About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Islam Archive
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What I’m Reading
Posted on July 20, 2008 | No CommentsCrazy conservatives getting their panties in a twist about the State Department’s “Mosques of America” calendar. Also, this writer Jeff Johnson seems to be jealous over the fact that he didn’t come with Stuff White People Like. Get over it, dude. There’s a patron saint... -
Notes from Iran, Part II
Posted on April 17, 2008 | 2 CommentsMusic: The New Pornographers – Sing Me Spanish Techno (Soho Sessions) 1:03 pm Pacific Time March 22 2008 Khanoom and her husband — who passed years before — are buried sideways, so that they can face the Shrine of Massoumeh in Qom for all of... -
Estonia meets Islam
Posted on April 11, 2008 | No CommentsThe Baltic Times: TALLINN – Islam is taking off in Estonia. The Koran, the holy book which was recently published for the first time in Estonian, has been on the best sellers list for months. The liberalization of immigration policy, meanwhile, is likely to lead... -
Sarmad Ali’s first Christmas
Posted on December 21, 2007 | 1 CommentFrom Sarmad Ali’s new blog, Baghdad Life: I celebrated my first Christmas in 2004, after I had moved to the U.S. to attend Columbia University. One of my classmates, who became one of my best friends here, invited me first for Thanksgiving and then for... -
An Open Letter to Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Posted on December 7, 2007 | 4 CommentsDear Ms. Ali, I’m really not sure what your credentials as an Islamic scholar are, beyond the fact that you are a Muslim-turned-atheist and have aligned yourself with the ideals of American conservatism. As such, I’m not sure why when you speak that the whole... -
Me and Mohammad Ali Abtahi
Posted on November 13, 2007 | 2 CommentsThis past weekend, got a rare opportunity to sit down with Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice president and probably the highest-ranking (former) government blogger. -
How do Muslims observe Ramadan in space?
Posted on September 25, 2007 | No CommentsAFP: Before the voyage, Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development issued a 20-page book of guidelines on observing Ramadan in space. Otherwise, because the space station circles the Earth 16 times a day, a Muslim would theoretically have to pray 80 times a day. The guidelines... -
What I’m reading
Posted on September 2, 2007 | 1 CommentThis LA Times article provides some suggestion as to what I’d wondered about for some time: Beneath the feel-good simplicity of buying your way to carbon neutrality is a growing concern that the idea is more hype than solution. According to Native Energy, money from... -
What I’m reading
Posted on August 7, 2007 | 1 CommentUniversities Install Footbaths to Benefit Muslims, and Not Everyone Is Pleased The New York Times August 7, 2007 But as a legal and political matter, that solution has not been quite so simple. When word of the plan got out this spring, it created instant... -
Has CNN Headline News ever met a Muslim it liked?
Posted on November 16, 2006 | No CommentsMy editor at Foreign Policy, Mike Boyer, had this scathing comment on FP Passport today with regard to CNN Headline News‘ reaction to Congressman-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim to be elected to our legislative body: When it comes to Rep.-elect Keith Ellison of...
