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An Essay by Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour: “Suggestions for Staying Home These Days”
To help make the quarantine period more bearable, Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour has compiled a list of suggestions including virtual tourism, books, films and series, online classes, and home workouts—a guide to staying home during the 2020 Nowruz holidays.
The following essay, titled “Suggestions for Staying Home These Days,” was written by Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour during Nowruz 1399 (2020) to help make the quarantine period better and more productive. A PDF version is available for download at the bottom of the page.
Suggestions for Staying Home These Days
Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour – Nowruz 1399
My Humble Nowruz Gift to You:
20 Suggestions for Online Tourism (Virtual Teleportation)
20 Treasures: Recommended High-Quality Online Classes...
20 Recommended Gripping Series...
50 Recommended Feature-Length Documentaries...
100 Recommended Non-Iranian Films...
100 Recommended Iranian Films from the Past 40 Years
20 Recommended Feature-Length Animations to Watch with Children
50 Recommended Short Animations...
7 Suggestions for Daily Home Exercise
500 Examples of Small Imaginary and Physical Pleasures
5 Recommended Tools for #OnlineNowruzVisits and Virtual Group Socializing...
? 20 Suggestions for Online Tourism (Virtual Teleportation)
The necessity of #StayingHome and #NotTraveling these days to break the chain of coronavirus transmission does not prevent us from visiting some of the world’s most spectacular attractions and finest museums. If you have a virtual reality (VR) headset, the experience of a virtual, three-dimensional viewing of these attractions and museums is sometimes not far removed from an in-person visit. But even if, like me, you don’t have a VR headset, you can still go on virtual tours through Google’s high-quality 360-degree tours of these sites and museums without spending a single rial, enjoying and benefiting from wandering through them and viewing the masterpieces of world art history. The first time I became acquainted with 3D virtual tourism on Google Maps (Google Street View) through my Chilean housemate’s VR headset, I was truly excited, and for several weeks I spent a few hours a day touring the earth, from the peak of Everest and the alleys of Venice and Yosemite Falls to Masjid al-Haram and Jerusalem. It is as if you are teleporting. Without cost. Anytime, you can fly and walk anywhere on earth you wish, and with a quality close to an in-person visit (especially at the world’s more famous attractions, which are viewable in 3D with better visual quality on Google), you go wherever you want.
? Museum-Hopping:
Google Arts & Culture has made virtual visits to 500 museums around the world possible:
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
Among these 500 museums, for example, you can start with these ten (I personally had not seen the last 3 museums in person and greatly enjoyed viewing them during my online tourism these past few days):
?The British Museum in London (British Museum):
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
? The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam:
? The MoMA in New York:
? The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam:
? The Uffizi Gallery in Florence:
? The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York:
? The National Gallery in London:
? The Belvedere Museum in Vienna:
? The Leopold Museum in Vienna:
? The Munch Museum in Oslo:
? Nature tourism:
For example, you can start with these few places:
? Mount Everest - Nepal:
? The Grand Canyon - USA:
? Kahala Beach - Hawaii:
? The Amazon Rainforest:
? Viewing monuments:
For example:
? University of Oxford - Britain:
? The Taj Mahal - India:
? The Palace of Versailles - France:
? The Colosseum - Rome:
? The White House - USA:
? Stonehenge - Wiltshire, Britain:
⭕ This site is also a good guide for free virtual tourism to the most spectacular places on Earth via Google:
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/
⭕ On the Google Street View site itself, you can also see a long list of streets, buildings, and attractions in dozens of countries around the world, viewable online for free with near-realistic quality and 360-degree rotation capability:
https://www.google.com/streetview/
? 20 Suggested Books
Reading substantial, life-changing, and useful first-rate books is one of the best options for spending the days of staying home to prevent the spread of coronavirus with benefit and pleasure. If you haven't yet read any of these twenty highly readable books, I suggest you include them among your options during this period. All of these books are non-specialist and beneficial for general readers. You can purchase the paperback versions of these books through one of the online book-ordering sites I have listed at the end of this text and have them delivered to your door. The electronic and audio versions of some of them are also available for purchase online.
? A Better Life:
⭕ Effective Altruism - Peter Singer - Translated by Armin Niakan - Ney Publishing.
⭕ A Philosophy for Life: Living Stoically in the Modern World - William B. Irvine. Translated by Mahmoud Moghaddasi - Publisher: Goman.
⭕ The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson - Translated by Rashid Jafarpour - Publisher: Kargadan.
⭕ The News: A User's Manual - Alain de Botton - Translated by Maryam Taghdisi - Publisher: Phoenix.
⭕ The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle - Translated by Delara Ghahreman and Farahnaz Heydari - Publisher: Sokhan.
⭕ Mortal Questions - Thomas Nagel - Translated by Mostafa Malekian and Javad Heydari - Publisher: Negah-e Moaser.
? Literature:
⭕ The Plague - Albert Camus - Translated by Kaveh Mir-Abbasi - Publisher: Cheshmeh.
⭕ The Return - Hisham Matar - Translated by Mozhdeh Daghighi - Publisher: Niloufar.
⭕ The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson - Translated by Farzaneh Taheri - Publisher: Niloufar.
