EMIGRANT

Law of my life

Accent is part of my former identity from which I can and should never escape

05-Mar-2008 (21 comments)
I always consider coming to America and experiencing the life in a foreign country as one of the major turning points of my life during which I matured quickly and learned how to manage my living personally. When I first came here, I was facing a lot of difficulties with the issues like language, cultural distinctions, Americans’ prejudice against Middle Easterners, and separation from my life. At first I dealt with a miserable sense of alienation and social rejection mainly because of my accent. I considered myself lower of the class compared to the native born Americans, and sometimes I was even afraid to talk because I was afraid of mispronouncing the words which, I thought, would make other people laugh at me>>>

RIGHTS

Disrupting discourse

Chaos at Amnesty event, NIAC responds

05-Mar-2008 (117 comments)
On February 22, Amnesty International hosted a panel presentation and discussion titled, "Human Rights in Iran: How to Move Forward," in Beverly Hills, California. The event was disrupted by Mohammad Parvin’s MEHR-Iran organization, various monarchist factions, and members of the outlawed Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK); and was cancelled after the opening remarks. The Amnesty event featured four Iran specialists (including National Iranian American Council President, Trita Parsi), and was organized to highlight Iran’s abysmal human rights record. Amnesty International organizers hoped to use this event to initiate talks with the Iranian-American community in Southern California about Iran’s human rights situation>>>

PEACE

Passionate believer in dialogue

Alikhani was especially keen to see rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran

05-Mar-2008
HOSSEIN Alikhani, an Iranian-born citizen of Cyprus who was a committed advocate of dialogue between civilisations, passed away this week after a long illness. He was 63. Alikhani was a successful businessman whose Nicosia company dealt in oilfield equipment. But he was best known as a passionate believer in the necessity for improved understanding between the peoples of the world, and in particular between Muslim countries and the West. To further this goal, he established in 1995 the Centre for World Dialogue, an independent, non-profit research institution that publishes a quarterly journal, Global Dialogue, and has hosted in Cyprus a series of international conferences>>>
Mohammad Ala
05-Mar-2008 (10 comments)
We must value and preserve our heritage. >>>
Abarmard
05-Mar-2008 (7 comments)
An ideology can cover nationalism but not patriotism. >>>
Shaer
05-Mar-2008 (3 comments)

"Self Explanatory".

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sepideh
05-Mar-2008 (2 comments)
Taking a look at Kevin Kelly's article on the 1,000 True Fans concept, and wondering if it works for our community. >>>
asghar62
04-Mar-2008 (23 comments)

Amy Goodman interview with Stephen Kinzer

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Orang Gholikhani
04-Mar-2008 (9 comments)
روزی بود معمولی

یک شنبه آفتابی

بحثی غیر عادی
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bahmani
04-Mar-2008 (6 comments)
The spelling of this holiday expresses our problems in a nutshell!>>>
SCE Campaign
04-Mar-2008 (6 comments)
In an email Dr. Trita Parsi commended Nazanin Afshin Jam for her "excellent work on stopping child executions in Iran!" >>>
Shorts
04-Mar-2008 (one comment)
مجموعه کامل چهل و یک شماره، مجموعه کامل سئوال و جواب های جنسی، کتاب کاماسوترا، دیوان خاکشیر اصفهانی و...>>>
Honest Hassan
04-Mar-2008 (7 comments)
Door az haay o hooy >>>

MAN

An Apology to a Woman I Didn’t Know

I felt I should have done something or said something

04-Mar-2008 (18 comments)
The violent crackdown of the Islamic Republic’s security forces on how women dress in public was well on its way when I arrived in Tehran last spring. One morning a few days after my arrival I decided to walk to the nearby Super Jordan food market , located at the corner of the famous Jordan Boulevard (aka Africa Blvd) and Golazin street, and do some food shopping. As I was approaching the store I noticed there is some commotion on the street not far from the store. The security forces had set up makeshift apprehension stations on both north and south bound direction of the boulevard>>>
peterkhanzendran
04-Mar-2008 (one comment)
In this e-mail globalsecurity.org's john pike reacts to my "2007, Time for War?" article on persianmirror. Was his work influenced by me or not?>>>