Slog - Comments on D. Parvaz in Iran http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep It's no secret: D. Parvaz is one of my favorite writers at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. We met years ago on a writers panel, she wrote an installment of Last Days during the P-I/Times strike of the winter of 2000, and our "relationship" even earned some finger-wagging from huffy Weekly writer Mark D. Fefer. Funnily enough, Fefer neglected to mention the sketchiest of Parvaz's and my dealings: An afternoon visit to the downtown Deja Vu Showgirls strip club, for a P-I piece Parvaz wrote about my unhealthy obsession with the movie Showgirls. This strip-club visit was a trip for both of... Copyright 2008 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:20:14 -0800 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:50:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf It's great stuff. Iran is a fascinating country. Much more interesting than the fluff she usually gets assigned. I'm not really sure she's cut out to be an airhead style reporter for a daily paper. She needs to write some books. With articles like this, she's actually making slowing down over the P-I worthwhile.

I was interested to see that in her Iranian passport, which they printed yesterday, she's still listed as living in Ottawa, issued in February, which can't possibly be true. Maybe it's impossible to have an Iranian passport with a Great Satan address on it?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508150 Media Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:35:44 -0800 Comment by Dod I have family from Iran and have been reading her series with rapt attention. She IS a wonderful writer! I am going to start following her work more closely from this point forward. I am also sharing the links with my family.

]]> Dod http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508514 Media Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:31:46 -0800 Comment by A Parvaz’s ace socio/politico/cultural smackdowns are the reason I get the P-I on Saturdays. It’s a shame she’s in the Lifestyle section on Saturday, when Joel Connelly is on the front page of the local section. She could be a Frank Rich in-training if they’d give her half a chance.

It’s amazing to hear ignorant right-wingers talking about how we need to do “nation building” in Iran. They had civilization over there when the ancient Greeks were still crawling out of their caves.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508523 Media Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:43:46 -0800 Comment by Curtis e. flush I doubt a chador is going to cover the chip on her shoulder. She's one of those self-important writers who fancies herself as edgy and is under the impression people care about what she's "Popping Off" about this week.

FIN

]]> Curtis e. flush http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508694 Media Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:35:42 -0800 Comment by Jim Demetre That was one of the most vividly written features I've ever found in a Seattle paper. Persian eyebrows or not, the woman's got talent!

]]> Jim Demetre http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c508701 Media Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:46:58 -0800 Comment by Geni I've always liked her columns, even when I occasionally disagreed with the premise of them. I think this series has definitely shown that it's time the editors moved her out of the fluffy features section and into news/editorial. She's too good a writer and observer to be stuck doing "lifestyle" columns forever.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c514887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/d_parvaz_islamic_rep#c514887 Media Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:50:43 -0800