BBC Radio 4 is uncovering Iran!
Iranian actor & comedian Omid Djalili looks at the long tradition of satire in Iran, which is today being continued by young comedians like himself in Britain and America.
>> Listen to: From Tehran with Laughter (30 min)
Sigourney Weaver in the film "Alien" & Anousheh Ansari
The United States government defines "Alien" as "Any person not a citizen or national of the United States".
Newspapers in Turkey welcomed the acquittal of the novelist Elif Şafak. She had faced charges of "insulting Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. There are some references to the Armenian Genocide in one of her novels.
If Hollywood decides to make a movie about it, it could call it ?Midnight Press".
Oliver Stone could write the script. As you might remember, he wrote ?Midnight Express? the story of an American drug smuggler caught in Turkey. The Armenian director Atom Egoyan could direct and as you can see Gwyneth Paltrow is perfect for the leading role!
Elif Şafak & Gwyneth Paltrow
A Terracotta Warrior and a German impostor!
I enjoyed reading the story about a German art student who disguised himself as a terracotta warrior and fooled police briefly before being discovered.
>> Read the story here
Life is like a bowl of hummus:
You can't get hummus without smashing some chickpeas!
>> Watch tongue-in-cheek Jon Stewart with Aasif Mandvi here
Maximilian Kianoush in traditional Qajar fashion!
>> See more photos: Poetry, Picnics and Persian Pastimes
Iranian Weekend at V&A - Sunday 10 September 2006