GIANT

من و دوست غولم

با يك ماچ نمي شد همه اش را بوسيد

by Fatemeh Zarei
23-Feb-2011 (9 comments)
دراز كشيدم رو كاناپه و سرم را گذاشتم رو شكم نرم و گنده آقا غوله. شكمش عين بالش بادي سفري بود. از آن هايي كه وسطش قد يك كله گود شده. قشنگ سرم رو گودي ناف غول جونم كيپ شده بود. او هم داشت موهاي مرا بهم مي ريخت. به خيال خودش داشت نوازشم مي كرد. اينقدر ترسيده بودم كه شرايط حرص خورن از اينكه يكي با دست هايي به آن گنده گي موهايم را درهم و برهم مي كند و مي كشد و مي كَنَد را نداشتم>>>

CULTURE

Yeki bood yeki nabood

Our culture – assaulted as it may seem - still maintains its profound beauty

by Ghahremani
23-Feb-2011
Among a pile of forwards I happened to receive a nice clip about the beginning phrase of Iranian fairytales, Yeki-bood-yeki nabood - one was and one wasn’t. And it went on to conclude that such a phrase being hammered into us from childhood may well be the reason why we choose to be alone, always “yeki” and never a team. That if one is there, the other is absent. As if someone had just offered the best food for my eccentric thoughts, my mind took off and hard as I’ve tried, I haven’t been able to get rid of it>>>

POETRY

صدای بهار
by Alef Mahan
23-Feb-2011 (2 comments)
اینجا زمستان است صدای بهار
مُچها جوانه زدند
آسفالت هم سبز شد زیرِ پاها
چاره‌ای نیست
باید شكفت یا مُرد
>>>

FREEDOM

Not Just A Number

Problems? Someone across the ocean that has it worse

by Sherry Ahkami
21-Feb-2011 (4 comments)
We forget that there are children, yes children, who are literally dying for a glimpse of the freedom we take for granted. They are risking their lives, so that they too can create an environment where their country can prosper through their ability to be free. Free to simply obtain the right of a human being. Instead every time they try to vocalize these rights, rights that are so natural to us here in North America, they are treated like objects. Beaten to the point where many are slowly dying on the streets in agony and pain>>>

UPHEAVAL

Clear Shift

Khamenei's hypocrisy has surely not been lost on Iran's youth

by Masoud Shafaee
21-Feb-2011 (4 comments)
The Islamic Republic finds itself in a precarious position. As protests in Egypt grew, the regime could no longer stay silent on such a seismic shift in its backyard. The official spin -- calling it an Egyptian "Islamic awakening" -- was of course necessitated by its own crackdown on post-election protests in 2009 and into last year. While such propaganda may serve well with older and more susceptible classes, Iran's youth knows the power of information and watched Egypt's youth achieve what they could not: the overthrow of their ruling dictator>>>

IRAN

Changing From Within

I will not see it happen in my lifetime

by bahmani
21-Feb-2011 (44 comments)
The key thing that many seem to forget or ignore is the way Iran's legal system and constitution is set up. This is the crucial point for all of us to get through our heads, because as wishful as we all are for various levels of reform to occur, it simply can't, according to established Iranian Law and it's strange Constitution. It is currently a felony crime to suggest that Iran's constitution be changed>>>

IRANIUM

Radioactive Fear

Propaganda to instill fear into the hearts and minds of Americans

by Touraj Daryaee
21-Feb-2011 (7 comments)
There is now a new semi-documentary, semi-science fiction propaganda film in the US, entitled Iranium (Iran + Uranium). As an Iranian-American, after watching the film, I felt angry that here we were with another Hollywood film demonizing Iranians. This of course had started with the movie Not Without My Daughter filmed in 1991 in Neve Ilan, Israel about Iran. Then there was more, more recently the movie 300 which took the IEDs wielding Persians (same as Iranians) to the sixth century BCE, against the freedom-loving Spartans>>>