⭕ A Cask of Divine Wine: Selected Articles of Shams Tabrizi - Selected, with an introduction and notes by Mohammad Ali Movahed (new edition). Mahi Publishing.
⭕ Selections from Tarikh-e Beyhaqi – Selected and annotated by: Narges Ravanpour – Publisher: Qatreh.
⭕ Tazkirat al-Awliya – Attar of Nishapur – With an introduction, edition, and annotations by Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani. Sokhan Publications.
? Historical, Social, and Political:
⭕ The Power of the Powerless – Václav Havel – Translated by Ehsan Kianikhah – Nashr-e No.
⭕ Utopia for Realists – Rutger Bregman – Translated by Hadi Bahmani – Nashr-e Novin.
⭕ The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation – Reza Zia-Ebrahimi – Translated by Hassan Afshar. Publisher: Markaz.
⭕️ Breaking the Spell of Terror; The Astonishing and Endless Trial of General Augusto Pinochet – Ariel Dorfman – Translated by Zahra Shams – Publisher: Kargadan.
⭕️ A Peace to End All Peace – David Fromkin – Translated by Hassan Afshar – Publisher: Mahi
⭕️ Why Nations Fail? – Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson – Translated by Mohsen Mirdamadi and Mohammad Hossein Naeimipour – Publisher: Rowzaneh.
⭕️ The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation – Homa Katouzian – Translated by Hossein Shahidi – Publisher: Markaz.
⭕️ The trilogy of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind". Yuval Noah Harari. Translated by Nik Gorgin. Publisher: Nashr-e No
and "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow". Yuval Noah Harari. Translated by Zahra Aali. Publisher: Nashr-e No
and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century". Yuval Noah Harari. Translated by Soudabeh Gheysari. Publisher: Ketab-e Parseh.
(P.S.: The second book (Homo Deus) is also available for purchase in a translation by Nik Gorgin with an introduction by Ali Paya, Tarh-e No Publications)
⭕️ The Politics of Happiness. Derek Bok – Translated by Narges Salahshour – Publisher: Negah-e Moaser.
? A Few Online Bookstores:
Cavack: https://www.cavack.com
Adinehbook: https://www.adinehbook.com
iKetab: https://www.iketab.com
Shahre Ketab Online: https://shahreketabonline.com
Farda: https://www.fardabook.com
Ketabism: https://ketabism.ir
30Book: https://www.30book.com/Home
Ghasedak: https://qps.ir
Raya: https://rayabook.net
Sarbook: http://www.sarbook.com
IranKetab: https://www.iranketab.ir
? 20 Suggested Treasures of High-Quality Online Classes
Staying home to prevent the spread of coronavirus is a brilliant opportunity for online education and learning from the world's best instructors in any field we have desired to learn but lacked the chance. Fortunately, in recent years, top-tier free educational courses and treasure troves in any field we might be interested in have become accessible to all of us via the internet (from academic courses in all university disciplines to arts and vocational and life skills). For example, if you get a chance, take a short browse through these few sites. In almost any field you are interested in, the best classes by the world's finest instructors and the highest quality educational materials (including video and audio files) are at your disposal. Personally, for several years now, I have followed the videos of dozens of courses from these sites while exercising and during commutes, and I can say from experience that they have been more useful to me than any in-person class I attended at the University of Tehran, and at times they were no less beneficial than the in-person classes I took at the universities of Oxford, Princeton, and Harvard. Sometimes I think that when these top-tier free classes are available to us, there is often no longer a need to enroll in a university, incur expenses, or migrate for it, and every few months one can learn the equivalent of an expensive master's degree in any field one likes. They are free. Without cost and in the comfort of your home pajamas, realize that they are among the most valuable treasures of knowledge and skill training, and accessible to all:
? A selection of free English course collections:
⭕ edX:
Over 2,500 top-tier online courses from leading universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley
⭕ Coursera:
⭕ Academic Earth:
⭕ MentorMob:
Especially for learning leisure activities
⭕ Open Culture:
⭕ MIT OpenCourseWare:
Includes over 2,400 courses from various levels and disciplines at MIT, all made available online and free to the public
⭕ Alison:
⭕ ClassCentral:
https://www.classcentral.com/subject/music
Especially for music education
⭕ Stanford Online:
⭕ Open Yale Courses:
⭕ Code Academy:
⭕ Khan Academy:
⭕ Ted:
⭕ Udacity:
⭕ Open Learning Initiative:
? A few good educational sites in Persian:
⭕ Maktabkhooneh:
⭕ Faradars:
⭕ Jahad Daneshgahi Virtual Learning Center:
⭕ Baladshow:
⭕ Faranesh:
? 20 Riveting Series Recommendations
