Archive - Aug 2011

Disturbing trend of not crediting the original poet

Israel has also been identified as a country that supports not crediting original Persian poets >>>

جاويد ايران

هزاران آريو برزن در ايران
به هر كوی و به هر برزن خرامان >>>

اعترافات تلویزیون ایران در رابطه با فلسفه حمایت ایران از فلسطین

علنا گفت ما دلمون به حال مردم فلسطین نسوخته >>>

Colossal Inequity

Since the establishment of the Islamic Regime in Iran and a harsh enforcement of “Sharia Law” on the society, women have been the target of colossal inequity. The women of Iran differ from their counterparts in the Middle East; they defy boundaries. While the Parliament of Iran has been the instrument of granting a landslide of sweeping civil, legal, and family rights to men, women have been going door to door to fight for their rights>>>

Forced freedom Iranian style!

Haggling over freedom of speech! >>>

گیرم که میزنید... .بارویش ناگزیر جوانه ها چه می کنید؟

نوشته ای برای آزادی و کنشگران آن.>>>

Blogomania

Before the dot-com revolution, I’d never heard the word “blog.” Then one day, I heard my kids talking amongst themselves about “blogs”. I listened in to make sure I had the word right before reaching for my big dictionary. Much to my chagrin, the dictionary jumped from ‘block” to ‘bloke” with no ‘blog’ in between. Oh, but by then I wasn’t about to give up. In fact, an obsession had started to build up inside me. I would never humiliate myself by asking my children>>>

The "notorious" poet Ferdowsi

A while ago, a woman presenter on Press TV, walking on stage with a lot of eshveh, spoke of the 'infamous Shahnameh'>>>

Lost Cypresses

"Where did those stately cypresses go?"
Lined up in a single row
Alongside a house with an auburn rooftop.
They were the evergreen signs of my trust,
When I would emerge from the street corner>>>

حاجی "پدرخوانده" چپول

 جمهوری ایرانی در برابر جمهوری اسلامی>>>

Iranian-McCarthyism / Spies in the House of Love

Getting a handle on the metaphysical dimensions of speech - a rough sketch>>>