Archive - 2009

Flying coffins

Last year in August I had the distinct "pleasure" of flying to Tehran on board of an Iran Air Boeing 747. In light of the fact that Iran's air industry has had two plane crashes and two more in-flight emergencies in just the past 3 weeks, it is important for Americans to understand that US sanctions are partly the cause of these disasters -- and that they can be prevented. I arranged my trip last year so I could attend my cousin's wedding. As a dual Iranian-Canadian citizen, I am able to travel to Iran with relative ease, and despite common stereotypes, travel to Iran is perfectly safe -- that is, except if you are traveling with Iranian airlines>>>

ايذاء دينى

در اين نوشتار به شناسايى و بررسى پديده اى ميپردازيم كه كمتر به آن توجه شده، يا لا اقل كمتر از اين زاويه به آن نگاه شده است. اين پديده كه ميتوان آن را "وجه ايذائى" دين - و در اينجا مشخصا دين اسلام - ناميد تاكنون به عنوان بخشى لاينفك از دين به عنوان يك كليت فرض شده است و اين شايد نخستين بار است كه كوششى، هر چند مختصر، در تفكيك نظرى اين مقوله از بخش "خوشخيم" دين صورت ميگيرد. گمان ميكنيم كه چنين تفكيكى در تئورى به فتح گفتمان جديدى از مباحث آزادى و عدالت در جامعه ايرانى كمك ميكند و از اين رهرو ميتواند سر نخى تازه براى حركت به سمت يك جامعه مدنى در ايران را به دست دهد>>>

Global Solidarity for Secular Society

Unite against all religious political groups that are trying to pull our societies back to the Middle Ages >>>

Dream number one

Contrary to the general malaise
last night, on my ornate roof,
I fell asleep looking out to the smog
that hides this monster

that eats mud and lives
that stretches out from the mountain
its bony fingers under the asphalt
propelling cars ever farther.
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Yin and Yang

WE are not a people of pure virtue
THEY are not a people of pure hate
We exist together yin and yang-like
Wedded to our common human fate.

Can the mirror’s image be avoided…
Should our Other ever be denied?
There is no escaping from our knowing
Of the battles being waged inside >>>

Name one

This is no hyperbole, don’t agree? Name one>>>

Dear Gordon

Letter to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown >>>

MON CINEMA: Salami Aleikum (2009)

This is a Hilarious Austrian/German Comedy about an Iranian family who tries to cope with life in exile. directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi starring Navid Akhavan, Michael Niavarani. Watch Trailer with Persian Subtitles.

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کودتای نرم

بر خلاف تصور عموم، برنامه ریزی کودتا بسیار دقیق انجام شده است. برای ابقای ا.ن دو راه بیشر وجود نداشت >>>