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[baradar_jackson]

I know a lot of the brothers on SC are studying in Qom.

If you are ever in Tehran, let me know so we can meet up. If you don't, I will take it as a personal insult against my honor.

Ya Ali

[Marbles]

*Books a First Class seat in Iran Air flight from Karachi to Tehran*

Once a lifetime opportunity.

Edited by Marbles, 13 October 2011 - 04:06 AM.

[baradar_jackson]

Marbles, on 13 October 2011 - 04:06 AM, said:

*Books a First Class seat in Iran Air flight from Karachi to Tehran*

Once a lifetime opportunity.

Iran Air first class = I'm guessing not so great

Though Iran Air itself is wonderful. The food. The hospitality. The newspapers. The fitnah between passengers (often over who has the rights to a newspaper). The flight attendants who are so many in number that none of them have anything to do. The pre-flight dua for the health of the Leader.

It's like the entire country condensed into a single jet airplane.

But yeah, I am open even to meeting Marbles. That's the extent of the seriousness of my offer.

Edited by baradar_jackson, 13 October 2011 - 04:19 AM.

[titumir]

I'm graduating in 2013. The first thing I do, once I get a job and save enough, is to visit Iran. I'll contact you, if you're still around then.

[Marbles]

baradar_jackson, on 13 October 2011 - 04:18 AM, said:

Iran Air first class = I'm guessing not so great

Though Iran Air itself is wonderful. The food. The hospitality. The newspapers. The fitnah between passengers (often over who has the rights to a newspaper). The flight attendants who are so many in number that none of them have anything to do. The pre-flight dua for the health of the Leader.

It's like the entire country condensed into a single jet airplane.

But yeah, I am open even to meeting Marbles. That's the extent of the seriousness of my offer.

Meeting even Marbles? And what about your generous offer to be my guide around Yazd countryside and Zoroastrian temples? And what of your promise that you'd inform me beforehand so I had enough time to travel?

And don't get me started over Hava payma jamhoori Islami Iran.

[baradar_jackson]

Marbles, on 13 October 2011 - 08:03 AM, said:

Meeting even Marbles? And what about your generous offer to be my guide around Yazd countryside and Zoroastrian temples? And what of your promise that you'd inform me beforehand so I had enough time to travel?

And don't get me started over Hava payma jamhoori Islami Iran.

I don't know Yazd well enough to guide you, and there is no freedom in Iran. If i go to Yazd i would have to spend all the time with family.

You should find someone better.

But Tehran i just need to extricate myself for a day, which is fairly easy.

[Marbles]

Guess I will have to pull off a solo trip this time round. This is gonna be comprehensive and detailed though, from the Caspian to the Persian Gulf and from Zahedan to Tabriz and beyond, luring Irooni girls into mutah, as I inch along the trail.

You're a renegade!

[baradar_jackson]

Marbles, on 13 October 2011 - 08:22 AM, said:

Guess I will have to pull off a solo trip this time round. This is gonna be comprehensive and detailed though, from the Caspian to the Persian Gulf and from Zahedan to Tabriz and beyond, luring Irooni girls into mutah, as I inch along the trail.

[Maitham]

Baradar do you know if one can get a student visa to Iran while having american citizenship ?

[baradar_jackson]

Maitham, on 13 October 2011 - 08:49 AM, said:

Baradar do you know if one can get a student visa to Iran while having american citizenship ?

Yeah you can, I think.

For hawzah it's especially easy.

[Maitham]

Do you know of any email address that i can email in english to hawza and ask questions? va motashakiram baradar

Edited by Maitham, 13 October 2011 - 09:32 AM.

[baradar_jackson]

Maitham, on 13 October 2011 - 09:31 AM, said:

Do you know of any email address that i can email in english to hawza and ask questions? va motashakiram baradar

No brother sorry. I'm ignorant. Ask someone who has studied there.

[Maitham]

baradar_jackson, on 13 October 2011 - 09:51 AM, said:

No brother sorry. I'm ignorant. Ask someone who has studied there.

Insha Allah if i get the chance or if one of the brothers see this. thank you for the reply baradar.

[hossein]

Marbles, on 13 October 2011 - 08:22 AM, said:

Guess I will have to pull off a solo trip this time round. This is gonna be comprehensive and detailed though, from the Caspian to the Persian Gulf and from Zahedan to Tabriz and beyond, luring Irooni girls into mutah, as I inch along the trail.

You're a renegade!

Hey that is rude! You better watch what ur saying!

[Marbles]

hossein, on 13 October 2011 - 12:15 PM, said:

Hey that is rude! You better watch what ur saying!

Oh I am sorry to cause offence

But to be very honest, "inch along the trail" wasn't in any way meant in an offensive way. I were talking about my travel through the length and breadth of Iran only. Trust me.

[Endless Emotion]

baradar_jackson, on 13 October 2011 - 04:18 AM, said:

Though Iran Air itself is wonderful. The food. The hospitality. The newspapers. The fitnah between passengers (often over who has the rights to a newspaper). The flight attendants who are so many in number that none of them have anything to do. The pre-flight dua for the health of the Leader.

Honestly Iran Air ''airplanes'' are horrible,.I nearly died of fear when suddenly the plane (in the middle of the flight), without any warning started shaking| trembling |shivering whatever you could call it.  Unfortunately, that occurred just when I began eating the most delicious Persian dish ''JoJe kebab'' , the effect of this horrible shaking let the food enter "down the wrong pipe"--> laryngeal airway causing severe deadly choking ..
I hurried and read the Shahada and thought my dead was near, Wallah without God's help & protection we couldn't have made it to Imam Khomeinis airport. Please people take my advice and don't fly with Iran Air but what's good with it they do have the cheapest flight tickets...  

