Archive - Mar 11, 2011 - Article

Different kind of bean

Libya is important because it has oil and much investment in European countries. As a polity is still rather Bedouin; it is a tent-republic in all of its manifestations down to the surrounding where Colonel Gaddafi holds court. He is not a very likable fellow and perhaps it was this antipathy among the Amercians that prompted President Obama to utter the words that no head of state should ever utter regarding another one: “He must go,” said the president. Just as Geroge W. Bush said of Saddam Hussein>>>

Not property, live-stock or slaves

Despite the knowledge that breaking the law might lead to execution, women have been noticeable at the forefront of the movement for democratic change in Iran. These activists have faced harassment, torture, travel bans and detention. The most inconceivable types of torture are inflicted on female prisoners who are only provided with the minimum of health services behind prison walls, if any>>>

The Ambassador

Hatefi was an assistant to a friend of the family stationed in the London embassy. He had been told to look after me, and he did so with great kindness. He also enjoyed taking time off from the office to take me and himself sightseeing. He liked to talk, and teaching me the ways of the world gave him a good excuse. We arrived at the embassy and walked up to the reception hall, the rumble of party chatter all around us. The ambassador was at the entrance, greeting the guests>>>

The Train that Traveled to Meet God

The train that was traveling to meet God had a brief stop at Station Earth. The Prophet turned to the people of earth and said, "Our destination is God. Who out there wants to join us? Which one of you wants to experience both love and suffering with us? Who is willing to believe that this life on earth is just a passing station?" Centuries passed but only a few people boarded the train>>>

پزشک بدون مغز و زن بدون آب

براش مشروب و شام خریدم، و یه قصه کاسب شدم. رشتی بود، ولی‌ جین و تونیک رو به سبک انگلیسی‌‌ها می‌‌خورد؛ بدون یخ! دستهای پینه بسته و صورت چرمینش، آدم رو به یاد عمله‌های لر می‌‌انداخت. صداش اما خیلی‌ گرم بود، و چشماش شادابی کودکانه داشت. ماهی‌ دم سیاه (داسی) کیپ تاون رو با سالاد خیار‌گوجه محلی ... که عین سالاد شیرازی خودمونه ... به اشتها می‌‌خورد و با پیشخدمت‌ها به زبون "سواحلی" شوخی‌ و خنده میکرد>>>

هوس تازه

قرار عشق بازی را در ترن شمال غربی گذاشتیم. راس ساعت به ایستگاه قطار رسیدیم. در کوپه ی بی - چهار نشستیم. تا به خانه برسیم سه ساعت و چهل و هشت دقیقه وقت داشتیم. قرار گذاشته بودیم که نیمه لباس هایمان را در بیاوریم و کاری با نیمه ی دیگر نداشته باشیم تا به حس واقعی اش برسیم. همین که ترن شروع به حرکت کرد شروع به بوسیدن لب های همدیگر کردیم>>>

Demiurge

The ruler who is weak
has had three names:
the Accuser, the Fool
and the Masker of Truth.
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