IRANdokht
21-Apr-2008 (27 comments)
Two news articles: a world of discrimination and hypocrisy >>>

SANCTIONS

Flying at your own risk

Banning the sales of Boeing passenger planes is a disregard to human lives

21-Apr-2008 (44 comments)
The political relations and animosity between the U.S. administration and the Islamic government is besides the point of this article and would not be discussed here. This article is about the people, the real innocent and simple human beings, about the mothers and fathers who, every now and then, tragically lose their sons and daughters in an air-crash in Iran, in a series of disastrous incidents that there would be no end to it, unless some drastic actions are taken. The people in mind here are the men, women and children who have been and still are being deprived of safe air travel>>>

LIFE

The Knock of Love

A gathering of Cardinal elements ruling my being and actions

21-Apr-2008 (one comment)
In a late afternoon, at a spacious hotel room with a large balcony facing the high rising waves of ‘Coogee Beach’, making surfers looking like driftwood, in Sydney, I heard a knock on my door. Immediately, a smile broke upon my face as I was getting to the door, just to confirm that no one was out there. You see…for a few moments prior to that knock, my ‘Heart’ and my ‘Mind’, accompanied by my ‘Intuition’ had gotten together on an intimate chat (that soon would become almost a public chat forum among all the elements of my Being), discussing the arrival of my beloved>>>

ADAMIYAT

آدميت، پدر تاريخنگاری مدرن ايران

مصاحبه ي فرشاد قربانپور با خسرو شاکري استاد بازنشستهء تاريخ (مؤسسهء تحقيقات عالي علوم اجتماعي، پاريس)

21-Apr-2008 (3 comments)
آثار آدميت نشانه از يک نظم فکري، شيوه ي علمي، و دقت و سنجش حرفه اي برخوردار است. آدميت نخستين ايراني ای است که تاريخنگاري و تاريخشناسي را با آموزش حرفه اي آموخت، و نه” الله بختکي “چون بسياری که نام مورخ گرفته اند. در عين حال، او تنها مورخ عصر خود است که از ارثيه تاريخنگاري مورخاني پروسواس چون بيهقي بي بهره نمانده است. او تداوم تاريخنگاري علميِ سنتي و پيوند آن با تاريخنگاري مدرن است. >>>

AGHD

Not So Big Fat Persian wedding

Ahmadinejad's son Mahdi gets married, unceremoniously

21-Apr-2008 (9 comments)
We all know that Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an extremist politician. He knows it, and is in fact proud of it. He sees radical conservatism as part of his character, and speaking his mind, no matter who he offends, as part of his job. This is why Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied the Holocaust, despite the fact that it offended the world's Jewish population. This is also why he cast doubts on the US version of September 11, despite the fact that many Iranians sent messages of condolence to American people on that sad occasion, as means of sympathizing with them in their hour of pain. What we don't know is that the same Ahmadinejad prides himself on being a good father>>>

POETRY

بوی تبعید
21-Apr-2008 (8 comments)
پدرم باران بود
همره چرخش دریا چرخید؛
با سخاوت بارید.
و چو در پهنه گسترده خاک
،چهره اش پنهان شد
چشمه ها جوشیدند
شاخه ها گل دادند؛
سبزه ها رقصیدند؛
لاله ها خندیدند.

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Darius Kadivar
21-Apr-2008 (4 comments)
French Journalist Christine Ockrent gives her account of the fatal interview which was said to be greatly responsible for the Shah's Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda's execution. >>>
Niki Tehranchi
20-Apr-2008 (6 comments)
For the past coupla years, I have been actively searching real estate listings in search of that perfect house. I didn't realize I should have learned a new language first. >>>
ebi amirhosseini
20-Apr-2008 (one comment)
Behrooz Vosoughi, my all time nomination for the best & the most influential actor in history of Iranian movie industry! >>>
Shaer
20-Apr-2008 (one comment)
 "Self Explanatory".
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Behnam.sezavar
20-Apr-2008 (7 comments)
Sheys Rezaei Khonakdar, who plays for the Persepolis is singing Ebi's popular song titled "Ghorbat." >>>
Behnam.sezavar
20-Apr-2008 (one comment)
Iranian-Kurd talking about how 40 members of his family got killed during the chemical attack by Saddam>>>
Iranian.Ajax
20-Apr-2008
Is love NOT responsible for the conflict and ethnic strife that we see around the world? >>>

Cyrus has woken up

Maliki-e Alaki va Alekolang

alimostofi

In Iraq, Rice shows support for gov't-led assaults on militias

AP
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20-Apr-2008 (one comment)
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