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About Us

Mission

We're on a mission. We have a vision. And goals. And principles. And we're not afraid to use them.
Identity

Who we are, and how we came to the conclusion that it's fun AND practical to leverage your cultural identity for the greater good of all humankind.
- Persian
  
  We're culturally Persian.
- American
  
  We're culturally American.
Members

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- Welcome
Getting Simorqanized

It all comes together like a flock of birds in a transcendental migration...
In the Press

A place to list all the articles and interviews about the magnets. Contact us and give us more publicity! If you do, many Houri's and/or QelmAns will attend to you in heaven. You have my word. Well, only if you buy a kit.
Help

Technical assistance using this site.
t'Arof a.k.a. Pleasantries - تعارف

A culture of self-sacrifice, supplication and inverted one-upmanship. Coming soon, Extreme Olympic Contact T'Arof.
Dance

If you can walk you can dance. But can you qer?
Heritage

You wake up one day and discover - hey! I'm part of a culture. What the heck is that and how is this MY problem?
Mythology

The Purpose of Mythology and Literature in Cultural Decision-Making. How can we leverage the ancients? Put those legends to good use.
History

History is a long series of awkward social moments.
Rituals

Holidays, customs, other things we do to bond and mark the passing of time.
Food

Fortunately, Persian food is great. This makes being a part of this culture very rewarding. If the food was the only good thing about it, the culture would still be worth celebrating.
Cinema

Iranian film and movies.

Products

Magnets

Persian-English Word Magnets
- Kits
  
  Persian-English word magnet kits come in 3 flavors. Several more are planned!
- Accessories
  
  Things that go with magnets, such as boards, alphabet guide, and so forth.
- Examples
  
  Some ways in which the magnets have been used.
T-shirts

Handsome Apparel at Cafepress.
- Flying Cage Shirt
Recommended

From time to time we find products out there to recommend.
Coming Soon

Tantalizing Tales of Tomorrow!
Free Speech

Products related to improving your ability to engage in Free Speech.

Language

General
- Persian a.k.a. Farsi
Alphabet
- Letters
  
  The letters of the Persian alphabet, a through y/e.
- Script
  
  Persian Script is written right to left ("rtl") and is semi-cursive. Also, Calligraphy is often employed.
Words

Once you figure out the alphabet, you can put the letters together to make words! Words are the building blocks of sentences!
- Roots
- Pronunciation
- Time and Date
  
  Not only do we have a different language, we have a different calendar and ways of telling time.
- Numbers
Grammar

The rules of Persian language.
- Word Order - SOV
- Parts of Speech
  
  There are 8 parts of speech: Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjections and Affixes.
- Word Order
  
  Not only do you read Persian from right to left, but the order of words in a sentence is different: SOV vs. SVO
  - Word Order - SOV
- Punctuation
Synthesis

Once you know a bunch of words, and some rules for how they affect each other, you're ready to put all together into great sentences!

Culture

t'Arof a.k.a. Pleasantries - تعارف

A culture of self-sacrifice, supplication and inverted one-upmanship. Coming soon, Extreme Olympic Contact T'Arof.
- You've got the power a.k.a. extiAr dArid
Dance

If you can walk you can dance. But can you qer?
Heritage

You wake up one day and discover - hey! I'm part of a culture. What the heck is that and how is this MY problem?
Mythology

The Purpose of Mythology and Literature in Cultural Decision-Making. How can we leverage the ancients? Put those legends to good use.
History

History is a long series of awkward social moments.
- All this history, what is it good for?
Rituals

Holidays, customs, other things we do to bond and mark the passing of time.
- Four Saturday Soiree
Food

Fortunately, Persian food is great. This makes being a part of this culture very rewarding. If the food was the only good thing about it, the culture would still be worth celebrating.
Cinema

Iranian film and movies.

Ecology

Garden of Eden - روضه رضوان

The environment and our role in it.
Earthquakes - زلزله

One of the big projects on ajaban's to do list: Iran Earthquake Retrofit. We can ride the storm if we build our building's right.
Economy - اقتصاد

Economy and ecology are related. At least, they both start with "eco". In any case, they impact each other. And another project on the ajaban list: Iran Economic Splendor.
People - مردم

Iran has a diverse population.
City and Regional Planning - شهر سازى

If we think of urban systems as an ecosystem of sorts, it is a useful metaphor.
Spiritual - روحى

Faith plays a big part in Iranian life. Home of many world religions. What is it about this environment that makes it so?
Traffic - ترافيك

The ecosystem of people and machines in the congested environment of ill-equipped urban areas caught up in rapid growth - it's a mess. Another project for ajaban - Iran Traffic Retrofit