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26-Nov-2009
The straw man
reduced and thin
smokes a cigar
gobbles down a cup of soup
spits and lives
lost a limb to a bomb
his stomach to cancer
his right eye to a stray bullet >>>
reduced and thin
smokes a cigar
gobbles down a cup of soup
spits and lives
lost a limb to a bomb
his stomach to cancer
his right eye to a stray bullet >>>
POETRY
26-Nov-2009 (2 comments)
One night in the darkness of his pain
Said butterfly to the candle flame
I come to you
From near or far
You burn the velvet of my wings
I love you still >>>
Said butterfly to the candle flame
I come to you
From near or far
You burn the velvet of my wings
I love you still >>>
ACTION
24-Nov-2009 (5 comments)
My family migrated to the U.S. before the Revolution when I was just 8, I went back to Iran only once 5 years ago for a month and I was arrested on "Pole Tajrish" for not wearing my hijab well. I basically grew up thinking this is really my country of origin given that all I had learned and knew was from this generous hosting country. It wasn't until recently that I learned that there is a definite difference between me and and my dear Anglo Saxon friends/colleagues or perhaps the Jewish Americans or even Chinese or Indian Americans. NOT just in my own eyes but in the eyes of the world looking at me>>>
RE-ORIENT
24-Nov-2009 (4 comments)
Whenever I enjoy a politically themed movie or play, I wonder if solidarity with the viewpoint isn’t clouding my judgment of the aesthetics. Is the artist speaking my heart, or is my heart speaking for the artist? Often it is a mix of both, to be honest. But one of the works I watched last Saturday at Golden Thread’s Festival of short Middle East plays shattered the silly question at the outset. Naomi Wallace’s No Such Cold Thing is a spellbinding play that powers its way beyond “friends don’t let friends invade Afghanistan.”>>>
TANZ
24-Nov-2009
نیکیاس متوجه شده بود که هر روز از جواهرات آویخته و جا سازی شده مجسمهً آتنا در معبد پارتنون کم میشود و به شم خودش که گویا کمی هم حالت پلیسی داشت دریافته بود که باید یک ککی توی تنبان پریکلس باشد. اما آدمی ضعیف مثل او کجا و فرمانروائی سخنور مثل پریکلس کجا. این بود که به کله اش زد این مسئله را با بقیه هم در میان بگذارد و یا لااقل به طور غیر مستقیم نظرها را متوجه پریکلس کند. حسابهایش را کرد و یک روز وارد یکی از آکادمیهای بیشمار آتن شد و به گروهی که داشتند بحث داغی را دنبال می کردند پیوست>>>
POETRY
24-Nov-2009 (3 comments)
Flickering lantern lights,
Dancing butterflies,
A nervous mist settling in,
Night softening smooth Jazz, >>>
Dancing butterflies,
A nervous mist settling in,
Night softening smooth Jazz, >>>
LIFE
22-Nov-2009 (79 comments)
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!>>>
VIOLENCE
22-Nov-2009 (7 comments)
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>>>
POETRY
22-Nov-2009 (20 comments)
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 >>>
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 >>>
POETRY
22-Nov-2009
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 >>>
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 >>>
VIEW
19-Nov-2009 (142 comments)
You might call this confession of a reluctant sanction-monger. Advocating sanctions against ones homeland is as strange as advocating for ones extended family to go without, so there better be a damn good reason(s) for such odd advocacy. First a little personal background which might help in dispelling any false notion or prejudgment. My entire extended family except one sibling live in Iran, all except one world-class rich distant cousin, are middle to lower middle class with most being like the overwhelming majority of Iranians in the hand to mouth category>>>
DEAL
19-Nov-2009 (one comment)
احتمال کنار آمدن رژیم با کشورهای غربی در مسئله فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران را باید واقع‌بینانه تلقی کرد. البته اگر ضعف رژیم در برابر کشورهای غربی به شفاف شدن فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران بینجامد، و از این طریق مسابقه تسلیحاتی اتمی در منطقه خاورمیانه مهار شود، از این برآیند باید استقبال کرد. ولی وقتی رژیمی در برابر فشار خارجی آسیب‌پذیر شد خطر در آن است که این آسیب پذیری در سایر روابط نیز تأثیر بگذارد و منافع ملی کشور ما را به خطر اندازد. از جمله، رژیم ایران در گذشته برای جلب حمایت روسیه در برابر کشورهای غربی سرمایه‌های زیادی از منابع ملی کشور، از جمله در دریای خزر، را هزینه کرده است>>>
16 AZAR
19-Nov-2009 (59 comments)
Young people continue to die in Iran. In December of 1953 following the coup d’état that overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossedeqh, students of Tehran University staged a protest in response to a visit by then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon. During the demonstration police shot and killed three students. Today when we read about the deaths of Ahmad Ghandchi, Azar Shariatrazavi, and Mostafa Bozorgnia more than 50 years ago, it isn't hard to see the similarities they had with students today>>>
STORY
19-Nov-2009 (3 comments)
The best day of my life was when mom bought me the Princess Saba in her long white dress covered with thousands of colorful tinsels. Her lush blonde hair falling over her chest was so shiny that when in stared at them it was like staring into the sun. Her eyes were blue, the type that open and close. Every day I combed her hair, I touch her breasts hoping one day mine would grow like them. My only wish was to become a bride just like the Princess with blonde hair, blue eyes, red lips and white gown>>>
STORY
19-Nov-2009 (one comment)
پرده برزنت آرام آرام شروع کرد به پائین آمدن و دسته موزیک به طور نا هم آهنگی به نواختن سرود ملی پرداخت. دقایقی طول کشید تا سطح آبهای استخر را همه ببینند. ناگهان همه جمعیت از وحشت بر جای خود میخکوب شدند. اسکلت های سربازان گم شده گروهان اول کوندور بر سطح آب شناور بود. سفیدی جمجمه ها زیر آفتاب استوائی می درخشید. آب استخر مخلوطی بود از خون و پوست و امعاء و احشاء سربازانی که بعد از بازگشت از ماموریت سرکوب شورش های انتخابات 12 ژوئن بدون اینکه شنا بلد باشند پریده بودند داخل استخر و همگی غرق شده بودند>>>
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