EENDO

Boro Vasat

Ardalan Payvar and Shadi Yousefian's latest music video

by Shadi Yousefian
13-Jul-2011 (33 comments)
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MOJAHEDIN

These are our friends!

U.S. Congressional leaders voice support for MEK violence

by NIAC
13-Jul-2011 (154 comments)
Congressional supporters of the drive to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the U.S. terrorism list defended the organization’s use of violence while dismissing Iran’s nonviolent Green Movement at a hearing on Capitol Hill last week. The hearing was also remarkable in that senior leaders of the designated foreign terrorist organization were caught counseling some of the witnesses before the hearing. It is illegal to coordinate with a foreign terrorist organization to advocate on behalf of the terrorist group>>>

SEGREGATION

Cultish Khomeinism

Mullahs are clawing back gains Iranian women have achieved

by Iqbal Latif
13-Jul-2011 (7 comments)
Another gender war is brewing and, fascinatingly, firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emerges as the voice of liberal dissent! President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said plans to segregate male and female students at Iranian universities must be halted, drawing another battle line in his ongoing tussle with traditionalist rivals. Even a diehard zealot like the President has realised that any prudent person would be unable to work within the limitations of the Iranian clergy subjugated constitution>>>

MUSIC

آشتی با پاپ

شهرزاد سپانلو سعی دارد شنوندگان حرفه ای را با پاپ آشتی دهد

by Payam Mim
13-Jul-2011 (2 comments)
شهرزاد ابتدا کارش را با موج غالب موسیقی لس انجلسی شروع کرد ولی بزودی خود را از این جریان غالب جدا کرد و به فعالیتهای موسیقیایی جدیتری رو آورد. کار کردن با هنرمندی مانند فرامرز اصلانی و آهنگسازی فرزین فرهادی با همه پیشینه هنریش در موسیقی جاز و همچنین ترانه سرای به نامی مانند یغما گلرویی حاکی ازنگاه متفاوت او به موسیقی و میل به پیشرفت و متفاوت کار کردن می باشد>>>

POETRY

I Come
by bnamus
13-Jul-2011 (5 comments)
From Dick-tates and Man-dates
I have come
For thirty plus years
They have beat their drum >>>

TABOO

بی‌ضرر و حتی مفید

دانشمندان: خودارضایی برای ادامه بقا موثر و مفید است

by ونداد
13-Jul-2011 (one comment)
در بسیاری از جوامع، عمل «خودارضایی» رفتاری کراهت‌آمیز توصیف شده است.اما از دید دانشمندان معاصر، داوری درباره یک پدیده عمومی از معیارهای تهدیدکننده و پرهیزدهنده نظیر گناه، شرم و نادانی سود نمی‌جوید. بنابراین عملِ «خودارضایی»، نه تنها ممنوع و مذموم شمرده نمی‌شود بلکه رفتاری است که بی‌تردید برای ادامه بقای موجودات زنده، موثر و مفید است>>>

VIEW

We will be unstoppable

Pausing to remember three events with anniversaries in this month

by Reza Mohajerinejad
11-Jul-2011 (9 comments)
I was there. It happened. The student protests of 1999 started with the closing of a reformist newspaper, grew into more than 50,000 young people coming out into the streets of Tehran, and countless others who protested in cities all over the country. The protests ended with the imprisonment of thousands of those of us who participated. Back then, we were for the first time vocal in our questioning of our government. Before 18 Tir, people in our country wouldn’t dare come out in protest with slogans like “down with the dictator” or “down with Khameini.”>>>

NOT FUNNY

Absurd Mind Control

It's hard to make light of the plight of my people, the Bahais

by Omid Djalili
11-Jul-2011 (12 comments)
Back in the mid-90s in my show I'm A Short Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son, I touched on cultural clashes that shaped my personality as an Iranian immigrant in Britain. Authenticity is paramount for a comedian, and as I prepare to tour a new standup show I'm getting braver: this time, I will be exploring what it is like to be an Iranian born into a Bahai family. The plight of the Bahai community in Iran has served as a backdrop to my life growing up in London, particularly since the Islamic revolution in 1979>>>

