Archive - Aug 2, 2011

Theatre Under the Stars

Have you tried watching Shakespear under the stars? >>>

Censorship (Nine Languages)

Censorship is a poem by Ali Abdolrezaei, translated into 8 languages. >>>

Iran's Stunning Unpopularity

Iran's favorable ratings are in a "freefall" across the Arab World, with Iran's behavior in Iraq, Bahrain and the Arab Gulf region being viewed negatively by most Arabs. These are a few of the key findings of an Arab American Institute poll conducted by Zogby International during the first three weeks of June, 2011. The poll surveyed over 4,000 Arabs from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates>>>

Don't Do What We Did

A revolution that started with the fifth generation of freedom organ 'Google' should not end up with an “archaic ideology” that is obsolete and outmoded in modern times. The only way to gain proper freedom is to liberate oneself from the yokes of doctrine; otherwise Egyptians will be looking at another revolution in a few years, like Iran today. The romance with the Islamic Republic has fallen and is maintained by the terror of state oppression, so will Egyptian romance with the Salafis and Akhwans>>>

Comedy of Errors

Seeing Shahrokh Moshkinghalam on stage dressed up as Zohreh, the Goddess of Love, evokes an eerie sense mystery. We think of honeyed speech and gazelle like body movements as female, but the actor in Moshkinghalam knows better. He drapes the goddess’ glamour wear over his masculine flat chest and judiciously sidesteps trying to imitate a woman’s voice pitch. With reddish curls tumbling from his head down to his waist, he appears as a mesmerizing, and oddly beautiful, not-quite-human entity>>>

Family video: 21 Years Ago

When I left Iran for good in December 1989, I settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico>>>

Health of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi in Danger; urgent attention needed

Political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, who is held in the brutal Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, is experiencing heart complications as a result of severe chest pains>>>