Ali Amirmoayed

Fuddy-duddy rich guy!

Ali Amirmoayed — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:56 +0000

Obama poked fun at himself, Congress, the media, the Secret Service and particularly his Republican opponent Mitt Romney at the 98th annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, mocking his rival as a fuddy-duddy rich guy. Worth watching the video:

Parenting and ethnicity

Ali Amirmoayed — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:21:08 +0000

A very good piece of work by Ann Phoenix and Fatima Husain (2007): Parenting and ethnicity. York: JRF. Available online here.

Spain in a mess!

Ali Amirmoayed — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:54:01 +0000

Spanish unemployment shot up to 24% –read the BBC story here. Meanwhile, the King of Spain had been hunting elephants in Botswana –read The Telegraph article here.

Mexican Tostada

Ali Amirmoayed — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:19:31 +0000

Once upon a time, at a massive Mexican restaurant in London, Iván had this:

Child marriages in India

Ali Amirmoayed — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:49:40 +0000

Read the BBC’s story about a case of child marriage in India. Sadly, the practice is still common in many parts of the country.

Landing at Birmingham International Airport

Ali Amirmoayed — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:11:57 +0000

Tavistock Square Gardens

Ali Amirmoayed — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:03:54 +0000

Tavistock Square Gardens. London, March 2012

South Africa’s Zuma married for sixth time

Ali Amirmoayed — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:59:02 +0000

Polygamist South African president Jacob Zuma has recently wed his fourth current wife. The 70-year-old has married long-time fiancé Bongi Ngema with whom he has a few year old son. Read The Telegraph’s story here and watch its video below:

Nauryz!

Ali Amirmoayed — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:53:32 +0000

A Persian festival, celebrated by Kazakhs, supported by Britons:

My BSA paper (2012)

Ali Amirmoayed — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:12:21 +0000

I presented my BSA paper in lecture theatre 15 of the Roger Stevens building, University of Leeds.

My panel was chaired by Professor Lynn Jamieson. Other papers on the panel were presented by Professor Simon Duncan, Professor Sasha Roseneil, Dr. Julie Seymour and Dr Anna Kordasiewicz.

The Roger Stevens building, University of Leeds

It was very difficult to present alongside and in front of leading scholars and researchers. Thankfully, it went perfectly well, though I slightly struggled to respond to questions at the end. My abstract is available online here –page 27.