tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103401882011-12-15T03:29:32.893+02:00Negeen Mollaian Sobhanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16861921322308693315noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10340188.post-77723029648316377472011-02-02T09:37:00.002+02:002011-02-02T09:44:00.803+02:00

hi there! i have a new blog and a website callednegeen sobhani photography.come check it out!this blog will continue to hibernate for the time being.have a great day and thanks for stopping by!negeen

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most random t-shirt siting in the elevator at grand kanyon mall in haifa. for a second i thought i was at penn square.this one's for you, omeeed. :)

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it just occured to me that the months september-december start with the latin roots for the numbers seven through ten: sept-, oct-, nov-, and dec. and september would be the 7th month of the year, if the year started in march, which it does for certain calendars, including the baha'i calendar.... i suppose it might have for the romans as well... interesting.

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june 08 was memorable. from its first hour to its last.my cousins payam and pedram came on pilgrimage with their parents (my aunt tayyebeh and her husband bijan) from texas.

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if you haven't heard by a parent living here by now, israelis are very child-friendly. everywhere you go with a baby or small child, adoring eyes and warm smiles surround it. i've yet to feel like my crying baby or whining preschooler disturbs people around me. no rolling eyes or heavy sighs. often, people (women and men, young and old), will even try to help. if keon is whimpering or crying and

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last night i went to bahji to visit the shrine and i had my breath taken away by the beauty of the gardens. never have i seen the gardens look so beautiful. everywhere i looked, flowers and colors were bursting from the ground. the santilna were trimmed to razor-sharp edges and the grass was so green and lush.i was so moved that i went back this afternoon with the kids just so i could photograph

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } tree, originally uploaded by negeen. who would have thought a tree trunk could be so rich in color and texture?

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so the other day mojan and i visited a michal negrin store that was introduced to me by amelia, a big fan of michal's jewelry. it was my first time back there since amelia left in june and it was quite bittersweet enjoying all the beauty, color and decadence while missing my dear friend. the girls working at the shop let us try on the most gorgeous pieces for these pics we took for meels (wish

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so i was at aroma this morning and i ordered something for 17NIS .i gave the cashier a 20 and i expected three coins back, but i only got two.one of them was the new 2 shekel coin.

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the wonderful news has reached most everyone by now, but just in case you haven't heard,keon chase sobhani was born on august 25, 2007. he's a beaufiful baby boy that resembles aliyah a lot when she was a newborn... keon and i came home from the hospital on monday and are getting settled and adjusted. my parents are here in haifa to welcome the new addition to the family and give us much needed

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so a couple of my good friends have decided that this birth cannot happen without some sort of celebration, so they're hosting a baby sprinkle (a lighter version of a baby shower for women who already have children) next week-end... three days before the due date. :) it's the sweetest thing ever... i'm really looking forward to it and i hope jr will wait for it to happen before coming.the

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continuation from previous post... :)

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so the pattern seems to be that i update the blog once a month. could be better, but it's not really that bad... as always, the place to find more of what's happening is on my flickr.july/august has been the month of hellos and good-byes. three good friends visited and/or left. martha estafanos left haifa after almost four years... she came the same week victor and i did so it was really hard to

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a lot has been happening lately, especially in may. i'm just getting my flickr updated, so for a glimpse of what's been going on, please visit my flickr.... it's all there. :)

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on the 12th day of ridvan, victor, aliyah and i joined a group of friends for a bbq picnic at a beautiful national park with lakes and waterfalls called sakhne... it was so nice to be in the water, let aliyah run around and play in such a beautiful setting with great friends.more pics can be seen by clicking the photo linked to my flickr.

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b o y ! we are so excited to finally knowthat come end of augustwe will welcome a little bambinointo our family!

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suddenly tons of wedding pics have cropped up on my flickr. why? well i'm trying out some new tecniques on photoshop so i've decided to post as i go... it's also a good way to get geared up for the few weddings i'll be shooting in the near future. click photo to find more (and more and more) of my favorite wedding pics.

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last week-end i took aliyah to the terraces and just shot a few pictures... these are among my favorites.

