Date
SCE Campaign
01-Nov-2007
Amnesty International calls for an urgent action to save Makwan Moloudzadeh from execution: >>>
Haji Firooz
01-Nov-2007 (30 comments)
Iranian.com is the only true and unsanitized reflection of Iranian identity. Let us not sanitize our identity. Let us be for once true to ourself. >>>

LIFE

Another inferno

If no good came out of this fire, at least my belief in human compassion has been revived

01-Nov-2007 (2 comments)
The phone in our quiet house comes back to life as friends and relatives call from all over the planet to make sure we’re safe. I picture them going through their drawers to find my number, a few still unsure of how to spell the name. However, the reports of the recent fire, especially the maps shown on TV, put us at right the center of this inferno. Callers are mostly worried, but a few sound so overwhelmed that I feel as if I have let them down by not having burned already. Assured that our neighborhood is in no imminent danger, it’s my duty to extend a helping hand>>>

FESTIVAL

SF meets Iranian culture

SF meets Iranian culture

Preparing for November 14-17 event

by Lalé Shahparaki Welsh
01-Nov-2007

>>>

FESTIVAL

San Francisco meets Iranian culture

November 14-17; Interview with writer/creator Niloufar Talebi

01-Nov-2007 (9 comments)
Two nights of film screenings, three nights of theatre, food, dance parties, one black tie Gala (hosted by philanthropist Bita Daryabari, Mayor Gavin Newsom, and Ross Mirakrimi just to name a few) a book store, and a morning of panel discussions and keynotes about Iranian Literature. The timing, the genre, and even venue signify an edgy twist in the sensibilities of the (add) Iranian diaspora, hungry for the sort of cultural upgrade that is way overdue. ILAF offers just that, and it is refreshingly different from the same old style of the “tried and true”. >>>
Kamangir
01-Nov-2007 (4 comments)
The cartoons and films that touched a generation in Iran! >>>
IranFr
01-Nov-2007 (8 comments)

Iranian-French website.

>>>

IRAN

Man ahl-e Iranam

Man ahl-e Iranam

Damavand, Kashan & Esfahan

by behrang barzin
01-Nov-2007 (14 comments)

>>>

Parsagarda
01-Nov-2007 (23 comments)

With all the US-led misadventure and bullying, what is Iran to do? I think developing the nuclear bomb is the only answer if you are interested in long lasting peace.

>>>

POETRY

A lonely song
01-Nov-2007 (one comment)
It was hot in the desert
a heat as sharp as the steel
of my financial defeat.

In the deep end of the bar
with sweats of alcohol
sticking my back to the seat. >>>

POETRY

روسپی کوچک
01-Nov-2007 (2 comments)
می توان غمگین بود
بی آنکه گلی پژمرده شود
همیشه این تو هستی که
چیزی درون تو می جوشد
و حتی همبستر تو آهی نمی کشد
>>>

POETRY

Hope
01-Nov-2007 (5 comments)
I can hear the splash of bliss
Beneath the wooden paddle of my dream

The dark night of my memories
In search of good old laughs >>>

POETRY

Grim thoughts

(The next is quite depressing, but then, so is the international situation)

01-Nov-2007
As this year ends, as end it must,
As we must someday end in dust,
Salute the brave hours we have known
And not the cowardice we've shown >>>
Bahman Mahmoudi
01-Nov-2007 (one comment)
My Swiss friends invited me to go with them to Mount Baldy, which is about a hundred miles east of LA. >>>

POETRY

اشعار هندسی: دلتنگی
01-Nov-2007 (2 comments)
بعضی روزا وقتیکه دلم تنگ میشه
زندگی یه جور رکودِ، نعمت حساب نمیشه
عجیبه، ولی وجودم هم یه جورایی غریبه میشه
تمام دنیام مثل یک شبِ تاریک بی ماه و ستاره میشه
فاصله های یک وجبی بیشتر از چندین و چند سال نوری میشه
>>>