STORY

نامه باز کن آقای لوتوس

اشک چشم آن دختر بینا بند نیامد که نیامد

by Fatemeh Zarei
12-Apr-2011 (5 comments)
این طور که شنیده ام، ماجرا از آن جایی شروع شد که روزی آقای لوتوس متوجه شد هر پاکتی را که با آن نامه باز کن کذا و کذا باز می کند حاوی خبری خوش است. و وقتی بیشتر دقت کرد دید بله درست است، پاکت های باز شده با آن نامه باز کن به طرز چشم گیری مسرت بخش هستند. وقتی این مطلب را به دوستش گفت، او را به شدت ترغیب کرد که دلش بخواهد نامه اش را با نامه بازکن آقای لوتوس باز کند>>>

TSUNAMI

اگر سونامی جزیره را با خودش ببرد

تصورش را بکن، دریا بالای سرمان باشد

by hadi khojinian
12-Apr-2011 (2 comments)
همین حالا تمام سعی خودم را می کنم تا صبح نشده همه ی رویاهای خودم را فشرده و مچاله کنم تا خدای نکرده در حوالی سونامی، نم ذهنم از هم نپاشد. قفسه های آشپزخانه را خالی می کنم. خوراکی های یخچال را در ظرف های یک بار مصرف می گذارم تا فردا که در سنگرها هستیم گرسنه نباشیم>>>

POETRY

ماندگار
by kavir
12-Apr-2011 (one comment)
حبابهایبازیگوش
درپایفوارههایگمان
یکایکمی ترکند
از سر خوشی >>>

MOVING

Koocheh Melli

A song by Reza Yazdani

by Reza Yazdani
12-Apr-2011 (2 comments)
...>>>

OXFORD

دریچه تنگ منافع فردی

دکتر کاتوزیان و خلقیات برخی از ما ایرانیان

by Hossein Shahidi
10-Apr-2011 (one comment)
فوران خشم و نفرت برخی از ایرانیان نسبت به پژوهش گری که تقریبا همه زندگی حرفه ای خود را وقف تحقیق در باره ایران کرده است خواننده را به فکر می اندازد که: نویسندگان این گونه مطالب به چه درجه ای از بلوغ فکری رسیده اند؟ انتشار چنین مطالبی را با کدام ضوابط حرفه ای روزنامه نگاری می توان توجیه کرد؟ و تا چه حد می توان این گونه رفتار را نمونه ای از پندار، گفتار و کردار جامعه ایرانی دانست؟ >>>

OXFORD

Short-Termist Iranians

Controversy over Dr Katouzian and Rafsanjani's son

by Hossein Shahidi
10-Apr-2011 (18 comments)
For the past week, I have watched with bewilderment and sorrow the onslaught on my friend and teacher, Dr Homa Katouzian, in connection with the admission to Oxford University of a son of the former Iranian President, Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. By now, Dr Katouzian has clarified his academic involvement in the process of admission of Mr Mehdi Hashemi. Oxford University too has announced that its investigation has found no basis for the allegations of impropriety in Mr Hashemi’s admission. From a formal point of view, therefore, the matter must be considered closed>>>

BAHAREH

The Birth of Hope

She is and could be anyone’s sister, daughter or friend on an extraordinary path

by Sussan Tahmasebi
10-Apr-2011 (4 comments)
It was interesting to me, there she was, in prison on her birthday and she was worried about me. She was still the Bahareh I remembered. Always putting concern for others ahead of concern for herself. Bahareh will not be calling home for her birthday this year, though her friends gathered once again to celebrate the day in her absence. I have no doubt that despite over a year of being in prison and despite all these pressures, she remains the same Bahareh, putting concern for others ahead of her own needs>>>

IRAN

Home is where your heart breaks

I was overwhelmed at hearing hardship stories

by Azam Nemati
10-Apr-2011 (8 comments)
I went to Khorramshahr by train and took my nephew’s wife because her mom is from Abadan and she had never seen that area. My cabin had all Abadanis which included a police woman. When she took off layer of black clothing the true Dokhtar Abadani was revealed. I was shocked to see latest skinny jeans, revealing top with English writings, and a fancy belt. I chuckled because looking at her chador and the head covering, I would have never guessed such fasionista existed underneath all that clothing>>>

