IRAN-U.S.
Washington and Tehran must find that right path together
by Hossein Mousavian
Obama's engagement policy has failed. In fact, they support Ayatollah Khamenei's assessment that the core goal of U.S. policy is regime change. The door to rapprochement is closing. To keep it from slamming shut, the United States should declare, without condition, that it does not seek regime change in Tehran. Beyond that, the recognition of several principles is essential to bettering U.S.-Iranian relations after more than 30 bad years
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WAR
It isn't war they want but the illusion of control
by M.J. Rosenberg
These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President Obama to either attack Iran or let Israel do it (in which case, we would be forced to join in). But the idea of another Middle East war is so outlandish that it seems inconceivable it could actually occur
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DOCUMENTARY
Luna Shad's "The Keys to My Home"
The imagery in this Rumi quatrain is actually enacted in a scene in Luna Shad’s documentary,
Keys To My Home. The exiled journalist, Neema, shops for a gift for his friend and colleague, Delbar, whose red tape ordeal in Turkey is over and has now started a new phase of the refugee’s bureaucratic nightmare in Paris. “No, not that color, Delbar would never wear it,” says another refugee helping him shop as they sort through various colors on the rack.
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THERAPY
رد پای پول و حرص در این حرفه، آدم را به فکر می اندازد
by Fariba Moghaddam
روانشناسی در واقع به نوعی مذهب مدرن شده است و مذهب به اقتضای طبیعتش، چه سنتی و چه مدرن، نه سودای شناختن روان دارد و نه قصد معالجه ی "مجانین" . مذهب سیاهی لشکر می خواهد . هر چه بیشتر بهتر! هر چه فرمانبردارتر مقبول تر! و لشکری که سیاهی صفت بارزه اش باشد جز از سیاهی ها و سردرگمی ها و سرگردانی ها، ره به جائی نمی برد. تا به حال که نبرده است
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LOS ANGELES
اندر حکایت نقد تاتر و تیارت
ناصر رحمانی نژاد کارگردان تاتر و ساکن آنزمان لوس آنجلس در سالنی که جمعی از دست اندرکاران هنری حضور داشتند، پس ازنمایش ویدوئی از اجرای خوب "اتلو در سرزمین عجائب" نوشته "غلامحسین ساعدی" که در لندن و در حضور "ساعدی" اجرا کرده بود متنی را در باب هنر نمایش در لوس آنجلس قرآئت کرد که به ذائقه تاتریون لوس آنجلسی خوش نیآمد وکار بالا گرفت.
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