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a couple of nights during the Fast this year, friends of ours offered to take care of aliyah so that victor and i could go to the dining room together to have dinner. during a period where i don't have much contact with the bwc community, having dinner in the dining room is really a treat... seeing everyone, having the special foods that are prepared only for that occasion, and just feelng the

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(click image to see larger version on flickr)ok, victor has thrown a few surprises my way over the years. there was the brunch at the bahji visitor center in '04 that he wasn't even there for. there was also the 13 people standing on the hillel stairs across the street each holding a letter of the phrase "happy birthday" for me to see from the 19th floor of our building. but for some reason, this

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Originally uploaded by it's all about the good love.tonight we said good-bye to a very good friend of ours, yasmine (center), who is going back to france after serving in haifa for 18 months. she started out as my hip-hop dance teacher and became one of my closest friends. will miss her so much.... we got a bit camera happy... click photo to see more pics....bye yazie....

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a nice pick Originally uploaded by it's all about the good love.aliyah and i went to an orange-picking servie project at mazra'ih for ayyam-i-ha yesterday. we had so much fun with other families being in the orchard and playing in the garden. it was a great way to celebrate ayyam-i-ha. more pictures on the flickr linked to the photo.

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, originally uploaded by negeen.ok everyone. it's time to unite not only these two souls, but also my blog and my flickr. from now on ("on" being an indefinite amount of time) i do solemnly swear to honor my friends and family who still check this blog on occasion by posting here more frequently and linking photos to the flickr where you will find more of the story.so to kick it all off i'm

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today we announced that we're expected another baby at the end of august! :) we've known for a couple of months now, but now we finally shared it with everyone. i'm so happy to finally share the wonderful news. victor and i are thrilled and aliyah is already pointing to my stomach saying, baby eenja'st (the baby is here). this time around, announcing the news is so much different than when we

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just woke up from a 36-hour night. or at least what felt like one. somehow i managed to get an awful cold that kept me in bed for two nights and one day straight. i think i passed the worst of it because pretty much all that's left are some sniffles.as i'd guessed, not much flickr action, or photo action at all. turns out that there's not much email action either since i'm having trouble logging

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this morning we are going to go Calise for breakfast. Calise is a gorgeous pastry shop/gelateria/bar (for you non-europeans, a “bar” is a place you get a sandwich whereas a “pub” is a place you get a beer) in town. It’s surrouned by a lush garden with outdoor seating and a stage for entertainment. inside it’s beautifully decorated with wood and brass and venetian glass... the cakes, candies,

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we hadn’t been in ischia for 24 hours and victor had run into at least 5 or 6 people he knows. on the street, in the grocery store, at the computer shop... you name the place and inevitably you’ll here someone call, “viiiiiiiiiiiiiiictor! ciaooooo!” i’m always amazed at this because in the 7+ years i’ve been living outside of oklahoma i think i’ve ran into 7 or 8 people in all my trips home.

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sherri, i got it. ***THANK YOU***I MISS YOU SO MUCH thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

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one person a lasting impression a lot of laughs a few tears five petals some bashing how many dinners? too much msn not enough time.bye amoo.

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so you might wonder what aliyah and i do while we're visiting oklahoma. generally, our days pretty much go like this:aliyah wakes up in the same room i'm sleeping in and says, "mommy. mommy eenjast (mommy is here)" then "....aaaapapa (allah'u'abha, meaning, "get up, let's get started here")!" then we join iman and jamilah, who are usually already up, for breakfast. every morning when aliyah sees

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sooooooooo, back to what's been going on here, i had lunch with my two closest friends from high school renee (left) and stefanie (center). each of them has two gorgeous children.... the three of us used to have lunch almost every single day together back in high school. we'd get in renee's red mustang and go out to eat. .or go to my house and watch the last week's Saturday Night Live... so many

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how *lucky* was i that reed came up to oklahoma from texas to speak at a youth retreat here last week-end? it was sooooooooo good to see him. as loving, gentle, funny and great wtih aliyah as always. she quickly made friends with him agian and spent most of the evening enjoying his company while it lasts. bawh.. miss you reed!

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both my parents and omeed and nadia celebrate their wedding anniversaries on the first of august. so one night we all went out to dinner (sure, you single and childless folks think that's nothing special, when you go with two 2-year olds and a 3-year old, it must be a *very* speical occasion).. and it was.

