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Wednesday * cheraa een hameh bado-biraa? Jamaale harche irooniye eshghae. Haajitoon baa Iranian.com kheyli haal mikone. Az vaghti iranian.com ro too in ghooti didam bikhe rishesh giram'o kholsase zalilesham. In avsakheram kholasse ye dastiyam be saro sooraste site asndaskhte shodeh'o kami taro-khoshkesh kardan ke dige shode faabrik'e faabrik. Arzam in bood ke ye chizi hast baayad az in sineye saab-morde dar biyaaram. Ye chand vaghti hast ke mibinam naam'e haa az doostaan faghat va faghat baraa in miyaan ke be hamdige bado-biraa began'o kholase kolli'haa raftan too labb. Akhe vase chi, ghorboone heykale varzeshkaaritoon? Kolo yomne in site vaase hamine ke maa irooniyaaye too-ghorbat bishinim ye dottaa kilik bezanimo baa neveshtehaa va akshaayi ke hame mifrestan be yaade mamlekatemoon ye safaayi bokonim'o shaayadam ye ashki berizim. Vali jaash chi, faghat soopaapaa zade baala'o hey naame'ast ke miyaad leechar tahvil hamdige midim. Ye site kelaas dare injoori NOBARE'va, baraatoon arz bokonam. Cheraa enghadr chino-chorookin? Baziyaam ke dige miran to marke bi-adabi. Baabaa daskhosh! Yeki nist be in kassehaaye daaghtar-az-ash bege "bishin binim naarenjak, de enghadr hers nakhor.... donyaa dorooze, bikhiyaal". Dorost shod? De midoonam shod! Be ghole ye refighe jaahel, "bejaaye short'o tisherte Kaapitaan'o aadaams'e lobby, baa maamaandooz'o aragh-gir'e teriko-mohabat'o aadaamse khooros-neshoon ham mishe safaa kard". Midoonam hame too ghorbat bazi vaghta delshoon eynehoo pooss-piyaaze vali enghaze dige pichidash nakonid baabaa. Bejaaye khat-khati kardane hamo, khit keshidan, biyaayn ye dosekalame gol begimo gol beshnofim taa badesh beigm "aakheysh, rooshanam kardi, safaaye ghadamet". Mokhleso chaakere hamatoonam hastim. Araayez taamam. Ezzat Ziyaad. * National Registry of Political Violence in Iran After reading the excerpts of from "Ayatollah Khalkhali's memoirs" in iranian.com and reading only one side of the story, I feel the need for creation of a website for "National Registry of Political Violence in Iran." This could be a virtual memorial site for all the people who lost their loved ones to know that so many others also share their pain and sorrow. It is a shame if we let only the "victors" such as Ayatollah Khalkhali write our history. The proposed site, should be open for everyone to register the name, date and situation under which any of the political murders in the last three decades had occurred. It should include all political victims regardless of political affiliation, religion or cause >>> FULL TEXT * What's so funny? The caption of the photo of the day yestrerday said it was a photo of a young Palestinian who had wetted his pants while being arrested by Israeli soldiers. That was actually the last thing on my mind when I saw the frightened look on this poor boy's face. What if this poor boy was your nephew, or your son ? Or a poor Iranian caught in a similar situation. Would you still take a humor stab at him? There is no place for humor in Gaza. I'm sure you know how hard it is to be away from your real home. Several times I have browsed through your articles about the beautifull city of Abadan ["Oh, sweet home"]. A fact is that we Iranians in disapora are righfully and constantly complaining how bad things are in Iran. Well, life is a 100 times worse for palestinians. You have a whole section dedicated to "Nostalgia" reminding us of the good old times we had. Well, I don't know if Palestinains can ever claim having had good times. Would you consider it fair if 10 years ago amidst the dark agony of the war, someone would take a humor stab on our young Iranians who lost their lives in the war? I'm sure a creative mind can find a few jokes in that regards about lost body parts , etc. Editor's reply: The caption under that photo was taken exactly from Yahoo's photo gallery. It is not humorous at all. Many wet themselves under extreme circumstances. It happens and there's nothing funny about it if you describe it as a fact. * Who is Khomeini to "destroy" Islam? Well in my opinion, those who think Khomeini destroyed Islam are no different than the ones who think he saved it. The point is that if Islam is really a God-given religion, who is Khomeini to "save" it or "destroy" it?! If Mr. Siyamak T. is really a Muslim he should leave judgment to God himself. Khomeini was a stubborn, rigid, persuasive man who did what he thought was right. He didn't live in a castle. I know that. And you know that they say, "Art imitates life"? Let me tell you there is hardly any pre-revolutionary film that doesn't contain some sort of rape! I agree that a lot of people hate Islam because of the revolution but with the same token a lot are learning more about it. It's not just a tradition anymore, as it was before the revolution. It's being re-thinked on multiple levels, one of them being Islamic-Democracy. * Absolutely sucks