Watching well-made, gripping series, which sometimes take dozens of hours and some of the best of which we may not have had the chance to see, is one of the easiest options for spending time individually or with family during these days of staying home to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Among what I have seen in recent years, these twenty strong series seem to me to have the most appeal for the majority of viewers, and I suggest you catch any you haven't seen during these days. All of these series have Persian subtitles and are freely available on film and series download sites and channels. If you are not in the mood to download them, you can call or message one of the individuals/companies that deliver films and series and order all these series with Persian dubbing/subtitles to be put on a DVD or USB and delivered to your door. Most of these series have multiple seasons:
? Fleabag
? Modern Love
? The Wire
? The Drummer girl
? Westworld
? Chernobyl
? House of Cards
? The Handmaid's Tale
? Game of Thrones
? The Big Bang Theory
? Breaking Bad
? Dark
? This Is US
? True Detective
? Peaky Blinders
? Sherlock
? The Walking Dead
? Prison Break
? Money Heist
? The Leftovers
? 50 Suggested Feature-Length Documentaries
? Iranian Documentaries:
Unfortunately, most good Iranian documentaries are not available online legally. Among those that are online and I have seen, you might enjoy or benefit more from watching these few documentaries (if you haven't seen any of them) during these days of staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. I have placed the link for legal viewing next to them:
?Bazm-e Razm
Seyed Vahid Hosseini (2016)
? A Woman with Gunpowder Earrings
Reza Farahmand (2018)
https://www.cinemamarket.ir/p/1fea
? The Assassination of Sarcheshmeh
Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (2017)
? Chavosh
Arash Raisian and Hana Kamkar (2018)
? Naderehkar (About Mohammad Dabir Siaghi)
Manouchehr Moshiri (2016)
? Our Times
Rakhshan Banietemad (2001)
? Our Wise, Iran-Centered Farzaneh (About Iraj Afshar)
Seyed Javad Mirhashemi (2016)
? Turan Khanom
Rakhshan Banietemad (2018)
https://www.filimo.com/m/K8ZtO
? Lady of the Rose (About Shahindokht Sanati)
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (2008)
? Avantage
Mohammad Kart (2015)
? From Iran, a Separation
Azadi Mousavi and Kourosh Ataei (2017)
? All My Trees
Rakhshan Banietemad (2014)
https://www.filimo.com/m/WSnhp
? Kings of the Streets
Zeinab Tabrizi and Paliz Khoshdel (2018)
? Oh, Humans
Rakhshan Banietemad (2015)
https://www.filimo.com/m/k4Uo9
? Do Fish Die in Silence?
Yaser Arab and Mohsen Zarei (2013)
https://www.filimo.com/m/raYql
? Tehran Has No Pomegranates
Massoud Bakhshi (2004)
? Pen-Suffering
Habib Bavi Sajed (2006)
? Kindle Your Own Lamp
Mozhgan Ilanlou (2016)
https://www.filimo.com/m/imIH8
? Those Without Identity Papers
Farhad Varahram (2015)
? The Daughter of Farmanfarma
Mohammad Hassan Damanzan (2008)
? That Teacher Without a Master (On Ali Hatami)
Seyed Vahid Hosseini and Mohaddeseh Golchin-Arefi (2016)
? Six Centuries, Six Years
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (2013)
? Freedom and Other Sufferings (The Life of Gholamhossein Sa'edi)
Shirin Saqaei (2019)
? Time Bomb
Komail Sohani and Hossein Khodaparast (2018)
? The Teacher (On Bahman Beigi)
Mohammad Ali Farsi (2019)
https://www.filimo.com/m/SJtv1
? Journey to the Podium
Sahar Mosayebi (2017)
? Pruning Season
Loghman Khaledi (2015)
? An Unfinished Film for My Daughter Somayeh
Morteza Payeshenas (2013)
? English-Language Documentaries:
?Free Solo (2018)
? Human (2015)
All three parts of this remarkable documentary are available to watch for free on this site
http://www.human-themovie.org/
? Icarus (2017)
?The Gatekeepers (2012)
? Zero Days (2016)
? Dirty Wars (2013)
? Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
? I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
? Grizzly Man (2005)
? Amy (2015)
? Honeyland (2019)
? Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
https://ihavenotv.com/searching-for-sugar-man
? Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
https://ihavenotv.com/finding-vivian-maier
? The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
? Of Fathers and Sons (2019)
? Food, Inc. (2008)
https://www.cinemamarket.ir/p/4cea
? Our Man in Tehran (2018)
? Secret State Of North Korea (2014)
? The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
? Life Animated (2016)
https://ihavenotv.com/life-animated
? Nature and Wildlife Documentaries:
? Planet Earth II (2016)
All six episodes
? Our Planet: Series 1 (2019)
All eight episodes
? Home (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GUeDISwZ3E
? 100 Suggested Non-Iranian Films
