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29-May-2008 (14 comments)
Twenty Years ago, when we first moved to St. Louis
I met this lively graduate student named Keiko
After twenty odd years, it is hard to recall details beyond her round face framed by short shiny black hair
But I remember the way she moved through the building with a combination
of agility and grace, in bursts of short successive moves -
much the way robins would explore a tree (without making noise or knocking anything down) >>>
I met this lively graduate student named Keiko
After twenty odd years, it is hard to recall details beyond her round face framed by short shiny black hair
But I remember the way she moved through the building with a combination
of agility and grace, in bursts of short successive moves -
much the way robins would explore a tree (without making noise or knocking anything down) >>>
LIFE
28-May-2008 (130 comments)
This begins with a personal story. For eight years now, I have been at war with a few lunatic Americans currently residing in Colorado, California, New Mexico and Kansas, who have been responsible for several years of harassment, slander, libel, stalking, interference with employment and other felonies. These individuals have all received legal warnings and orders per their ongoing activities but as my lawyers have claimed, when dealing with people who are mentally ill, deluded and incapable of understanding what the law means, you can expect them to continue their illegal activities until they land in jail or have every penny they have taken away from them>>>
MEASURE
28-May-2008 (9 comments)
The fastest way to build trust and generosity in someone is to spike her nasal spray with a dose of the hormone oxytocin. But hurry to the point--money, promotion, sex, whatever it is you can't get without cheating; the drug degrades to half its strength in only three minutes. The science article with this info coincidentally comes with a graph that suggests, among 29 nations, Iranians are the fourth least likely people to resort to this sort of deceitfulness. Norwegians stole the gold medal in trustworthiness, Denmark grabbed the silver, and if it hadn't been for the Chinese, Iranians would have come home with the bronze>>>
IRANIANS
28-May-2008 (2 comments)
در کشورهای مردم سالار همه مردم قانونا برابرند و در ابراز اندیشهها و احساسات خود آزاد. به همین دلیل در این سرزمینها«ملت» مفهومیست که از هالهی آرمانی درآمده و واقعیتی اجتماعی به خود گرفته است. اما در کشور ما ملت هنوز یک مفهوم آرمانیست، زیرا یک گروه خاص(در گذشته سلطنت طلبان و امروزه ولایت فقیه گرایان) بر شهروندان ایرانی حکومت میکنند. تا هنگامی که ما ایرانیان نتوانستهایم در پیشگاه قانون برابر باشیم و آزادانه نمایندگان خود را برای نهادهای تصمیم گیرنده انتخاب کنیم، هنوز ملتی«در خود» هستیم و نه «برای خود». چرا که اجازه نداریم آزادانه در تعیین سرنوشت خود تصمیم بگیریم و مجبوریم فرمانبردار گروهی خاص باشیم.