What is the purpose of publishing this shallow, childish, frivolous and Los Angeles-minded story ["Just Breathe"]? What does this have to offer anyone? The story absolutely sucks! It has no essence, no humor and definitely no purpose. I am quite shocked that you are publishing it! You can do much better that that! * Ask ourselves, "Are we cheaters?" I read the very interesting excerpt of Sir John Chardin's "Travels in Persia" and I wanted to make some remarks about it. I admire Chardin's sense of observation and his ability to detect the main features of a nation through the limited number of contacts he had during a short period of time. Honestly if we the Iranians who generally have been in more contact with our specificities than him try to sum up the features of our nation, we don't find this exercise so easy. So Chardin's anthropological synthesis by itself, deserves to be respected even if it is not easy to be agreed with him on all of his points of view. It's true that his remarks are about our ancestors but one can think that certain features haven't changed yet. In my sense, however hurtful the negative remarks of Chardin could be, we can nevertheless take advantage of them. Because they bring us to ask ourselves if we really are cheaters, flatterers, liars etc.? It's a question which should be posed and resolved on an individual scale and the result is one which can change so much many things in a collective way. * Let's praise our Lord in Heaven Dear Shahrzad, Thank you for sharing such a wonderful experience with us ["Oh, sweet home"]. It is wonderful feeling to go back and relive childhood life in the blessed land of Iran. Our God has blessed us so much to be born in a beautiful country which is filled with His love. I can't stop but to think that God had a plan for us Iranians to be scattered around the world and not be where we have been brought up. I believe us Iranians need to look beyond the people who are in power in Iran and know that there is a God and He is in control. I believe God wants us to put our attention on Him and not the things going on in Iran. I can't praise and thank God enough to be in the United States, because this is where I found Him and gave my life to His kingdom. If we never had moved here to the United States, I would never known Him. Life would have been joyful and lasted for seventy or more years, but I would be forever in hell when I left the world. We need to be content with our lives and know that it is a blessing every day we have in this world. Let's praise our Lord in Heaven and know that our home is in Heaven with Him not in Iran, U.S., or any other place in this world. May God bless you richly in your life. * Taxes in tears I was figuring my tax return tonight (we have until April 30th to do so, due to earthquake in our area which happened here in Seattle two months ago). But I never know what I might run into on the web anymore. I checked my emails and suddenly saw an email from The Iranian and the address took me to your article ["Oh, sweet home"]. Then from doing my taxes I found myself in tears in minutes. I read much of the article about Abadan without getting too emotional about it, as I visit Iran frequently. However, at the end of the story at the airport when you were carrying a bag of soil from Abadan and the questions and answers with the airport agent, brought whole lot of tears to my eyes. I could see why this visit has been so especial to you. Writing this is so hard. Your experience seems to have been a good and pleasant one and I will do that when I go to Iran in two weeks. I am from Ahvaz and I used to go to Abadan often to buy foreign made clothing, shoes and after shave. I too have nice memories of Abadan, the big boats, and the odor from the refinery. * I well renew those feelings Dear Shahrzad, I don't know if you remember me ["Oh, sweet home"]. You were either couple of years older or younger I don't remember but that does not matter now. Your article, your determination and your pictures touched me so much. I have been to Iran many times but my parents relocated to Shiraz and therefore did not insist enough to see Abadan. But next chance I get I will definitely go and renew those feelings. THANK YOU. * Remember me? Hello Shahrzad jAn, I'm not quite sure whether you remember me or not ["Oh, sweet home"]! But you should definitely remember my sister (Niloufar Dehdashtian) from Roya elementary and high school. Actually my parents family album has old pictures of you and Maryam Kosar along with Niloufar and Noushin Namazie and a whole bunch of others. Although, I'm five years younger than my sister, and we all left Abadan shortly after the revolution, but I clearly remember Abadan, Roya, and Golestan Club. And most importantly our house in 137 Beraim. Wish you all the best and thank you for the GREAT article (it truly brought tears to my eyes).
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