FISH

ماهی

آنی شده بودم که دلم می خواست

by hadi khojinian
21-Feb-2011 (9 comments)
از جنگل پشت خانه، هوای فشرده از باران به داخل خانه هجوم می آورد تا کاری کند که ماهی ها، دور سرم شروع به شنا کردن کنند. از صبح که بیدار شدم دلم هوس ماهی شدن کرده بود. هر کاری که کردم نه پولکی در آوردم و نه فلسی برای غوطه ور شدن در آب رودخانه ی جزیره.>>>

POETRY

فریاد سکوت

تقدیم به «نداهای ایران

by nima sheikhy
21-Feb-2011
در میان این هیاهوی سکوت،
ندایی از من پرسید:
«ما کجای این شب سیاه را
بیهوده،
سحر پنداشتیم >>>

1 ESFAND

"Marg bar Diktator"

Clips from continuing protests

by Ghormeh Sabzi
21-Feb-2011 (19 comments)
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VIEW

Power to the Greens

The U.S. must empower the Green Movement

by Ray Takeyh
19-Feb-2011 (14 comments)
The key challenge for the United States is to find ways to connect with the Green Movement. As important as social media or rhetorical declarations may be, such measures are limited. The model of Eastern Europe is instructive, as the West managed to covertly use a range of institutions, such as the Catholic Church and labor unions, to funnel assistance to dissidents. Several parts of Iranian civil society - labor syndicates, savvy youth, clerical dissidents, liberal protesters and universities - exist in a state of perpetual rebellion>>>

IRAN

Getting "There" From "Here"

we need to actually have a goal before attempting to achieve one

by bahmani
19-Feb-2011 (8 comments)
Once again, we bear witness to the possibility of that most elusive of all aspirations, namely our true potential as free Iranians. Once again, the wall we face is more of a mirror and faced with our own reflection,we are forced to confront our willingness to commit to push through the thin veil of intimidation that our oppressors bet with a smile, we are too cowardly to pass through>>>

FILM

In Speechless Awe

The King's Speech: “ordinary” people facing “extraordinary” challenges

by Darius Kadivar
19-Feb-2011 (8 comments)
In a cyber age of mass communication with instant access to information, where all things past seem to be abruptly dismissed as obsolete, what makes an old fashioned film in a Victorian setting so appealing to contemporary audiences worldwide? … The mystery of The King’s Speech’s phenomenal success seems to equally astonish its director Tom Hooper as well as its talented cast of splendid actors notably Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter in the title roles>>>

TRAGEDY

تدفین مردگان در حکومت دیکتاتوران

صدای پر از بغض برادر صانع ژاله یادآور تراژدی دوران بربریت بود

by Mahasti Shahrokhi
19-Feb-2011
جوانان را می کشند و خانواده هایشان را از سوگواری منع می کنند. از طریق رسانه ها و مهره هایشان، دیگران را به خیانت متهم می کند. دیکتاتوری خود را قادر برحق می بیند و هیچگونه نافرمانی را تاب نمی آورد و از سوی دیگر به هیچ مرامی پایبند نیست و از مرده ها انتقام می کشد و با انحصاری کردن جنازه و منع سوگواری آبرومندانه، و در واقع با تحقیر مقتول به تحقیر مضاعف دودمانش برمی خیزد>>>

WOMEN

کهن ترین تعصب جهان

ریشه ها و دلایل زن ستیزی چیستند؟

by Monireh Mohammadi
19-Feb-2011 (2 comments)
زن ستیزی نشئات گرفته از فرهنگهایی ست كه در آنها زن جنس درجه دوم محسوب شده است. جوامعی كه به زن ستیزی مجال بروز میدهند زن را فرو دست و مرد را فرا دست می انگارند. تقریبا همیشه این نگرش فراتر از یك دسته بندی فرهنگی رفته است تا جایی قوانین آن جوامع، با پیش زمینه های ذهنی، طوری تدوین می شوند كه فرودستی موقعیت زن تضمین شود. جامعه ایران پس از انقلاب مثال بارز و عملی این ادعا است>>>
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