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What is a Zoorna? Well, the real spelling should be Zurna apparently. It's an armenian musical instrument, also used in Turkey. Unlike the melodious sounding Duduk, the Zurna tends to have an annoying loud sound that gets to your brain after a while. My mother used to call me a Zurna when I bugged her too much as a kid ...
See zurna description and Zurna on Wiki.
Here's instructions on how to play the Zurna
Audio clips: Zurna melody and a wedding party song ; and a Duduk clip: Dle Yaman

One of the best reports I've seen on Iran, from the Daily Show: Jason Jones - "Behind the Veil: Ayatollah you so"

www.thedailyshow.com

Also see:
Jason Jones - Behind the Veil: Minarets of Menace
Jason Jones - Behind the Veil: The Kids are Allah Right

Persian music I'm into these days...

Zolf bar baad (tresses in the wind) - by Mohsen Namjoo [based on a poem by Hafez]
Hasti (being) - by Haale
Aghayede Neu Kanti (Neo-kantian views) - by Mohsen Namjoo
Diazpam (adad) - by Mohsen Namjoo
Ey dad az eshgh (woe be to love) - by Kiosk
Eshghe Sor'at (love of speed)- by Kiosk
Faryad by Alizadeh, Shajarian, and Moshkin-Ghalam

And a fellow Armenian-American:
The sky is over and The Unthinking Majority - by Serj Tankian

Ye mosht sarbaaz (bunch of soldiers) - by Hichkas
Edde'a (pretense) - by Abjeez
DemoKracy - by Abjeez
Ey Sareban - by Mohsen Namjoo
To kojaee? (where are you?) - by Kiosk
Baaz havaa - by Haale

Recent Travel Photos

Barcelona, Spain. August 2008.
Paris, France. July 2008.
Cairo, Egypt. January 2008.
Giza, Egypt. January 2008.
Nile Cruise, Egypt. December 2007.

Luxor. December 2007.
Aswan. December 2007.
Edfu. December 2007.

Istanbul, Turkey. October 2007.
Batumi, Georgia. October 2007.
Yerevan, Armenia. October 2007.
Vienna, Austria. October 2007.
Portraits of Iran.
Yazd, Iran. January 2007.
Kashan, Iran. December 2006.

Hunter Thompson quote
Hunter Thompson