Watching impactful and well-made films is one of the pleasant ways to spend time during these days of staying home to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Among the films of the twenty-first century, these are at the top of the list of those I both love and think will be most appealing to the majority of this page's audience, and I suggest that if you haven't seen any of them, you try to catch them during these days. All of these films have Persian subtitles or are dubbed and are available for free on film download sites and channels. If you don't have the energy or patience to download them, you can call or message one of the individuals/companies that deliver films and order all of these films with Persian dubbing/subtitles to be put on a DVD or USB and delivered to your door (Iranians living abroad can purchase legal copies of these films through film sales websites while respecting copyright):
? My Selected Films from 2019-2020:
? The Two Popes
? Parasite
? The Farewell
? 1917
? Joker
? About Endlessness
? A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
? I Lost My Body
? JoJo Rabit
? Little Women
? Marriage Story
? Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
? Portrait of a Lady on Fire
? The Irishman
? Uncut Gems
? Pain and Glory
? A Hidden Life
? My Other Selected Films from the 21st Century:
? Mulholland Drive (2001)
? In the Mood for Love (2000)
? Before Sunset (2004)
? Before Midnight (2013)
? I, Daniel Blake (2016)
? There Will Be Blood (2007)
? The Lives of Others (2006)
? Dogville (2003)
? Land of Mine (2015)
? Whiplash (2014)
? Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
? Manchester by the Sea (2016)
? Once (2007)
? Revolutionary Road (2008)
? Boyhood (2014)
? Leviathan (2014)
? Spirited Away (2001)
? Son of Saul (2015)
? The Handmaiden (2016)
? Under the Skin (2013)
? The Tree of Life (2011)
? 12 Years a Slave (2013)
? Amélie (2001)
? Gladiator (2000)
? Call Me By Your Name (2017)
? The Act of Killing (2012)
? Youth (2015)
? The Hours (2002)
? About Time (2013)
? Land of Mine (2015)
? The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
? Doubt (2008)
? The Girl in the Fog (2017)
? Shoplifters (2018)
? Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
? A One and a Two (2000)
? The Dark Knight (2008)
? Roma (2018)
? Hidden (2005)
? Toni Erdmann (2016)
? Requiem for a Dream (2000)
? Team America: World Police (2004)
? Zama (2017)
? Ida (2013)
? 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
? First Reformed (2018)
? Anomalisa (2015)
? The White Ribbon (2009)
? Lincoln (2012)
? The Great Beauty (2013)
? Lost in Translation (2003)
? Nocturnal Animals (2016)
? Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
? The Invention of Lying (2009)
? Into the Wild (2007)
? Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
? The Man from Earth (2007)
? Avatar (2009)
? The Imitation Game (2014)
? Inception (2010)
? Interstellar (2014)
? The King's Speech (2010)
? 127 Hours (2010)
? Room (2015)
? Gone Girl (2014)
? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
? Red Sparrow (2018)
? I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
? The Hurt Locker (2008)
? Eden (2014)
? The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
? The Son’s Room (2001)
? Paddington 2 (2017)
? Margaret (2011)
? The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
? Gravity (2013)
? Spotlight (2015)
? WALL-E (2008)
? A Prophet (2009)
? Inglourious Basterds (2009)
? Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
? Loving Vincent (2017)
? Dunkirk (2017)
? 100 Suggested Iranian Films of the Past 40 Years
? On Namava https://www.namava.ir/ :
- A Separation - Asghar Farhadi (2011)
- About Elly - Asghar Farhadi (2009)
- The Salesman - Asghar Farhadi (2016)
- The Scent of Joseph's Shirt - Ebrahim Hatamikia (1994)
- Life and a Day - Saeed Roustayi (2016)
- Standing in the Dust - Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (2016)
- The Warden - Nima Javidi (2018)
- Minoo Tower - Ebrahim Hatamikia (1995)
- Mother - Ali Hatami (1989)
- Fireworks Wednesday - Asghar Farhadi (2006)
- Beautiful City - Asghar Farhadi (2004)
- Dancing in the Dust - Asghar Farhadi (2003)
- No Date, No Signature - Vahid Jalilvand (2018)
- Beloved Garbage - Mohsen Amiryousefi (2012)
- Nahid - Ida Panahandeh (2015)
- Dressage - Pouya Badkoubeh (2018)
- The Strait of Abu Ghraib - Bahram Tavakoli (2018)
- Small Rusty Brains - Houman Seyyedi (2018)
- Unruled Paper - Nasser Taghvai (2001)
- The May Lady - Rakhshan Banietemad (1997)
- Sheida - Kamal Tabrizi (1998)
- Golnar - Kambuzia Partovi (1988)
- I Am Taraneh, 15 - Rasoul Sadrameli (2001)
- Gholamreza Takhti - Bahram Tavakoli (2018)
- Castle of Dreams - Reza Mirkarimi (2019)
- Track 143 - Narges Abyar (2014)
- So Far, So Close - Reza Mirkarimi (2005)
- Bright Nights - Farzad Motamen (2002)
- Midday Adventures - Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (2017)
- A Cube of Sugar - Reza Mirkarimi (2011)
- Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine - Bahman Farmanara (2000)
- Here Without Me - Bahram Tavakoli (2011)
- Leily Is with Me - Kamal Tabrizi (1995)
- I Am Not Angry - Reza Dormishian (2014)
- Kissing the Moon - Homayoun Asadian (2011)
- The Girl in the Sneakers - Rasoul Sadrameli (1998)
- Hemlock - Behrouz Afkhami (1998)
- The Snowman - Davoud Mirbagheri (1994)
- The Color Purple - Ebrahim Hatamikia (2004)
- Red Nail Polish - Seyed Jamal Seyed Hatami (2015)