STORY

The Pork Eaters (1)

Hugs, “farewell,” perfume, cloth, "passport, boarding pass,” more hugs, pistachios

by Ari Siletz
10-Apr-2011 (11 comments)
The runway at the old Tehran airport did not run parallel to the visitors’ viewing area. After the passengers boarded, the plane, whistling quietly, trundled out of sight off to the side of the building. Visitors went back to their chatter while they waited for the metamorphosis to occur. The conversation was full of travel: “Don’t cry, he’ll be back before your tears are dry.” “On my last trip to Amsterdam...” “The best restaurant in Cairo...”>>>

STORY

کابوس ویروس اسلامی در تهران

وظیفه بنده این شد که تحقیقی بنمایم در باب تفاوت‌های بیولوژیک میان کفار و شیعیان ولایت و امامت

by Shazde Asdola Mirza
10-Apr-2011 (12 comments)
خواب می‌‌دیدم که سال ۲۰۲۱ است و بنده در خدمت گروه شیمیایی- میکروبی- هسته‌ای (شین- میم- ه) سپاه پاسداران در تهران، مشغول کار روی ویروس اسلامی هستم. طرح ویروس اسلامی، اولین بار توسط برادر پاسدار پشمیان به خدمت مقام معظم ولایت فقیه رسیده بود، و ایشان هم مختصر پایین صفحه نوشته بودند؛ "نصر من الله و فتح عن قریب ... اقدام شود!" >>>

POETRY

دکمۀ احساس
by Mahvash Shahegh
10-Apr-2011 (6 comments)
پس از سالهای سال
که نخواهم گفت چند سال!
به من تلفن کرد که
دعوتم کند به شرکت
در یک کار اجتماعی و فرهنگی >>>

ART

Frozen in time

Reinterpreting Iranian Pop Art with a new set of values

by ramintork
08-Apr-2011
The two art series that I am submitting relate to the culture of Iran during the 70s pre-revolution. The series "When Iran Went Pop!" was created back in early 2010, and the second series "Minimalist Posters for Iranian 70's TV Cinema Radio" I completed recently. Despite their appearance and titles the two series (that are closely related) are two conceptual works of Art disguised as a pop art and a minimalist series. I have used an Art school as a medium just as one might use tapestry or metal as mediums for conceptual work>>>

REVOLUTION

Workers United

Has Ahmadinejad lost his working-class support base?

by Dariush Zahedi & Hamed Aleaziz
08-Apr-2011 (3 comments)
The Iranian economy is on a precipice. Ahmadinejad's new subsidies plan, which eliminates heavy discounts on fuel and food, has thus far pushed inflation to an annual rate of 15 percent, which may well rise further. The prices of important consumer and food staples have risen even faster; the price of bread has doubled, and gas prices have quadrupled. The government is attempting to alleviate the effects of increased prices by providing its citizens with handouts of cash. But by every indication, the economy is still going to get worse>>>

IDEAS

Which Road to Iran?

Before democracy can be ushered in, a culture of democracy must be developed

by Hamid Karimianpour
08-Apr-2011 (8 comments)
As revolutionary spirit is gaining momentum in the Middle East, it is only a matter of time before we see millions of Iranians take to the street demanding democratic change. The question is whether the US should seize the opportunity, at a time when Iran’s central government becomes vulnerable, to effect regime change militarily, through a coup, or other coercive methods? The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution drafted in 2009 nine different policy options for deal­ing with Iran>>>

WOMEN

Searching for Meaning

Choreographing of Iranian women’s migration

by Najmeh Khalili-Mahani
08-Apr-2011 (2 comments)
Much is written about Iranian women, Iranian films and Iranian women in Iranian film. But, the lives of Iranian immigrants in their new Western homes are rarely projected. In her debut film, The Neighbor, The New Yorker film editor, Naghmeh Shirkhan, takes a brave leap to make an elliptical narrative film about the rarely mentioned reality of Iranian women’s lives in ‘exile’. A dance instructor, struggling with memories of her mother and grandmother encounters her enigmatic neighbor Leila and her young daughter>>>
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