Archive - Feb 2009

نفرین به جنگ

این ویدئو داستان دو دوست یکی اسرائیلی بنام موشه شینار و دیگری فلسطینی بنام منیر درویش است. سالها پیش منیر درویش بعنوان مقاطعه کار در ساختن منزل مسکونی موشه شرکت داشته است و رفته رفته دوستی بسیار مستحکمی بین آنان برقرار می شود. >>>

خدائی

خدایا ببخش این مردمان که نمیدانند مستی چیست >>>

A Rose for the Women of the Website

just a rose >>>

NPR: Despite Odds, Women's Movement Persists In Iran

Jacki Lyden and Davar Iran Ardalan look into One of the most remarkable and under-reported stories in Iran is the strength and character of its women's movement>>>

George Willoughby

My friendship with Mr. Willoughby started after the tasting of one of my creations which had proven to be especially scrumptious. This clearly was the cue he required to offer a gracious compliment. After the pleasantries he approached the delicate subject of asking me for a date. “Lady Solo, I was wondering the other day, to myself, whether, by any stroke of luck, you may be interested in an outing of sorts. I say, might I have the pleasure of your company on Sunday next? I should very much like to take you for a drive through the country to a delightful little tea room which my late wife and I used to frequent. It would be awfully good of you to join me.” Well, I was flattered, surprised and pleased at the same time>>>

SHOEicide On BUSHoe

This script is a political satire. Laugh and be merry. In these dark times, one needs it even more. This spoof will gladden the gloom. What the doctor prescribed. Cheers. Teehee!>>>

Thirty Years On

Thirty years have now passed since the stern, bearded visage of Ayatollah Khomeini graced our television screens decrying the many "ills" of the West and its allies. It was a revolution few, if any, at the time had anticipated, one participants and observers alike still endeavor to properly understand. Khomeini's image, which has since become a kind of shorthand for the West's first encounter with the forces of radical Islam, continues to arouse fear and hostility. But 30 years on, that turbulent time in Iranian history continues to leave Western audiences perplexed, with little comprehension of the forces that incited crowds to chant "Death to America." >>>

The day after

Contemporary challenges to the ancient regime came from an understanding of the modern Western ways, and culminated into the Constitutional Revolution (1906), near abolition of monarchy (1925), Tudeh and National-Front movement (1952) and finally the 1979 revolution. After the collapse of IRI, the following forces will try to build cohesive national or regional systems, by recruiting the young masses of society around their ideas and ideals. As currently IRI does not allow free expression of thoughts and flourishing of ideas, upon its collapse; it will again be a mad rush to fill the power vacuum and reach the top.>>>