Date

VIEW

Push and Shove

Republicans, Israel and Iran

20-Sep-2011 (18 comments)
The rise of the Arab masses has pushed Iran out of the headlines -- for now. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose theatrics rarely pass unnoticed, has lately failed to grab the attention of the U.S. media. America's attention has instead turned toward Egypt, Syria and Libya. This is likely to change in the next few months. Not as a result of any particular developments in Iran or between the United States and Iran, but because of the 2012 presidential elections>>>

BOOK

Shaping Modernity

Excerpt from "A Social History of Iranian Cinema"

20-Sep-2011 (one comment)
Hamid Naficy, Professor of Radio, Television, Film and Communication at Northwestern University, is one of the world’s leading authorities on Iranian film, and A Social History of Iranian Cinema is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran’s peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran>>>

STORY

The blue lake of tears (2)

"Shadows are not as important as reflections"

20-Sep-2011
The Princess howled for the water creatures to come back to their source. All the water creatures howled back to her. They dissolved into obscure images, climbed onto the surface, joined each other in the middle of the lake to become the girl’s reflection. The image moved back on the water surface to place itself before its owner. Nisha expected to find herself quite happy. Yet, she underwent sadness as she realized how her vital need for her reflection deprived the lake of water creatures>>>

MUSICIAN

جان تربت جام

گفتگویی با غفور محمدزاده نوازندۀ برگزیدۀ دوتار

20-Sep-2011 (one comment)
وقتی برای مراسم رونمایی کتابم "بازگشت" در ایران دنبال کسی می گشتم تا در اجرای برنامه با موسیقی محلی مهمان ها را سرگرم کند، یکی از دوستان، آقای غفور محمدزاده را به من معرفی کردند. به موسیقی محلی علاقه داشتم و خوشبختانه این توفیق نصیبم شد که با یکی از کسانی که سالها به نواختن دوتار و تحقیق روی موسیقی محلی خراسانی پرداخته آشنا شوم و به گونه ای همکاری داشته باشم>>>

POETRY

کوچه ها
20-Sep-2011 (3 comments)
آرام
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