- Bomb: A Love Story - Peyman Moaadi (2018)
- Breath - Narges Abyar (2016)
- The Night the Moon Was Full - Narges Abyar (2019)
- Lantouri - Reza Dormishian (2016)
- The Night of Yalda - Kiumars Pourahmad (2001)
- Che - Ebrahim Hatamikia (2014)
- The Underwater Cypress - Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar (2018)
- The Tenants - Dariush Mehrjui (1986)
- The Last Supper - Fereydoun Jeyrani (2001)
- Born in the Month of Mehr - Ahmadreza Darvish (1999)
- As Simple as That - Reza Mirkarimi (2007)
- The Willow Tree - Majid Majidi (2004)
- Bodyguard - Ebrahim Hatamikia (2015)
- Crazy Rook - Abolhassan Davoodi (2014)
- Doubt - Varuzh Karim-Masihi (2008)
? On Filimo https://www.filimo.com/ :
(Films not on Namava)
- 6.5 per Meter - Saeed Roustayi (2018)
- Killing Dogs - Bahram Beyzai (2000)
- Under the Skin of the City - Rakhshan Banietemad (2000)
- The Blue-Veiled - Rakhshan Banietemad (1994)
- Café Transit - Kambuzia Partovi (2003)
- A Moment of Innocence - Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1995)
- Protest - Masoud Kimiai (1999)
- The Feast - Masoud Kimiai (1999)
- Jafar Khan Returns from Europe - Ali Hatami (1987)
- The Lady - Dariush Mehrjui (1991)
- In the Name of the Father - Ebrahim Hatamikia (2005)
- Hiva - Rasoul Mollagholipour (1998)
? Films not on Namava or Filimo:
Majid Majidi:
- Children of Heaven (1996): https://urlzs.com/iHb3S
- The Color of Paradise (1997): https://www.aparat.com/v/jJYkp
- Baran (1999): https://cutt.ly/Wtdyxr1
Ebrahim Hatamikia:
- The Glass Agency (1997): https://urlzs.com/wzZpC
- From Karkheh to Rhein (1992): https://www.aparat.com/v/G69pB
Dariush Mehrjui:
- Hamoun (1989): https://www.aparat.com/v/C6zST
- Santouri (2006): https://cutt.ly/xtdylnk
- Leila (1996): https://cutt.ly/UtdybPI
- Mum's Guest (2003): https://cutt.ly/ntdyTyk
- Pari (1994): https://cutt.ly/dtdyYvy
Bahram Beyzai:
- Bashu, the Little Stranger (1985): https://www.aparat.com/v/FqD8i
- Death of Yazdgerd (1982): https://cutt.ly/btdycbk
Abbas Kiarostami:
- Taste of Cherry (1997): https://cutt.ly/ytdyn8D
- Close-Up (1989): https://cutt.ly/itdyWaG
- The Wind Will Carry Us (1999): https://cutt.ly/ntdyEAg
- Where Is the Friend's House? (1986): https://www.aparat.com/v/NSHgj
Mohsen Makhmalbaf:
- Marriage of the Blessed (1988): https://cutt.ly/2tdyIIe
- Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1991): https://tamasha.com/v/q21qJ
- The Actor (1992): https://cutt.ly/ftdyOaD
- The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990): https://cutt.ly/UtdyO16
- Time of Love (1990): https://cutt.ly/1tdyAy5
- Captain Khorshid - Nasser Taghvai (1986): https://urlzs.com/gZtgw
- The Runner - Amir Naderi (1984): https://urlzs.com/tFb2y
- Turtles Can Fly - Bahman Ghobadi (2004): https://cutt.ly/HtdyURS
- Kolah Ghermezi and Pesar Khaleh - Iraj Tahmasb (1994): https://cutt.ly/xtdyhSI
- The Lizard - Kamal Tabrizi (2004): https://cutt.ly/rtdyzjy
- The Devoted - Ali Hatami (1992): https://cutt.ly/stdyvgz
? 20 Suggested Feature-Length Animations to Watch with Children
? Kung Fu Panda 3
(2016)
About a cute, good-hearted martial arts panda and his battles with a wicked warrior, which, like its two previous installments, is both heartwarming and thoroughly hilarious.
? Up
(2009)
Carl, an elderly widower, flies his house with a mass of balloons and sets off in search of the waterfalls of South America, his late wife's beloved destination.
? Zootopia
(2016)
A detective story, engaging and funny, about fighting for a cause.
? The Lorax
(2012)
The Lorax, the main character of this story, has decided not to let greedy marketers leave a treeless world for future generations.
? Coco
(2017)
The protagonist of this animation, who nurtures dreams of fame and being a guitarist every day in his mind, must choose between family and music.
? Ferdinand
(2017)
Ferdinand is a very gentle bull who hates violence and, unlike fighting like other bulls his age, wants to live on a farm.
? Christopher Robin
(2018)
The story of the little boy from the Winnie-the-Pooh books, who has now grown up and, in the real world, meets his childhood hero.
? Revolting Rhymes
(2017)
Based on an old book of the same name by the great children's and young adult literature author, Roald Dahl.
? Early man
(2018)
This funny animation is about cavemen and hope, kindness, perseverance, unity, and self-belief.
? Good Dinosaur
(2015)
The meteorite said to have caused the extinction of many animal species on Earth passes by the planet in this film, allowing the dinosaurs to continue their existence. Several million years later, the dinosaurs have evolved into humanoid creatures, while humans prefer to walk on all fours.
? Hotel Transylvani 3 - Hotel Transylvania 3
(2018)
During the summer holidays, Count Dracula, who is planning another monstrous wedding, realizes that all his loved ones have married and he is alone. His daughter suggests a family cruise, and upon seeing the ship's captain, a woman named Ericka, he becomes determined to go on the trip.
