Archive - Nov 22, 2009 - Article

Tehran Girl

I am a Tehran girl. I was born in Tehran’s Amirieh neighborhood, but moved to Tehran Pars with my family before I turned one. The quiet and sleepy suburban neighborhood had all that was ideal about raising children, I guess. The perfect new streets, all straight and numbered, were signs that this was one of the first planned neighborhoods of Tehran. It had amenities no other neighborhood had as yet, a huge playground, a modern public swimming pool, a drive-in cinema, two adjacent elementary schools for girls and boys, and even aspirations for a casino!>>>

جنبش بی‌خشونت جنبش بی‌نفرت

سبز جنبشی بی‌خشونت است و از این نظر تجربه‌ای است آغازین برای ما. تجربه‌ای آغازین نه از آن که پیش‌تر جنبش‌های بی‌خشونت در ایران وجود نداشته‌اند. جنبش سبز جنبشی آغازین است زیرا، برعکس جنبش‌های پیشین (مانند جنبش تنباکو یا جنبش ملی شدن صنعت نفت) رویکردِ بی‌خشونت را نه تنها آگاهانه به کار گرفته، بل کنشِ بی‌خشونت را با گفتمانِ بی‌خشونت، و ترویجِ آن، همراه کرده است. پس جنبش سبز به هرگونه گرایش یا ایدئولوژی که از اهمیت جنبه‌ی خشونت‌پرهیز جنبشِ مردمیِ امروز ایران بکاهد، بی‌اعتنائی می‌کند. از این رو، جنبش سبز نه تنها جنبشی سیاسی‌- ‌اجتماعی که جنبشی آموزشی نیز هست>>>

She

Is there anything more dreadful than a cold grey November day?
What could brighten it?
Really?
How about a ray of sunshine, bundled in a soft pink blanket?
That will do nicely – I say!
Within moments of emerging from the warm womb
The arrival of my one and only niece
The little sausage >>>

Dining Table

How beautiful you are, table!
You let us look at one another's eyes
And taste one another's joy.  
Hands and spoons,
Bites of bread,
And sips of water,
And the sound of friendship of glasses >>>