Website here.
Just sad:
This is a must read from the LA Times on her:
The second of three children, she studied Islamic philosophy at a branch of Tehran’s Azad University, until deciding to pursue a career in the tourism industry. She took private classes to become a tour guide, including Turkish language courses, friends said, hoping to some day lead groups of Iranians on trips abroad.
Travel was her passion, and with her friends she saved up enough money for package tours to Dubai, Turkey and Thailand. Two months ago, on a trip to Turkey, she relaxed along the beaches of Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast.
She loved music, especially Persian pop, and was taking piano classes, according to Panahi, who is in his 50s, and other friends. She was also an accomplished singer, they said.
But she was never an activist, they added, and she began attending the mass protests only because of a personal sense of outrage over the election results.
Her parents and others told her it would be dangerous to go to Saturday’s march, said Golshad. On Friday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had warned in his weekly prayer sermon that demonstrators would be responsible for any violence that broke out. Even Golshad stayed away. At 3:30 the two friends spoke.
“I told her, ‘Neda, don’t go,’ ” she recalled, heaving with sobs.
But she was as stubborn as she was honest, Golshad said, and she ended up going anyway.
“She said, ‘Don’t worry. It’s just one bullet and its over.’ ”
“She couldn’t stand the injustice of it all,” Panahi said. “All she wanted was the proper vote of the people to be counted.”
Thanks, Curt. Posting this to my Facebook and updating my blog post.
This is so sad , May she rest in piece and her death bring the World together for the Peace she wanted and dreamt of. I pray for her and praise her fight for the freedom We all want and deserve.
Janice Schreiner
Ft. Morgan, Co
I’ve seen people die more than I want to think about and it never gets any easier. This was brutal. But I believe she will be the symbol of the future.
i saw the video of this and it chilled me to the bone. she knew she was not going to make it, she did what she believed was right. what a mess.
Heartbreaking.
I can only add this,
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/RidesAPaleHorse/ISLAM/Neda.jpg
[courtesy embed by Mike]
And imagine the Nedas who didn’t get caught on video.
If anyone missed the guest book at “We are All Neda” they should check it out:
http://weareallneda.com/
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NOT TO WORRY, ZERO’BLANKO HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL…
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-and-biden-strategize-on-iran.html
She sure was beautiful. What a shame. I hope the Iranian people don’t waste this.
The people who did this are the same people that Obama would sit down and negotiate with without any preconditions…..
The people who did this are the same people that have been invited to come to our embassies to celebrate our preeminent American holiday, the Fourth of July….
What kind of Bizarro World are we living in?