By the way are there any sisters living in Tehran? It would be nice if I could meet up with someone, have a quick catch and perhaps go to mountain climbing *Darband or Touchal*.. afraid of going there alone.
Khuda hafez

[bi_ithnillaah]

baradar_jackson, on 13 October 2011 - 08:52 AM, said:

Yeah you can, I think.

For hawzah it's especially easy.

Uh, it is NOT easy. You have to wait years if you're applying from the US. If you want to study from the US, get a ziyarat visa and then have the hawza apply for your student visa after you get here. Just don't leave Iran until you get it. It's much faster that way and not likely to be outright denied.

Silent Waves, on 15 March 2012 - 03:57 AM, said:

By the way are there any sisters living in Tehran? It would be nice if I could meet up with someone, have a quick catch and perhaps go to mountain climbing *Darband or Touchal*.. afraid of going there alone.
Khuda hafez

I'm in Qom right now. Maybe we can meet up before shahr Ramadhan if you'll still be around =]

[Al-Englisi]

Maitham, on 13 October 2011 - 09:31 AM, said:

Do you know of any email address that i can email in english to hawza and ask questions? va motashakiram baradar

Salams,

svp@miu.ac.ir

email them and ask, its the email for Jamiat al-Mustafa al-'Alamiyya, Qum.

though, they may not have english speaking people to respond, if they don't then email your questions here.. nicetotalk@hotmail.com.


this link might be useful to you too.. http://www.shiachat....in-english-iri/

[Endless Emotion]

bi_ithnillaah, on 29 April 2012 - 07:13 AM, said:

I'm in Qom right now. Maybe we can meet up before shahr Ramadhan if you'll still be around =]

Wa Alaikom Salam Sis
Woow awesome, I found a new friend!! Farsi Baladin? I'll pm you my phone number so we can decide where to meet..
I will stay here until the middle of September, then will travel back to Sweden for 2 months..
be umide didar!

[Golden-crowned]

Silent Waves, on 29 April 2012 - 10:15 AM, said:

then will travel back to Sweden for 2 months..
be umide didar!

you wont come back?

[Endless Emotion]

Golden-crowned, on 29 April 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

you wont come back?

I'll just stay for some months, my mother is sick and I must check on here, but I'll be back Inshallah to finish my internship...
Hey Golden why aren't u coming to Tehran? It would be so fun if we could arrange a SC sisters meeting... Gomnam is invited too!

[Golden-crowned]

Silent Waves, on 29 April 2012 - 11:23 AM, said:

I'll just stay for some months, my mother is sick and I must check on here, but I'll be back Inshallah to finish my internship...
Hey Golden why aren't u coming to Tehran? It would be so fun if we could arrange a SC sisters meeting... Gomnam is invited too!

I should have come to Tehran for PhD exam in April but due to some matters I couldn't .inshallah I will come for a conference in Tehran university during September.

[baradar_jackson]

Silent Waves, on 15 March 2012 - 03:57 AM, said:

Honestly Iran Air ''airplanes'' are horrible,.I nearly died of fear when suddenly the plane (in the middle of the flight), without any warning started shaking| trembling |shivering whatever you could call it.  Unfortunately, that occurred just when I began eating the most delicious Persian dish ''JoJe kebab'' , the effect of this horrible shaking let the food enter "down the wrong pipe"--> laryngeal airway causing severe deadly choking ..
I hurried and read the Shahada and thought my dead was near, Wallah without God's help & protection we couldn't have made it to Imam Khomeinis airport. Please people take my advice and don't fly with Iran Air but what's good with it they do have the cheapest flight tickets...  

By the way are there any sisters living in Tehran? It would be nice if I could meet up with someone, have a quick catch and perhaps go to mountain climbing *Darband or Touchal*.. afraid of going there alone.
Khuda hafez

You should meet up with sis Gomnam. She is in Tehran.

http://www.shiachat....r/54817-gomnam/

Edited by baradar_jackson, 29 April 2012 - 02:30 PM.

[Gomnam]

bi_ithnillaah, on 29 April 2012 - 07:13 AM, said:

Uh, it is NOT easy. You have to wait years if you're applying from the US. If you want to study from the US, get a ziyarat visa and then have the hawza apply for your student visa after you get here. Just don't leave Iran until you get it. It's much faster that way and not likely to be outright denied.

I'm in Qom right now. Maybe we can meet up before shahr Ramadhan if you'll still be around =]

do you study in Qom?
where are you from?

[bi_ithnillaah]

Silent Waves, on 29 April 2012 - 10:15 AM, said:

Wa Alaikom Salam Sis
Woow awesome, I found a new friend!! Farsi Baladin? I'll pm you my phone number so we can decide where to meet..
I will stay here until the middle of September, then will travel back to Sweden for 2 months..
be umide didar!

lol al-an Farsi ye kam baladam valee kam kam yad mee geeram. Right now I'm thinking I will probably only be here until late July but that could change. Do you ever come to Qom? I'm not really able to travel but I'd like to meet you if you come.

Gomnam, on 30 April 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

do you study in Qom?
where are you from?

Yep.
America.

sweet89, on 01 May 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

Baradar, are you still in Tehran? or have you returned to the 'land of freedom and the free'?

lol did you deliberately butcher that or was that an accident? "land of the free, home of the brave"