Archive - Jun 25, 2009

When I'm sad...

My favorite song. The only song that makes me forget.  Ostad Banan va Daylaman, and my very first painting which says "Iran", dedicated to all the fathers, mothers and kids who have been forced to feel sad. A deep sad. >>>

Academics' Declaration of Support for Iranian Demonstrators

Today the New York-based Campaign for Peace and Democracy circulated the open letter below from academics in support of the demonstrators in Iran>>>

Brutal finale

In 1986, French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam’s car unexpectedly stalled on the steep, narrow roads zigzagging along Kupayeh’s austere mountain ridges, stranding him in the wind-whipped village. Walking among the sand-dusted brick houses, Sahebjam was accosted by a desperate woman, Zahra, who feverishly related a terrifying true story of a village conspiracy involving blackmail, misogyny, and murder. Zahra told the journalist that she, as a woman in Iran, no longer had a voice and she pleaded with him to “take her voice” and tell the world her story. Speaking into Sahebjam’s tape recorder, Zahra recounts the tragedy of her 35-year-old niece, Soraya, who was stoned to death for the crime of adultery, a crime that she did not commit>>>

Neda

Beneath the haloed
circle of lights
the bird of truth
flies over the waves
of blood flowing
like pomegranate juice,
its melancholy song
touching the jasmine >>>

Urgent help request

Someone send me following email: Please share with others... WE NEED YOUR HELP. >>>

همیشه می آیند

 از فراز سر ما می گذرند.
 هوای رفتن دارند،
 پای جهیدن و  بال پریدن.
 از شجاعت و ایثار سرشار اند.
 بیزاراند از بوی تعفن مرداب،
 از  حس ماندن و در جا زدن،
 از مطیع و دلمُرده و سرکوفته زیستن
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ندا

تصویری حک شده
در وجدان زمان
قلب پیر مات شده
از نازکی حیات
که از دست رفت >>>

What Paralyses Mullahs

The domestic consume of gasoline is estimated 75 million litres a day, of which 36 million is imported by India. If the import is stopped, Iran's domestic consummation can be paralysed within a week >>>