Archive - May 2011

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For the Draw Muhammad Day 2011

Draw Muhammad Day >>>

Another Misfire by NIAC

Right! The first thing any Iranian Student lucky enough to win the lottery ticket out, is to want to go back!>>>

We did it!

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) applauds the Obama Administration’s decision to repeal the Single-Entry Visa policy for Iranian students. The decision will expand opportunities for Iranians to study in the US at a time when record numbers of Iranian youth seek to escape repression in Iran. “There are few better examples of how the United States can reach Iran's youth than by increasing their opportunities for a brighter future,” said NIAC President Trita Parsi>>>

Out of Miracles

Ahmadinejad tried to resist pressure from the supreme leader and lost. He has been badly weakened by recent events. Many have compared Ahmadinejad’s likely fate with that of Abulhassan Banisadr, the Islamic Republic’s first president who fell out with Khomeini and was forced into exile. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported last week that several members of parliament had revived a bid to summon Ahmadinejad for questioning over “recent events”>>>

Ducking Reality

Here is a test: Who said the following; "Iran's model, like al-Qaeda's, lacks a vision relevant to our times. It is a model that could not be more out of step with the sentiments of the Arab Spring. This model has the following characteristics: First: A corrupt, mismanaged, and isolated economy that offers the younger generation little hope for a better future. It is an economy increasingly working for the security services like the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and elites, and not for the people of Iran>>>

UFOs; one other story plus a Philosophical Ride.

Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration >>>

SheroPhone.com

Biweekly poetry podcast in Persian created by two Iranian poets, writers, and translators, Mana Aghaee and Leila Farjami>>>

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چرا  مدهوش و خاموشی؟ >>>

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مدتی پیش در پایان یک میهمانی خانوادگی، از دخترم پرسیدم: «از این‌که دوستاتو دیدی حسابی خوشحال شدی یا نه؟» او در جوابم بلافاصله گفت: «آره، همه شب‌رو با دوستام بازی کردم. برعکس شما که تمام شب اونجا نشستین و داد زدین.» واکنش اولیه‌ام لبخند گیجی بود که تحویل دخترم دادم، ولی بعد از دیدن رضایتی که در صورت دخترم موج می‌زد سکوت کردم. بلافاصله اما از عکس‌العمل خودم دلخور شدم>>>