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ok you guys should know that i really do appreciate all of you who come to this blog to see what aliyah and i are up to. especially you guys in haifa (and you too meels).. so i just want to apologize for not posting as frequently as i could... you see, there's this thing that's crept into my life called 24 (the show). my sister-in-law and my mom are hooked. and this blockbuster delivery

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music at the guequierres', shopping at coach with nadi, and some much-missed texas friends

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last week-end, nadia, omeed, the kids (minus aliyah) and i went down to austin for the annual river float in san marcos. it was great seeing my long-time texas friends, most of whom i hadn't seen in seven (!) years, and some as many as 10+ years. though some of us are now married, with children, and others have studied, travelled and worked extensively, some things have and will never change:

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ok, so for you friends reading this who are not in haifa and who have not read the ishikawa blog, here's an interesting look at how israelis are living their lives during this period of conflict. part of reason why i think the bwc staff is so calm during all of this conflict is because the rest of the people around them are living life with such resilience. for example... (lifted right off the

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so not too too much to report on these days. i'm keeping pretty busy with aliyah and shopping. well, "stock up" shopping.. the kind that i do when i come here once a year. it's interesting how hard it is to find nice casual clothes in haifa.. so that's one thing i try to get when i come here... along with certain art supplies, developmental toys, *english* books for aliyah, just to name a few.

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ok. i was wrong. i said there were no sirens here. but there are. i had completely forgotten about the saturday noon siren. i never understood why, but every saturday at noon, the sirens go off here. usually i think it's to test them out and make sure everyone's watches are in sync. today i think it's just to find out how loudly my heart can pound in my ears... again... for only a split second.

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so it's taking a little time to adjust to life in a city that's not under attack. it's only been a day, so i'm still half in the hatch at camp katyusha and half in this boiling oklahoma summer. i walked into target yesterday and at the particular moment that i walked in, the store looked deserted. my first thought was, "no one's going out because of the rockets..." just for a second i forgot that

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i've been back in Oklahoma for about a day now and all i can say is, people, it's HOT. i don't remember the last time i felt heat like this... walking in outside, you feel your skin sizzle. it's not like the heat we experienced in florence in the summer of 2002 where all you wanted to do was sit in a chair and just spray yourself with water in front of a fan.. that was unbearable. this is more

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this morning our marriage class who victor and i were a part of for a year got together to say good-bye to a couple-turned family who will be leaving haifa at the end of the month: evelyn, santana and rocco. this class of six couples had one child (aliyah) between us when we were having class. now within a year, there are four beautiful children... it's amazing how much this group has grown in

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victor was still feeling a bit under the weather so he stayed home while martha, theresa, hediyeh and i went to visit at Baha'i holy place in akka. the house of abbud. then for a short short stop at aroma for a quick coffee...

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jp and shaads, i think of you every time. ;)

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italy won the world cup tonight and with all the cheering and car honking outside in haifa, i can only imagine the sheer bliss the streets of italy are tasting right now... we are sooooo happy!!!! FORZA AZZURRI!!!!

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one of my closest friends here, negar sapir, just left the world centre tonight... it's really hard to believe she's actually gone.. one minute you're sipping chai together at douzan and the next minute, you're saying good-bye for who knows how long with the cab driver patiently waiting... and so it is....

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victor aliyah and i have finally made it to newark, a couple hours north of london, to visit nadia, omeed, iman and jamilah. victor and nadia's mother is here as well, so that's a special bonus of this trip. needless to say, aliyah is having the time of her life with her cousins. they are playing non-stop and exploring each other's personalities ... and limits. ;) we've been spending the last few

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i know it's been well over a month since the arts and crafts show, but since it is victor's and my favorite day here, i thought to go ahead and post more photos. it's become victor's "thing" now to play guitar at the arts cafe during the arts and crafts show. the first year he played some background music. last year he played wtih another guitarist and a singer. this year he was with a bigger

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for the art show this year i thought i'd try my hand at a new craft, something non-photo related. while i was in oklahoma i came across some really cool retro-print paper and decided to make greeting cards. with the help of a few rubber stanmps i made cards that i thought bwc staff could use: happy birthday, thank you and i miss you cards in *english* because all you find in shops around here are

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(screeching tire halt) before the artshow a huge event happened: my best friend bita became a mother! she and her husband became the proud parents of little layla alicia garza. i'm so excited for bita, despite the scary adjustments she's making and so thrilled for layla who's been born to the most loving and caring parents she could ever find. precious adorable pictures to be added to this post

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ok, a lot lot lot has happened since my last posting and even before that. when i started this blog i promised myself that i wouldn't try to chronicle everything but rather just sort of give a glimpse as to what was going on during any give day or period. however, some of things have been too big not to mention, including our family's favorite annual event at the BWC: the arts and crafts show...

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since the moment aliyah's 5-year old cousin, juliet, came to town, she has been in heaven. they play so well together and you can already see the admiration in aliyah's eyes. victor's sister, claudia, and her husband, navid, are in the holy land on pilgrimage and a short visit. it's so nice to have them here and spend time together catching up. it's especially nice to see the freindship develop

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last night at 2:33am i was lying in bed awake and i hear a loud "uh oh!" out of aliyah's room. then complete silence. not a whimper, not a sigh, no indication that she'd woken up. funny how someone who has a 15-word vocabulary still manages to talk in her sleep.

