Date

IDEAS

Motherhood under Patriarchy

Politics of Motherhood: Part 1

04-May-2011 (9 comments)
Under Patriarchy, or the rule of fathers, women are defined in relation to men as their wives and mothers of their babies. The problematic issue here is that as a part of the patriarchal ideology, the idea of affiliation through blood ties, at the expense of the reality of child care, colonizes the relationship between the mother, the baby, and the father, and then, their relation with other social groups and institutions>>>

EBADI

Three Brothers

“If you cannot eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.”

04-May-2011 (4 comments)
For a wandering mind like mine, sometimes concentration is the hardest thing to accomplish. However, when I started reading The Golden Cage, the latest book by Shirin Ebadi a 2005 Nobel Peace prize winner, I could not put it down until I had finished the last page. It was a positively captivating read. In this book, Dr. Ebadi tells a melodramatic story of a family that was very similar to her own family, a family that had to overcome constant challenges that ultimately caused its degeneration >>>

POETRY

Lament for the Persians
04-May-2011
I named seven stars after her left eye.
Astronomers protested.
Dictators where jealous.
Two religious leaders were outraged.
But I wouldn’t budge.
So the heavenly map makers
checked the spelling and went to work >>>

HAIKU

مادر بزرگ شدن

چند هایکوواره به مناسبت روز مادر

04-May-2011 (2 comments)
خزان عمر

موضوع ای میل : " مادر بزرگ می شوی."

بهارمی شود >>>