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October 24, 2003 * After 40 years Azam Banou, Where do you find all these singers? Ghassem Jebelli is not even of your generation. Honestly I had not heard him for 40 years. Thank you, thank you. * Ageh music nabood khanom nemati, man esmam niloofare. hodoode 3 maahe ke oomadam usa. age in music haaye on line zahmate shomaa nabood man kheili depress mishodam dastetoon dard nakone. vaaghean khaste nabaashi. * Beautiful job Today I felt like listening to some Iranian classical music. I searched and found your website. As an Iranian person living in the US I just like to thank the principal of this website and congratulate all of the staff. You have done a beautiful job. * Forgiveness offers hope I've just read your article and found it very moving [Put a stop to it]. I have long been interested in reading first hand accounts of Iranian soldiers. Your words about forgiveness offer hope for the future if we all can but take them to heart. * Tackle Iranian-American Republicans As most of your readers know NIAC stands for National
Iranian American Council and
the organization does an excellent job following issues that affect
us all. As
wonderful as their efforts are, trying to influence our representatives
in Washington and elsewhere and rightly asking us to participate in
writing letters to them, it is a bit of a wonder why they
do not, more carfully, look at the make up of the representatives
who introduce the usually anti Iranian legislations! And if
they do, surely they must realize that the instigators, for the
main part, are invariably Republicans. And yet the biggest and
the most influential (certainly the most vociferous) group of
Iranians in California are those who associate themselves with the
Republican Party. * Victims of American foreign policy I just read your article and whole heartedly agree with it all [Put a stop to it]. I was just 18 when I was called to serve and lost many of my close friends in that war, but never regret fighting and defending our country, nor feel any hatred towards the Iraqis. I think at some point both nations were the victim of the American
foreign policy and hope one day we all can gain our * Patriotism is all we have Regarding your oh-so-witty article about patriotism [Shooting down the Patriot missile], you're so...I don't know...relevant. Are you from New York perchance? But enough of the Alanis Morissette references: Listen jooni, patriotism may be worth a piffle to such a paragon of ironic wit such as yourself, but to us humble mortals it's just about the only thing standing between our identity as Iranians and the Mullahs who would rather we join their bretheren in the land of camel races and suicide bombings. I mean really honey, dishdashes and beheadings just aren't my thing, y'know? "Acch, get outta town!", you might retort, "vee veel write anudder vitty essay to bedazzle you vit our 'je ne sais quoi'". Pshaaw, we say. Vee vill be too busy mit our fascistic machinations to read it ven vee see your name. Khey, Ferdowsi, you agree? * Dogs bark but the caravan goes on The Iranian.com is to be commended for presenting to their
readers the stimulating writings by Farhad Mirza Sepahbody. "Beaming
in Senegal" is very informative. It is
a concise and well documented report of diplomatic and political events. It
is a reminder to us that the past remains the greatest teacher granted
to
mankind. * Taking delusions to task Hear! Hear! On your rebuttal of the article on the "romantic Qajar era" [Leave us alone]. Finally someone who can take these delusions to task. And handily! Unfortunately, time has a way of clouding the eyes of those that will not see the truth. But it gets worse. Recently the remnants of this lost excuse for a dynasty have re-emerged, this time in various social circles in the US and Europe. A younger set of relatives now have taken to arrive at elite parties actually wearing official looking, but entirely reproduced for show, light blue silken sashes with grand replicas of ambiguously realistic looking Qajar royal seals and clasps, and even tiaras! They then proceed to parade around the salons, pronouncing themselves as "Prince" and "Princess" FarmanFaramaian decrying, "This is the worst caviar I've tasted!" What a shame you had to waste good journalism and writing on debunking an idea whose time has come and gone. Isn't it funny how it seems to always crop up again and again in our culture, whenever it becomes clear that migrating the concept of governance from blind (or blonde) rule, to a leadership directly answerable to the people every 4 years (or so), is "too hard"! Let's just pine for the "good old days" instead! Brilliant piece. * Bastard Pahlavis were at least "good for something" About Mr Mahan Esfahani's comments in "Leave
us alone" That coward "Shazdeh" Manouchehr Qajar [Liaaghat nadaashtim] didn't have the guts to give me a straight answer himself to at least mention one single good deed that his rapist thief fathers did for our country. Those bastard Pahlavis were at least "good for something". * Sorsoreh Qajari Mahan-e Gol, You are a bright man; thanks for the article [Leave us alone]. I had been boiling inside since I read this Qajar guy's jiberish (khak bar sare this and khak bar sare that!) and I think you have addressed it with historical facts. I read somewhere that (I don't know which) Qajar king had a sorsoreh (slide) built where he would lay on his back naked at a position near the bottom of this slide where so that his bare middle part and sexual organ would become an extension of the slide. Then they would have tens of naked sogolies (women kept in heram) line up in a queue and slide down and over his skin, over and over, until he was done! This may be what he is referring to when he says "noble"! Good luck in Stanford and beyond. * Rumi translation I was hoping that you might be able to help me with a small matter. You obviously are quite knowledgable with Rumi's qaitrains/rubaiyat.Would you happen to know where there is a Persian calligraphy version or even just a Persian translation of his quatrain: Soul receives from soul that knowledge,
I think this bus driver deserves more than any body else to be the Iranian of the day.("Kodak moments"), and thanks again to Mr. Moazzami who took this photo. * Sad yet naked reality Dear Yalda, [Break by brick] I very much enjoyed looking at your photography. It shows a sad yet naked reality. Please give us more. H. Hakimi, * kosesher-e bee reetm mikhaastam ye khaaheshi azatoon bokonam. mano rafigham aasheghe in shere (dar asl koseshere) "Vaaaai" hastim. vali kheili bade ke ritm va aahangesho balad nistim ke bekhoonimo haal konim. bizahmat bedid yeki ke aahango ritmesho midoone bekhoonatesh va be onvaane audio tooye hamin safhe bezaaridesh. kheili baahaal mishe... kheili mamnoon. sitetoon harf nadaare. * Duduli ba arze salam be shoma! Mikhaastam bedoonam ke in "ahang" Duduli kaare che kassi hast? Kheyli khandedar bood. Mer30. Khaste nabaashid. * Tahghire Iran va Iranian man yek zane Irani hastam ke hodoode 2 mah ast ba yek marde amrikaei ezdevaj kardam. 5 mah pish ba visaye namzadi varede amrika shodam. shoharam hamisheh matalebe site shoma ra mikhanad va yeki az tarafdarane in site ast!!!!!!! vali man az in mozoo besiar narahat hastam. chon in site baazi mavaghe tasvire besyar badi az Iran va mardome Iran ra be jahan neshan midahad ke be nazare man haghighat nadarad. man be farhange khodam eftekhar mikonam va aslan farhange amrikaei ra be farhange khodam tarjih nemidaham. maghalati ke dar site shoma arzeh mishavand kari be joz tahghire Iran va Iranian anjam nemidahand. be onvane mesal emrooz shoharam be man in headline ra neshan dad: "[Dokhtari beh naameh Gohar]Girls raped by fathers not uncommon in rural areas of Iran, By Alborz" aya vaghean in mozoo haghighat darad?! aya mitavanid in edeaa ra sabet konid? aya fekr mikonid ke kasani ke matalebe shoma ra mikhanand irani hastand? aya fekr kardeheid ke in mataleb che tasviri az mardome iran neshan midahand? omidvaram ke dar ayandeh deghate bishtari dar tahyeh mataleb dashteh bashid. * April Fool in October! This must be an April Fool in October! This guy looks like Andy's twin!!!! |
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