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In 2019 Nazanin Vaseghpanah won the award for best Swedish female futsal player. She was born in Karaj to Iranian parents in 1987, but her family emigrated to Sweden when she was two years old. Initially a footballer, she played for Reymersholms at 18, but at the age of 32, in futsal, she was named the Falcao Stockholm Player of the Year. "Most of my life has been spent in Stockholm," she says. "My two football-loving brothers made me play from the age of five. I scored a lot since I was a child and even in a match where we scored 12 goals, I scored all the goals alone. Everyone said I would become something." Despite having two children and being employed, Vaseghpanah still plays futsal at the international level. "Because of playing for Sweden, I can no longer play for the Iranian national team," she says. “I really wanted to play for my country. The older you get, the more you realize that you have to serve your country."

In the mid 80s some people wore red jumpsuits. Others wore ski boots. Some wore both.   

Seyedmajid Seyedali received a text over the weekend telling him to report to the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Monday with his wife and 4-year-daughter, said the family's lawyer, Kaveh Ardalan. Thinking it was a routine visit, the family of three left their dog at home. But when they arrived, they were taken to the basement and arrested despite having an asylum hearing scheduled for September, Ardalan said. They were transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where Seyedali's wife is on a hunger strike, he said. Ardalan said he has at least five Iranian clients who are seeking asylum and were arrested recently. He also has clients from Honduras and Venezuela with pending asylum cases who are now in ICE custody.

Stacey was a nurse so Kurt knew she would be able to give him a pretty good idea of how critical it was. On the other hand her knowledge of medical jargon could make her words seem foreign to Kurt. “He’s sustained two injuries. The first one was right on impact, his brain was shaken around pretty badly. It might have even rotated and perhaps nerve fibers were stretched and veins and arteries might have torn too. The second one is an open wound where the skull broke. The brain is exposed in that area. He was probably hit by some kind of sharp object during the collision.” Stacey unsuccessfully tried to disguise a horrifying yelp that she let out. “It's possible the area around the wound is undamaged. He might be facing long-term disabilities. He’s lost a lot of blood and his blood pressure has really dropped from the trauma. He’s really weakened by the blood loss. Plus there’s the loss of oxygen to the brain. The damage may be catastrophic. And then there’s infection…” “When w...

For as long as they can remember, the Keshavarz brothers have been trying to one-up each other from backyard battles to foot races. If there were a competition to be had, Takin and Sami would find a way to make it personal. But this Saturday, their rivalry will reach an entirely new level—on a soccer pitch, in front of a crowd, with something to prove. Takin, a third-year student-athlete on the University of Victoria men's soccer team, will line up against Sami, three years younger but already playing in the Canadian Premier League with Pacific FC. The brothers will face off Saturday night under the lights as the Vikes take on Pacific FC in a friendly inter-city match. "We're both very competitive. There is a lot riding on this game, as we both have a lot to prove to each other," said Takin. "It's probably going to get aggressive out there for sure. With him being the younger brother, I'm definitely going to try and push him around a little," he cont...

In the early 80s there was this conniving cat that spoke in poems and tried to fool mice into coming out of their homes by offering them a plate of dates. His name was the Sokhon Cat.    

Ronnie O’Sullivan had pulled out of World Grand Prix in Hong Kong for medical reasons. O’Sullivan was due to face Si Jiahui in the opening round. Instead, he will be replaced by the next player in line, Hossein Vafaei who is 33rd in the Johnstone’s Paint One-Year Rankings. Vafaei will replace O’Sullivan directly in the draw and will play Si. The tournament featured the leading 32 players of the season and ran from March 4th to 9th, staged in Hong Kong for the first time.

یک برنامه بود توی ایران بنام زیر گنبد کبود. توی اون آقای حکایتی قصه میگفت و بازیگران دیگه آن را اجرا میکردند. یک بار که حوصله مون سر رفته بود نشستیم پای این برنامه. اولا که خود قصه بسیار بیمزه بود. توی اون یک سری از کارکترها آدم بودند ولی حیوانات مقوایی بودند. کسانی که حیوانات را تکون میدادند اصلا هیچ تلاشی نمیکردند که خودشون را قایم کنند و بوضوح پشت حیوانات مقوایی دیده میشدند. و بدترینش هم این بود که توی این قصه یک مادربزرگ بود که نقش مادربزرگ را یک مرد بازی میکرد .

"My character, Ismail, is Muslim-American who joins the marines in hopes to assimilate into the country he was born and raised in. However, since this movie is set in 2005, the incidents on 9/11 had already shaken up public opinion of anyone Middle-Eastern in America. Islamophobia was only on the rise, so during his recruitment, Ismail is treated with racism and xenophobia about his beliefs and race. I was raised in Texas and grew up with the repercussions of 9/11 all throughout my childhood. When I was younger it wasn’t as noticeable, but by the time I was in high school, I could better see the micro-aggressions that my being half-Persian, or my father being from Iran, would incite. That experience was my first connection to Ismail when getting into character. From there it was a process of discovery as I learned more about Islam in order to better connect to the prayers he does in the film and consequently feel deeper the micro-aggressions that the other characters...