Archive - May 4, 2011

For the man walking on Tonekabon streets

What does shame taste like?  Read the news tonight and find out. >>>

Motherhood under Patriarchy

Under Patriarchy, or the rule of fathers, women are defined in relation to men as their wives and mothers of their babies. The problematic issue here is that as a part of the patriarchal ideology, the idea of affiliation through blood ties, at the expense of the reality of child care, colonizes the relationship between the mother, the baby, and the father, and then, their relation with other social groups and institutions>>>

Three Brothers

For a wandering mind like mine, sometimes concentration is the hardest thing to accomplish. However, when I started reading The Golden Cage, the latest book by Shirin Ebadi a 2005 Nobel Peace prize winner, I could not put it down until I had finished the last page. It was a positively captivating read. In this book, Dr. Ebadi tells a melodramatic story of a family that was very similar to her own family, a family that had to overcome constant challenges that ultimately caused its degeneration >>>

Patriarchy in Iran

Despite removal of force hejab, approval of human right and voting right for women during the Pahlavis, patriarchy remained in Iranian society>>>

Lament for the Persians

I named seven stars after her left eye.
Astronomers protested.
Dictators where jealous.
Two religious leaders were outraged.
But I wouldn’t budge.
So the heavenly map makers
checked the spelling and went to work >>>

مادر بزرگ شدن

خزان عمر

موضوع ای میل : " مادر بزرگ می شوی."

بهارمی شود >>>

پرومته در زنجیر از زبان "جیلیز" دختر ۱۰ ساله ایرانی

Προμηθέας Δεσμώτης پرومِته در زنجیر Prometheus Bound >>>

سروده ای کوچک برای انسانی بزرگ - مادر

ای مادرِعزیز که جانم زِ جانِ توست
قلبم ببین که بارگه جاودان توست >>>