al Akhbar English, the New York Times, the Guardian, Asia Times Online, Salon.com, USA Today, ... Read More »