? Inside Out - Inside Out
(2015)
Personifies the five primary human emotions in the form of an animation. The characters of Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust do not become clichés in this engaging Pixar animation.
? Finding Nemo - Finding Nemo
(2003)
The story of a small clownfish who, due to an accident, is separated from his home and his father searches for him. It is a good example of the Pixar animation style.
? Peter Rabbit - Peter Rabbit
(2018)
Peter Rabbit clashes with his new neighbor, a farmer. The farmer wants to get rid of Peter and his friends, which leads to engaging adventures.
? Lion King - The Lion King
(2019)
Almost the same story as the famous Disney animation, this time made to look like a live-action film with special effects.
? My Life as Zucchini - My Life as a Zucchini
(2016)
Portrays the innocence and tender spirit of children alongside death, child abuse, and addiction.
? Ugly Dolls - UglyDolls
(2019)
A heartfelt animation with a familiar message: it doesn't matter what you look like, what matters is being lovable. What distinguishes Moxy from the other UglyDolls is having a dream.
? The Big Bad Fox - The Big Bad Fox
(2017)
About peculiar animals living in the countryside and addresses life skills for children.
? The Secret Life of Pets - The Secret Life of Pets
(2016)
Takes place in a Manhattan apartment and is the story of the battle between stray animals and happy pets and their owners.
? Addams family - The Addams Family
(2019)
With the utmost gentleness, it reminds children that it is okay to be their true selves; even if their parents do not understand them properly.
? Meet Mr Link - ملاقات با آقای لینک
(2019)
Made with stop-motion technique, it is about a detective and monster expert whom those around him do not understand, and who embarks on a long journey to prove his worth and find a legendary creature.
? 50 Suggested Short Animations
Some of the highest-quality short animations (3 to 12 minutes) are also appealing and delightful for adult audiences. Like short poems, rubaiyats, and haikus, despite their brevity and sometimes apparent simplicity, they possess a special depth, richness, and beauty. Most are also wordless and charming, and despite their shortness, a great deal of effort, cost, time, creativity, and passion has been invested in them. In these days of staying home to break the chain of coronavirus transmission, parents can, whenever they have a few minutes and want to refresh their minds, enjoy watching these select few-minute animations alongside their children. Perhaps you, like me, will sometimes even enjoy watching them repeatedly:
?Geri's Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kweN7VLx-JE
?Father and Daughter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4KXZVApsQ
?Mom - A Mother, Missing Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpoVwhSVI38
?Zing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETa92ALukA
?Partly Cloudy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DmLkugdh9s
?Defective Detective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiy1MeXzhfA
?Dark Dark Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMb3t13WEA
?The Present
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqiU5FgsYc
?The Man Who Was Afraid Of Falling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZAf_qLgkY
?Snack Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38y_1EWIE9I
?Le Fauteuil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRg1XRZFN6c
?Dust Buddies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhUJyF1bYo
?A Loyal Dog Helps His Master Turn Sheep's Wool into Clouds. | After the Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEaoaRpRRzo
?The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6kCwj0Sk4s
?The Power Of Teamwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtXKQOtNWPg
?Good Teamwork and Bad Teamwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUXdrl9ch_Q
?Negative Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2lsdXJQ40
?Bruised
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3Z9msqnOg
?Lost & Found
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35i4zTky9pI
?Destiny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKLEeY_WeQ
?Lili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QieZx_Elbb4
?Jubilee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDvLtLqQfA
?Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE4oz2u6OHY
?Hair Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
?Piper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTjHEyEAlsc
?What Would Christmas Be Without Love?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icx7hBWeULM
?Alike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQjtK32mGJQ
?The Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppACa98KCXU
?Lou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iYsBnj2BUk
?Dante’s Lunch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCzyZexnNE
?Lava song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwYgcbGZ91A
?Gnome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYKDS1yDODY
?Alma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irbFBgI0jhM
?Pip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGchZL-g3QQ
?Day and Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJz_noKP-Bw
?Carrot Crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V7MOk0FZrg
?Taking Flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6V-xZgtlQ
?A Whale's Tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFPoIU5iiYQ
?Ejemplo de Tolerancia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjjEGu2pBtY
?Coin Operated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4DQfVIcdg
?Paint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sachwez--p0
?The Great Harlot and the Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4JYBhq-92I
?Monsterbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSexOBHpGxE
?The Odd Sound Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47bdrUUsu4
?Tea Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgL3URejVI47-
?We Love Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkiBrG-b3w
?The box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwCtWfwYlkw
?One Man Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=454nNoD6-TI
?The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4J2umZrwng
? 16 Suggested Podcasts
Listening to engaging and rich podcasts is a good option during these days when we are staying home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and while cooking, exercising, spring cleaning, or organizing our library, photos, and computer files. Fortunately, especially in the last two years, high-quality and listenable Persian podcasts with good scripts and production have also grown significantly. Among Persian and English podcasts, I particularly enjoy listening to these few and suggest to like-minded friends that if they haven't heard any of them and like them, they should also listen to their previous episodes when they have the chance these days. I find almost all episodes of all these podcasts worth listening to:
? Persian Podcasts:
Radio Marz Podcast:
By Marzieh Rasouli. Simple yet profound. Based on interviews and recounting the experiences and perspectives of others on boundary-making topics that create distance between us, and despite the simplicity and fluency of Marzieh Rasouli's own expression and that of her interviewees, they possess rare richness and insight.
