Archive - 2007

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ما در بیرون ایران سرانجام به آزادی گفتار رسیده ایم ــ آن اندازه از دمکراسی که بیشترمان به عنوان بیگانه و میهمان می توانیم بورزیم ــ و همه چیز از آن آغاز می شود، از حکومت مردم برای مردم تا حقوق بشر. ولی مانند هر فضیلت نویافته می باید آدابش را نیز فراگیریم ــ مکانیسم هائی که سودمندی های نهائی آزادی گفتار را همچون بزرگ ترین سلاح در پیکار با دروغ و ستمگری به بار می آورد.>>>

Fractured unity

In Sarajevo, I walked to the Old Town from my hotel, the Holiday Inn. The bright yellow hotel had been familiar to me from the days of the 1990s inter-ethnic war. “This is where the war began, when snipers from the rooftop shot two deputies in the Parliament building across the street.” I was now so reminded by a designer who sold her fine wool sweaters from a table set up in the dim corridor connecting the hotel lobby to its restaurant.>>>

Seyyeds lose China

No more credit>>>

The very last straw

Another in the long line of misunderstandings in their shared history, what caused Xerxes and Darius Adam to vow never to speak again, really began with a misplaced anecdote, specifically an incident that happened many years before in the summer of Xerxes's twelfth year, known always in the Adam household as "the summer when Darius Adam began terrorizing, the neighbors' cats," known privately to Xerxes's future self as "the summer in which I realized something was very wrong with my father, something that would cause us to never have a normal father-son bond-the summer, years later, accidentally triggering the very last straw that would cause us to never communicate again." Ever? "Well, wishful thinking, for starters.">>>

The Story of the Men of Sialk Hills

The Sialk Hills civilization had many members. One of these was a man who played the tar and loved his profession very much. This man’s house was located on the western side of the hill. To the right of it was the house of a bearded man. And to the left of his house lived a man who shaved his beard. They were not friends, but they always greeted each other when they met on the street. The tar player had a girlfriend who always reminded him that she was a decent girl. The tar player knew that she was a decent girl, too. That is why he had decided to marry her one of these days>>>

Try gratitude

It was disheartening to read Curious Joe’s, "Don’t Immigrate to the US". I have felt sad for him since reading of his regret about immigrating to this country. Like Joe, my mother moved to the United States several years before Iran’s revolution. Perhaps, if there had never been a revolution she would have returned to the country she has always loved first and foremost, but since there was a revolution, we can never know for sure what she might have done. One thing that is for certain is that I have never heard my mother utter a word of regret about her decision to come here, originally as a student, or her decision to remain here and make this country her home>>>

"Persepolis" French DVD out in December!

French Original Version of Satrapi's Coming Out on DVD>>>

Tough times for Satrapi's "Persepolis"

French Bio Epics Persepolis and “La Mome” at European Oscars>>>

The "Genocide" of "Executing" A "Youth"

On the "Pending" Execution Of "Ali Mahin Torabi". >>>

ونزويلا به چاوز ابله یک بیلاخ شق و رق داد!

کمیته نظارت بر انتخابات ونزوئلا اعلام کرد که براساس نتیجه شمارش آرا در همه پرسی روز یکشنبه، پیشنهادهای هوگو چاوز، رئیس جمهور، با اکثریت آرا رد شده است.

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child victim of prostitution saved from execution

Sold into prostitution aged nine, condemned by an Iranian judge to hang at 18, Leila was saved by a group of human rights activists. >>>

Genesis' days

When my beloved takes a goblet, >>>