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Wednesday * Let's celebrate his life Dear Mr. Moini, I was so glad to see your article on Dr. Aryanpour ["A rational man"]. I was his student too. I was a biology major at Tehran University from 1966-1970, when I took almost all of his courses. We even followed him at the theology college. Above everything else, Dr. Aryanpour was a great human being with a big heart. By all standards, he was a great "teacher". When I reflect on the past I clearly see that he played a major role in shaping my personality and the way I think today. I really appreciate that. Without any doubt he taught us Kherad-geraaie (rational thinking). I, like all of his students, his colleagues and his friends, was saddened to hear the news of his death. But as he probably would say "Rofagha, I have not gone anywhere, I am in each and everyone of you." I believe it. Let's celebrate his life. Regards, Amir H. Rezvani, Ph.D. * Tour de force I forwarded the Hadi Khorsandi's "Pariyaa" to a friend of mine and below is his comment:
I found it very accurate. Thought you might enjoy reading it. * Honor Nooneh too Congratulation on 6 years of successful service to the Iranian community. I really enjoy the daily dose of iranian.com I receive at my office. I also noticed a significant improvement in the contents of iranian.com in the last 18 months with much open exchange of ideas and philosophy. However, I got extremly disappointed when I went thru the guests of honor list at your Berkeley gathering and not to find Nooneh. I could not believe your marketing blunder in not including her at the top of your list. Then my wild imagination took over. Could Sadaf, Setareh, or Tannaz..... be Nooneh in disguise? Naa.....h. It takes more talent than that! I believe, Saman is very talented and deserve to be honored. However, you should have been more creative and come up with a special prize category to honor Nooneh too! Keep up the good work, * Laughing out loud Nazanin joon, Your writings are a joy to read. I can't wait until the next diary entry. You are so funny. I actually find myself laughing out loud. Can't read these at work. I might get caught. Keep it up! * Extremely promising Ms. Sheema Kalbasi, ["Salam Makhroobeh"] Your writings are extremely promising for the future of our Persian literature. I belive you are as talented as Sadegh Hedayat and Isabel Allende (the famous Chilean writer) and I hope one day you will be as successful and famous as them. Your latest piece has a peculiar rhythm and is very well written. It has vivid images. Your words linger the way the memories of violent deaths can haunt and touch one directly! Congratulations to the Iranian.com for featuring such an interesting and intelligent writer and poet. Good luck with your works Sheema. Best wishes for you and the iranian.com * Impressive I really enjoyed Sheema Kalbasi's beautiful and impressive poem-story about stoning ["Salam Makhroobeh"]. Her story indicated the same love and concern for the country and heritage we all share, being Iranian and suffering from unjust punishment. THANK YOU * Peace of mind I am writing this letter in response to the question you put at the end of your article of whether you are alone in your search for somewhere that feels like home. ["Am I homeless?"] I left Iran when I was 12 and am due to go back soon for the first time, at age 32. I recognise completely the feeling of homelessness that you express in your article. I found that in the early years after leaving Iran, it was so hard to come to terms with living in a country and culture so different from my own, that I had no time to look back. My goal was to blend in so well that no-one would even suspect that I was a "foreigner". And yet now that I have achieved my goal, there is a void in my life that I feel can only be filled by finding my home again. Often I feel that the outwardly confident Western woman who goes to work, has a large group of friends, and speaks English with greater fluency that some of the people who were born and bred in this country, is in fact a temporary creation that will evaporate when I go back "home". I imagine to many back in Iran struggling with poverty and other day to day problems of living in a country with no rules, people like you and I appear self-indulgent. When my closest friend asked me what I hoped to find by going back my answer, without hesitation, was peace of mind, the lack of which can not be compensated by money or physical comfort. I may or may not find it in Iran but, like you, I've made a decision to at least try. * No miracle Dear Mohsen, ["Matter of time"] Our lives and history, from ancient times till now, have been shaped by two main forces of monarchy and religion, plus foreign factors (physical or political invasions). Most of the time, these two forces were friendly and supportive of each other, except for rare occasions when conflicts of interest temporarily ruined this cooperation. All our rare glories and common miseries are directly related to the influences of these two forces and we will not see any improvement in our lives until they are completely vanished. Reza Shah , being a very clever man, originally tried to get rid of both infuences by fighting the religion and establishing a republic. But he was only half successful and unfortunately succumbed to the influences of power and money. Khomeini being much more clever than Reza Shah (in this regard), accomplished both goals by eleminating the monarchyt and putting religion on the path of self-destruction. Now religion, replacing monarchy, has proved to be worse, as expected, and will have the same fate eventually. How long will it take, we don't know but we should pray for them to stay in power until every single Iranian soul realizes that there is no miracle in this emmamzadah either. Any short cuts will make the journey longer. Remember it took us only 2,500 years to get rid of Shahinshahi. Be patient. * Helped me a lot I am doing a report for school on the Iranian Revolution. I just wish to thank you for your very detailed and informative site. It has helped me a lot. Thanks again, Kelly Duncan * Abolghasem Alamsahepour I am looking for a friend. His name is Abolghasem Alamsahepour. He graduated from University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP, 1979-1981). If anybody knows him please contact to me.
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