Sekke Podcast:
Engaging and rich economic discussions by Mehdi Naji with a group of Iran's best economic experts
The Historical Podcast, In Hekayat:
In this compelling podcast, Meysam Mohammad narrates the story of important events in contemporary history with a sweet narrative and a text that is clearly well-researched and crafted, relying on primary and credible historical sources.
ChannelB Podcast:
This podcast selects excellent reports from the most credible English-language sources (fascinating reports written with months of dedication by the best reporters of reputable media), translates them well into Persian, and Ali Bandari has made significant progress in choosing the right tone and delivery.
ChannelBPlus Podcast:
which presents engaging summaries of readable and bestselling English-language books using the excellent book summary site Blinkist, with good translation, delivery, and tone by Ali Bandari.
EpitomeBooks Podcast:
which offers summaries of readable books in Persian.
Falsafidan (Philosophizing) Podcast:
An engaging and philosophical podcast about popular culture and works of art (including film and series, music, literature, and visual arts).
Koron Podcast:
A music analysis podcast that each time focuses on a famous Iranian traditional or popular song/ballad/piece, and although it sometimes has minor errors in analysis and description, it is overall a compelling podcast.
Ferdowsi-Reading Podcast:
Ferdowsi-reading with Amir Khadem.
Radio Dastneveshteha (Radio Manuscripts) Podcast:
https://t.me/RadioDastneveshteha
Compelling podcasts about cases in Iran's contemporary history by Mahmoud Azimaei, who puts a great deal of research and effort into each episode.
? English Podcasts:
Deconstructed (with Mehdi Hassan):
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deconstructed-with-mehdi-hasan/id1354611827
Modern Love:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-love/id1065559535
Rivisionist History:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/revisionist-history/id1119389968
Philosophy bites:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/philosophy-bites/id257042117
Rationally speaking:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationally-speaking/id351953012
The American life:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-american-life/id201671138
7 Suggestions for Daily Home Exercise
With gyms closed and physical activity significantly reduced, daily home exercise is essential for maintaining vitality and health during the days of staying home to break the chain of coronavirus transmission. As an ordinary audience member and citizen interested in daily exercise, I have found these home exercise suggestions more useful, and they were also very effective during long periods of solitary confinement. Perhaps they will be of use to you as well:
Seven Minutes Workout:
Seven minutes of simple daily movements that require no equipment, using only your own body weight, engaging most muscles and also providing an aerobic workout. Daily persistence with this relatively intense and demanding 7 minutes will clearly increase your fitness.
Open this site, press the Start button, and simultaneously perform the movements it instructs for 7 minutes:
It also has a mobile app:
https://7minuteworkout.jnj.com/
6 Simple Movements:
A set of 6 simple movements, performed daily in the number shown in this image and repeated for three sets (with two minutes of rest between each set):
https://darebee.com/workouts/easy-daily-workout.html
Home Pilates:
Home Pilates instruction in Persian:
Cafe Bazaar home Pilates app:
https://cafebazaar.ir/app/com.ramindev16.pilates
The Pilates section of this app:
https://www.trxtraining.com/trx-app
Daily Home Yoga:
The app
Yoga in quarantine in Persian:
https://smallseotools.com/url-shortener/
Two good English-language yoga instruction channels on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LivestrongWoman
https://www.youtube.com/user/lesleyfightmaster
Shuffle Dance Tutorial:
In English:
https://smallseotools.com/url-shortener/
In Persian:
Freestyle Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsOhFJ4YNJw
Some Better Apps for Daily Home Workouts:
500 Examples of Small, Imaginary and Physical Pleasures
This letter, which I wrote in 2012 to the dear Mohammad Hossein Naeimipour and the beloved Emad Bahavar in prison, contains 500 examples of small pleasures for maintaining emotional freshness in prison and solitary confinement conditions. In the conditions of home quarantine to break the chain of coronavirus transmission, such small, simple, and free pleasures also become more accessible:
5 Suggested Tools for #OnlineNowruzVisits and Virtual Group Socializing
The necessity of increasing "social distance" to break the chain of coronavirus transmission only applies to in-person communications, and online group socializing and visits can replace face-to-face interactions these days, adding warmth to our collective life without threatening the health and lives of others. In family and friends' Telegram groups, we can more easily and simply arrange online meetings, socializing, and virtual group Nowruz visits through these free tools:
Jitsi
The Jitsi site is a very simple tool for online group meetings. You go to the site, press the Go button, and a page opens. You send the link to that page via Telegram, text message, or email to the group you want to see, and each person opens it in a computer browser (like Google Chrome or Firefox) to enter the online meeting. There is no need to create or add an ID for each participant. Simply when they open the link, they must allow the browser to use the computer's microphone and camera. If you don't have a computer, you can also install its app via the link on the above site. Besides ease of use, another advantage of Jitsi is its high security and the impossibility of eavesdropping. I personally tried group socializing with friends on Jitsi in the past week (each time between 13 and 20 people) and we were all satisfied.
