Archive - Nov 23, 2007

The West and the Rest

The whole history is a purposeful linear progression towards the elevation of "The West" to its rightful place, the prominence >>>

The Empty space

A Room of One’s Own (1929), written by the English novelist Virginia Woolf, represents the story of women who were denied a chance to become writers. >>>

وبلاگنویسی:دریچه ای سوی ایران معاصر

وبلاگنویسی نمای فراخی است از ایران معاصر؛ ایرانی که به تصویر هرگز ندیده ایم ،از کوچه و خیابانهایش نمی توان شناخت، ایرانی که در پس انگاره های مذهبی و سیاسی نهفته است >>>

LIGHT

I have learned in these four years since Iran and I had our inevitable meeting that all things come from Light and all to Light return >>>

از نيمه راه گمشدگی

داريوش فروهر، در زمان انقلاب، دفترش پاتوق من روزنامه نگار پر شر و شور آن زمان بود؛ و صرفنظر از افق های سياسی متفاوت، صميميت پر صلابتی در او بی اختيار افق هامان را برای لحظاتی که با هم بوديم در هم يکی می کرد. و مجيد شريف، حضورش در اين غربت مضاعف، برايم غنيمتی بود که تنها پس از آن که از دستش دادم معنايش را شناختم. جای خالی مجيد را ديگر هيچکس نتوانست در من پر کند. و او خيلی از اين نوشته ام خوشش می آمد. و خيلی در باره ی اين نوشته با هم حرف زده بوديم و بحت کرده بوديم و گفته بوديم و خنديده بوديم و در دل گريسته بوديم اما.>>>

Roses for Rabia

her last love poem she lettered
in her blood, her own pool of warm
blood dripping dipping in it
her fingers made of moonlight

as she lay dying on the tainted
tiles of a public bath
bent against the wall

bright Rabia Balkhi
Persian poet painter Princess

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From prison

This is prison; the women’s ward of Evin prison. This is not my first time here; not the first time I’ve come to Evin. The first time, I came here as a journalist. Alongside the warden, I walked from cell to cell to listen to the stories of women who were here on charges of addiction, prostitution and murder. I heard only a few words from each woman, only what the presence of the warden allowed. That day all the inmates spoke highly of prison conditions in front of the officials and said they had no problems but as I was leaving they slipped a crumpled piece of paper in my pocket that read: "Help us! No one thinks about us here.”>>>

Jesus for President

I live in North Texas, a confusing combination of racism and Christianity on the Bible belt>>>

Are Terrorist Petitions Valid?

The notorious terrorist group Mujahedeen Khalgh (MEK, MKO, NCRI, PMOI, etc.) have engineered another phoney public relations move to help bring about war with Iran. This time: it's petitions by "tribal Iraqis." >>>

Yellow Submarine

Beatles song in Persian at Iraqi POW camp>>>

Reality can be created by the people around you.

Bayruth 1973-1974: When you think your home is safe and well protected, Even in war a young mother’s life should be respected >>>

Rehersal for invasion: Turkey and Pakistan?

Are american acts against Turkey and Pakistan being done as a tune up to an invasion of Iran? >>>

The evil side of extremism

We should condemn extremism of all kind, right? Wrong. The purpose of this writing is to demonstrate that, extremism like a coin has two sides-good and evil. Then, why do most of us fail to observe that during the long history of our world, the extremists have been behind all important events and movements such as revolutions, dynasty replacements and other changes, from drastic to subtle? We also need to remind ourselves that only one or a handful of leaders are the engines of the movements and they determine the direction of the change-good or evil.>>>

URGENT CALL: 15 year old Afghan boy facing execution

Ali Amini was 13 at the time of murder...

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Meet the Press شاه در

تا جائیکه به ما مربوط می‌شود ما بازیچه هیچ کشوری از جمله امریکا نیستیم >>>