Somehow, I'm suspicious of this kind of reporting. Too political. The same feeling I had when I was reading "Reading Lolita in Tehran".看小说就看小说，非要把看书的每时每刻都说成和什么什么作斗争，就成了政治煽情了。政治没劲，煽情没劲，两样加起来没有负负得正，而是更加没劲。
读这样的文章，要用读《人民日报》的办法：读字缝。新闻文章字缝里头的“信息”还是好的，因为没有时间读更多的专业书籍。伊朗太遥远，伊朗的音乐更遥远，没事谁想得到它。
'Halal' Music Makes a Comeback
"Often described as somber, it consists of solo performances on ancient instruments, accompanied by lyrics borrowed from the poetry of Rumi. It's not exactly Britney Spears or the Persian pop sounds of Los Angeles. And while the formal status of music under Islamic law is a matter of debate, ornate music rooms in old Persian palaces and miniature paintings of female musicians attest to the tolerance of previous Shi'ite rulers. Even the mass protests that brought down the Shah's regime in 1979 were energized by revolutionary songs complete with harmonies and instrumentals."
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