An Iranian post that does not feature Ahmadinejad

I'm still trying to get over my disgust at the disgraceful sentence handed out by the Saudi judiciary to the Girl from Qatif (scroll down a few posts). Before I get as disgusted at the Iranian judiciary over the sentence of jail and lashes handed out to Iranian women's rights activist Delaram Ali, I thought I would post yet more you tube fodder. This time it's a couple of Anglo Iranian comedians and a wonderful singer.

First here's Darya Dadvar performing at the Iran Heritage Foundation Norouz gala in London earlier this year. Enjoy!




Here's some of Omid Djalili's stand up routine



Omid is British born. His family is Bah'ai which may well explain why he is here and not in Iran, given Iran's disgraceful treatment of this religion.

Here's Shappi Khorsandi



Her father was a comedian too. He lampooned Khomeni in 1985 and was given a choice of leaving Iran and living or staying and and running the risk of one of the many death threats coming true...

Watch this space for me raving over Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, one of the best graphic novels ever written