Archive - Jan 31, 2009 - Article

In long-term interests of peace

President Obama has promised to restore the United States' moral authority in the world. In order to do so, the new administration should revise U.S. foreign policy that has proved a political failure and undermined respect for international human rights. Topping the list is the U.S. policy of regime-change toward Iran. The policy has failed to bring any tangible changes in the Iranian regime's behavior. Instead, the policy has harmed the Iranian people's demands for the rule of law and respect for human rights. Since December, Shirin Ebadi, the only Muslim woman ever to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, has been suffering at the hands of radical Islamists>>>

Let them rot

If MKO members are expelled from Iraq, these middle-aged men and women, who have not been doing anything but worshiping Maryam and Massoud five times a day for the last few years, will have to go mostly to European or Arab countries. Some Arab intelligence organizations from Saudi Arabia and Jordan and also the Israelis are already doing on site job interviews with them to use their talents against Iran. Those who go to Europe will definitely have to lay down their arms and organize into a political organization. European Union decision to take them off the list of terrorist organizations is just for this purpose>>>

جای خالی "تلویزیون"!

تلویزیون فارسی بی‏بی‏سی سرانجام پس از دو سال تدارک گسترده، دو هفته پیش برنامه های خود را برای مخاطبان فارسی زبان آغاز کرد. این شبکه که از پشتیبانی نزدیک به 150 کارمند و روزنامه نگار در لندن و برخی دیگر از نقاط جهان برخوردار است، به دلایل مختلف از اهمیت و اولویت بسیاری برای نقد و تحلیل های رسانه ای برخوردار است زیرا به نظر می رسد پس از نزدیک به دو دهه از آغاز به کار تلویزیون های فارسی زبان در خارج از کشور مهم ترین و حرفه ای ترین شبکه تلویزیونی فارسی زبان مستقر در خارج از کشور باشد. >>>

Do you love poetry?

“Do you love poetry?” Someone asked me. I used to listen to Shamloo citing the poems of Rumi and Khayyam during the nights of war in the dark, walking in my room, going from one corner to another, and pausing for seconds by the window to watch the city outside, the apartment buildings facing our apartment building, the narrow street, and people in their home – unaware of being watched - and feeling like a voyeur....Maybe this is how I loved to be a writer. Every night, the old woman of the second floor washed her feet in her kitchen sink, looking tired and bored....Maybe this is how I decided to leave my home>>>

پول سیگار

ما بچه ها تقریبا همه بختیاری بودیم. صنعت نفت که راه افتاد و کار که فراوان شد خیلی ها ماندنی شدند و ییلاق گرمسیر ورافتاد. صبحها نان تیری را با یک استکان چای شیرین میخوردیم و راه می افتادیم طرف مدرسه. فارسی و املا و حساب. خیلی وقتا دقیقه شماری میکردیم تا زنگ تفریح را بزنند که برویم بیرون و با هم لری(بختیاری) حرف بزنیم. ناظم مدرسه بارها سر صف روز شنبه که ناخنهای دستها را بازدید میکرد و بلندی و کوتاهی موی ماشین شده سرمان را، تذکر می داد که اگر میخواهیم ترقی و پیشرفت کنیم بایستی از همین حالا فارسی حرف بزنیم. البته ما نمی دانستیم ترقی و پیشرفت یعنی چه. از اون گذشته، خجالت می کشیدیم فارسی حرف بزنیم. چون قاتی می کردیم و بعدش بچه ها برایمان دست میگرفتند. >>>

I liked your laughter

I liked your laughter
As you drove away
And looked back at me
In your side mirror
Not giving me time
To wave goodbye.
Perhaps, like my mother
Who hopes for a day of return
I could hold the Koran over your car
And protect you against evils
>>>