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i'm having the greatest time in sante fe seeing martha and sabz and hangin out with the rest of their awesome family. SAHBA took this picture. she is the emerging photographer-extrodanaire.this is sahba's sister, shiva, and her fiance nate. i think they look like jen and ben (affleck).mona (the girls' cousin), sabz, martha, me and shiva.

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singing to the lights downtownenjoying the open spacetaking a break

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with bernadette and melody at starbuckswith niaz and razwith shawn and sheedawith my cousin sarah (visiting from belgium) at braum'sand her sister mona with some neighborhood reindeer.

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just listening to the radio in the car yesterday i couldn't believe two amazing opportunities that were announced...1) the first ad said, "do you want to open for bon jovi?" (they're playing here in a few weeks). so i thought, ok, they're letting a local band open before the opening act for two seconds, but in fact, there is no opening act, so the local band that is selected will BE the opening

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sweetie aliyah on december 13 - her 19th month portraits

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the concert itself was fabulous. they played several classics from previous albums... it was more of a "best of" selection rather than a vertigo concert. no complaints here. perhaps the most moving performance and probably my favorite of the show was "sometimes you can't make it on your own" which he wrote about his father who died recently. bono introduced the song by saying, "every conversation

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it's taken me over a week to start this post. i knew i'd have no idea where to even begin to convey thrill, the awe and the bliss of the 14th of december in st. louis. it was a 12-hour day from when i got off the metro downtown at 11:30am until i got back on again at 11:30pm. within that one rotation of the hourhand i not only got to watch and hear my favorite and only band that i've waited eight

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tonight is the commemoration of the Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha. it's a holy day observed by Baha'is all over the world, but what is so special about it here is that one has the opportunity to visit house of 'Abdu'l-Baha in haifa where he passed away, as well as his shrine where he is laid to rest.right now the doors of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice are being opened and the staff and

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One of my dearest friends here, Lua (center, green sweater), is leaving the Baha'i World Centre to go back home to Houston. Though there are still a few days left before her departure, tonight was the beginning of the painful process of saying good-bye.. something that's a part of almost everyday life here. Still, no matter how often you do it, it never gets any easier.

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aliyah at 18 months

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I can't even begin to describe how much fun we're having at nadia and omeed's.aliyah is in COUSIN HEAVEN.

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sept 11THE best breakfast evermeeting up with friends in the square near where we were staying.

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ok friends, this may be my last posting for some days as thursday we're flying to london and tomorrow night i may be staying somewhere else, so i'm just going to lay on what everyone really comes here to see: the photos... time to play catch up.sept 9 my ever-stylish, sweet, Benetton accessory designer friend, Parisasept 10unless you don't mind dirty looks, don't even think about going near the

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some pictures from yesteray.

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during my four years living and working in florence, i always dreamed of how nice it would be to just be in this city purely as a tourist without any obligations or things that had to be done. during our last months here i put a number of things off until the magical two-week visit that awaited us between the US and Haifa. by then we would have stopped working, given up our apartment and tied up

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last night after i imported the last picture into my blog posting, i deleted the entire entry by mistake. i was dead tired by that point, so i just left it. good thing i did. aliyah had a rough night. her back teeth must be coming in because she's drooling a lot and has a fever. for that reason, she and i stayed in today. it was a good day to stay in... rainy and coolish. it reminded me a little

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the two things i miss most about florence is the city itself and my friends here. today a finally got a fair share of both. first i met up with the director and vice director of one of florence's most beautiful museums, the bargello, for an aperativo before they went off for lunch. beatrice and maria grazia are two amazing and accomplished women in the arena of art and restoration. both of them

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these first few days in italy have been perfect. aliyah and i spent the first two days with the women of the parsa family in prato: fati, samieh, sepideh and shadi...and thier bunny mucchina (little cow). despite sepideh and shadi's need to do their summer homework (what crazy school system gives homework over summer vacation?) and samieh's having to study for her exams which could be next week

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one day after lunch when aliyah was too small to even sit up, amelia and i were walking to her office for an afternoon of item appraisals and she asked me if i knew what a blog was. after i found out it wasn't another aussie slang for food or a type of person, i started thinking about starting one of my own, for the usual reasons.. friends, especially those in italy, always ask what my life is

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