Google Hangout
https://hangouts.google.com/webchat/start
Google Hangouts has good speed and features for online Nowruz visits and holding school and university classes, and can host up to 250 people in a group online meeting, and if used for broadcasting a lecture or live program, it can have an audience of up to 100,000 people. It also records online socializing, lectures, or programs if you wish, and you can save them. In addition to being suitable for online Nowruz visits and gatherings of families and friends, cultural institutions that have canceled their lectures and conferences due to the coronavirus can easily hold their programs live and online through Google Hangouts, even with a larger online audience than in-person attendees. School teachers and university professors can also hold their classes online through this during this period. It is also suitable for remote work meetings during this time. The main problem with Google Hangouts was that it was not free, but fortunately, due to the coronavirus, Google has made it free for the next 5 months.
? Skype
Everyone knows the Skype application, and its speed is not bad. Its only problem is that, unlike Jitsi, all participants must create an ID, and you have to add the participants' IDs one by one.
? Instagram Video Chat
https://help.instagram.com/136585180482293
You can also have group video calls on Instagram, and it is a convenient and high-speed option for socializing in groups that are not large and whose members are on Instagram. If you haven't tried it, an explanation is provided at the link above ?️.
? Zoom
Among the free options, "Zoom" has good features and easy accessibility from any type of phone or computer for video conferencing (especially meetings).
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Try online Nowruz visits and family and friendly socializing via video conference through one of these free and easy tools. You can also take photos/screenshots of your online socializing and share them so that others are encouraged to try it, and the pleasure of socializing and our emotional support for each other does not diminish during these days of staying home. Sometimes it is even more convenient than in-person socializing. It requires neither the time, trouble, and fuel consumption of commuting and city travel, nor the need to get ready. In these months of reduced in-person contact, it has also become essential for maintaining morale and the warmth of our close relationships.
? Types of "Meditation"
Based on credible empirical scientific studies and the accumulated human experience in numerous spiritual and secular traditions, regular daily meditation (from a few minutes to several hours) is for strengthening mind-control skills and freeing the mind from habits that increase contentment and peace. But maintaining a meditation practice during these days of staying home to break the chain of coronavirus transmission is even more essential than under normal conditions, and it helps reduce stress, strengthen the body's immune system, and increase mental health and vitality at home. These days are a good opportunity, if we are skilled and experienced in various types of meditation, to dedicate more time to it, and if we have not had the chance until now to learn, practice, and engage in daily discipline in one or more types of meditation, to learn and make it a part of our daily lives.
A friend asked last week, in the three experiences of long-term solitary confinement you had, what kept your spirits up that might be useful during these days of quarantine? I said, more than anything: meditation and vigorous exercise. With practice, one can start with 5 minutes of daily meditation and gradually, by strengthening the muscles of mind control and the skill of witnessing and inner silence, reach a sustained one to several hours of daily meditation and see its effect on the freshness and lightness of mind and the improvement of life. Below I provide a few links about several types of meditation, in case anyone is interested in trying them:
? About 5 Types of Meditation:
From minute 29 to 41 of this lecture, I have divided types of meditation into 5 categories based on personal experience and briefly explained them:
? Open and Closed Meditation:
In this audio file, Dr. Arash Naraghi briefly explains two types of meditation: "closed" (focused) and "open":
? Philosophical Meditation (Philosophical Meditation):
It is actually a type of simple, mind-emptying meditation and, in my opinion, a good start for practicing meditation. Introductory explanations about it are given in these two short videos:
Persian:
English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlckdvjK0Io
To practice philosophical meditation, use this short two-page guide:
? A Simple Written Guide to Meditation:
This New York Times page is a good, simple, and effective introduction to the first step of practicing meditation and, along with initial explanations, includes several exercises and audio guides for simple meditations of 1 to 15 minutes:
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-meditate
? 28 Meditation Techniques for Beginners:
https://positivepsychology.com/meditation-techniques-beginners/
? Guided Audio Meditations:
In the early stages, it is helpful to have an audio guide lead your meditation. After a while, there is no longer a need for an audio guide. These few samples of guided meditation can suffice:
Breath Awareness Meditation:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479414760/awareness-of-breath-meditation/s-SgkX5#wellness
Body Scan Meditation:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479414760/body-scan-meditation/s-ErEzA#wellness
Gatha Meditation:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479414760/gatha-meditation/s-zsDDY#wellness
Guided Imagery Meditation:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479414760/guided-imagery/s-Vizuz#wellness
Labeling Thoughts and Feelings Meditation:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479414760/labeling-thoughts-feelings/s-XMRPN#wellness
Some Mobile Apps for Meditation:
Some meditation apps have made learning and maintaining a daily practice of various types of meditation easier. Personally, I prefer these apps:
Headspace:
Calm:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calm/id571800810
Ten Percent Happier:
https://www.tenpercent.com/mindfulness-meditation-the-basics/
Aura:
Stop, Breathe, Think:
https://www.stopbreathethink.com/
- The Mindfulness:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-mindfulness-app/id417071430
Some Good, Free Meditation Courses:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-wellbeing-performance
https://palousemindfulness.com/MBSR/weekhtml
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An essay by Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour titled “Suggestions for Staying Home These Days”
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