As an Islamic theology, Iran has a very particular political system, which can be split in 2 parts to simplify it: the “normal” democratic branch with elected presidency (now Ahmadinejad) and parliament; and the Guardian Council. The Guardian Council is…
Iran, Behind the scene
On the surface, Iran is beautiful and wonderful. After some discussions with Iranians, you however better understand the political and economical situation. The economy is however in a bad situation, on the down side, everybody told me “it is going…
Islam in Egypt
The day before going to Upper Egypt, we met Yasmine in an impressive modern mall in Cairo. She used to be a student of teacher Nagui, now working and finishing an MBA. Yasmine is an open minded woman with strong…
Iran and western propaganda
My first post about Iran shall be against the “western countries”, especially USA, which put Iran to the terrorism axis as a pariah state. Like in many countries, there is a huge gap between what the government is saying and…