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Author: Bahar Forouzandeh, SMP Article
Make Art, Not War: Iran’s Gay Movement
03.24.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

Bahar Forouzandeh, a new Soulbird, submitted this article to us. If you are interested in contributing to Soulbird’s Projects Blog, please contact us for more information. We’re looking for articles, eye-witness accounts, photos, videos, and anything else that will contribute to our cause.
Make Art, Not War: Iran’s Gay Movement
By Bahar Forouzandeh
I fundamentally oppose [...]
Edalat Square World Tour
Date for Wichita Performance has moved
03.22.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

The concert version of Edalat Square: Opera in One Act at Wichita State University has moved to Friday, April 25, 2008, which was originally scheduled for next Friday the 28th. More details to come soon.
From the Core Team
Happy Persian New Year!
03.20.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

Welcome to our new home! Explore the new Web site and get involved - Be a Soulbird!
Here’s a video from the Iranian Queer Organization to celebrate the Persian New Year (Nowrooz).
For Your Information
Mehdi Kazemi is safe
03.14.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian refugee, was to be deported from Europe after his application for asylum was turned down.
An Iranian homosexual man who has said he will be executed if he is deported from the Netherlands has had his claim for asylum overturned.
Medhdi is now safe after an intervention by European Parliament.
After the [...]
For Your Information
Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister
11.13.07 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

From The Times:
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt.
Read the full article here.
In the News
Artists in the Spotlight: Two Students Complete Composition Theses
04.17.07 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

in The Emory Wheel
Brady’s fiercely atonal work juxtaposed classical Persian singing with Western dissonances to heighten the emotional intensity of the piece. Although the opera followed chronological events, the movements centered on various moods: religious confusion, guilt, motherly worry and judgment.
Read the full article here.
In the News
A Tragedy of Global Proportions
04.08.07 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

“Globalization is unavoidable, and by helping others elsewhere, we help ourselves here.” [R. Timothy Brady] explains that the opera is not an indictment of Islam, but only of the way it is practiced - some would say distorted - in Iran.
Download the full article from The Sunday Paper.