IDEAS

One State Solution

Towards a different view of Palestinian and Israeli struggle

by Tooraj Azadkar
11-Jul-2011
There is another alternative to the two-state solution: If Israeli people and others do not accept a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state, then Palestinians and Arabs within the occupied territories should demand full rights of citizenship within Israel. They can then participate in the same democracy that Israel is affording its Jewish citizens and vote to change the current government of Israel and even change the name of Israel back to Palestine>>>

LIFE

تیرک چوبی کنار ساحل

اجساد مردگان از میان گورها بلند شده بودند تا به احترام کشته ی جدید قیام کنند

by hadi khojinian
11-Jul-2011 (11 comments)
در ساعت گرگ و میش بود که در اتاق ها باز شد. صدایش کردند. حوله ی حمام به دست گرفت با چشم بند خاکستری. لنگان لنگان زیر دوش ایستاد. رگه های ولرم آب از شانه هایش گذشت. کف پایش خیس شد. غسل گرفت. در سه دقیقه کارش تمام شد. تیر خلاصی را همبازی دوران کودکی اش زد. بی هیچ آشنا زدایی! >>>

STORY

مرِگِ خاکستری

خاکستری با دعوای آخرِ پدر و مادرش ضربه نهایی را خورد

by Mehran AS
11-Jul-2011
در زمانهای گذشته، خانواده ایی سه نفری زندگی می کرد متشکل از خانم سفید، آقای سیاه و فرزندشان که اسمش خاکستری بود. قبل از شروع داستان لازم است توضیحی در مورد پدر و مادر خاکستری بدهم. مادر خاکستری متعلق به قبیلۀ سفیدها بود و پدر خاکستری به قبیلۀ سیاه ها>>>

VIEW

Why Did Iran Say "NO"

... to U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights?

by Omid Memarian
09-Jul-2011 (one comment)
Despite all political and moral pressure Iran faces worldwide, it has designed its narrative in such a way that it calls every UN resolution an American one, and instead of responding to the cases of human rights violations in Iran, it attacks Washington directly and offers instances of human rights violations in the U.S. It's not surprising that attacking the U.S. on human rights appeals to some countries, particularly those that, next to Iran, bear a similar international pressure>>>

IDEAS

ملایان و نادر شاه افشار

تلاش برای گسستن ِ گونه های گوناگون بند ِ بندگی آغاز شده و نسیمش به ما نیز رسیده است

by Nadereh Afshari
08-Jul-2011 (15 comments)
نادر شاه بنیانگزار دودمان افشاریه شد و دوازده سال از سال 1114 تا 1126 خورشیدی [امسال سال 1390 است] پادشاه ایران بود. اینجا میخواهم تنها به بخش خاصی از زندگی نادر بپردازم که در تاریخ 1400 ساله ی ما نمونه اش ناچیز است. حكومت مذهبی/خرافاتی صفویان شیعه نخست توسط محمود افغان و سپس توسط نادر شاه افشار پس از 240 سال حكومت ِ توام با جنایت و تفرقه ‌افكنی مذهبی منقرض شد>>>

DRAMA

Rosvaie

Story of five women sharing unfruitful love lives

by Roya Jahanbin
08-Jul-2011 (16 comments)
Rosvaie, or scandal, is the name of a new play by Saam Theatre Company in London. The play is the love child of the director, Sousan Farrokhnia, and actors who never had any acting experience or training before. Farrokhnia, with more than 30 years of experience in theatre, once again proved to be a master in her field, turning the female cast into professionals in less than 6 weeks. The play is the story of five women sharing their unfruitful love lives with each other and the audience>>>

EULOGY

In Memory of Mom

Boundless heart of Mehry P. Nejat, a unique mother

by Farideh Nejat
08-Jul-2011 (4 comments)
To “bereave” is to live in a sad or lonely state – a state typically brought on by a loss or death. When a loving tie is severed, an emotional reaction which we call “grief” is set in motion. Grief and bereavement are what we are experiencing now. This commemoration is also intended to honor the memory of a woman who leaves behind a legacy of strength. That legacy should serve as an example for many>>>
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