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STORY
28-May-2008 (8 comments)
The carpet on my face is scratchy. It smells like dust and dead spider. I lift it to breathe. I crawl on my back and my head hits the leg of dining table. I drag myself toward the cold teapot. “Once the ceiling is lifted, we could get out of here,” Ahmad says. He is holding the fridge on his chest and its metallic bottom has set visible traces on his skin. “Once the walls are painted, we’ll take a few days off,” I say. “Do you like to have some coffee?” “Without sugar,” he says.>>>
WAR
27-May-2008 (40 comments)
The most aggressive posturing and accusations against Iran, yet issued by Washington, signal the rapid closure of the window of opportunity for peace which opened up following the release of the US’ National Intelligence Estimate in December 07 concluding that there was no evidence of a nuclear weaponisation programme in Iran. This revelation which was concordant with the IAEA’s own repeated assessment over 5 years of intrusive inspections, and which had been held from publication by the Vice President Cheney for over a year with the aim of altering its key findings, put a spanner in the frightfully accelerating wheel to another war and a potential inferno in the Middle East and beyond>>>
FOOD
27-May-2008 (23 comments)
One of the most endearing things for me personally, when it comes to BBQ’ing, is when suddenly the men get all territorial and caveman-ish about the grilling. It’s absolutely hilarious to watch… Sometimes if there are several men present, it becomes a competitive sport and it makes great entertainment… “Me man…me cook food, me feed family” I’m not exaggerating, this is a direct quote from my a friend of mine who undergoes a strange character transformation the second the BBQ is lit. Personally, I’m all for letting the men folk do the grilling, as my talents tend to lie more in the food preparation and table-laying. I’m quite girly in this sense and the idea of standing over a hot grill prodding hunks of meat prompts all kinds of thoughts like “What if I burn myself?”>>>
STORY
26-May-2008
For the most part it was the circumstances – we were literally thrown together by the restrictions imposed on us from the outside and, like prisoners in a jail cell, we turned to each other out of necessity. It was really quite ironic – the very things that should have kept us apart: our different religions, the tyrannical nature of the regime and its constant attempt to control intermingling between man and woman, the political intrigues, our very cultures and mindsets – all these were washed away in the tidal wave of the revolution like matchsticks, causing us to become closer, and, having no one but each other to turn to, ever closer still>>>
OBLITERATION
26-May-2008 (4 comments)
ویدیو با این جمله هیلاری کلینتون آغاز می شود که «ایرانیان باید بدانند که اگر من رییس جمهور شوم به ایران حمله می کنم.» چه جمله ترسناکی که واقعا خون را به چهره همه ما ایرانی ها می دواند. ولی به عنوان یک شهروند مطلع باید بتوانیم بعد از این که خشم خود رو فرو خوردیم درباره این موضوع با دید کنجکاوانه تری قضاوت کنیم. مثلا این که باعث تعجب است که کسی که تا به حال بر دیپلماسی با ایران تاکید داشت به این صراحت می گوید که حتما به ایران حمله خواهد کرد. و چقدر بیشتر مایه تعجب که گروه های ضد جنگ درباره این کاری نکردند و بلافاصله هیچ عکس العملی نشان ندادند و از آن عجیب تر این که سوالی که توسط مجری برنامه پرسیده شده از این ویدیو کاملا حذف شده است. چرا>>>
POETRY
26-May-2008 (one comment)
درچشمهی ِ ديوانگي
در زجر ِ ناهنجار ِ اين آوارگي
در ساحت ِ بيگانگي
پايان ِ دورافتادگي
برديده اي ؟
برعمق ِ اين گم گشتگي
خنديده اي ؟ >>>
در زجر ِ ناهنجار ِ اين آوارگي
در ساحت ِ بيگانگي
پايان ِ دورافتادگي
برديده اي ؟
برعمق ِ اين گم گشتگي
خنديده اي ؟ >>>
COMPOSER
25-May-2008 (9 comments)
"Istanbul" has always been associated in my mind with two themes: the city which was the destination of thousands of Persians fleeing the 8-year War, and the city which is the residence of Samin Baghcheban, the famous Persian immigrant composer. In the spring of 2006, when all of a sudden I had the chance to visit Istanbul, what preoccupied my mind more than anything else was: Is it possible that Samin Baghchehban will accept a visit from me? … I could not wait to arrive in Istanbul. I called him before my departure, and without any introduction, I said, "Mr. Baghcheban, I am coming to Istanbul. I would be very happy if I could see you!">>>
PERSEPOLIS
25-May-2008 (33 comments)
براستی چرا بايد حکومتی، عليرغم ميل اعضاء يک باشگاه ورزشی و عموم مردم هواخواه يا حتی مخالف آن، بکوشد اينگونه کار به کار نام آن داشته باشد و بخواهد با اعمال زور نامش را عوض نمايد و رسانه ها را تهديد کند که از نام واقعی باشگاه ذکری نکنند؟ به نظر من (حتی به قيمت آنکه بگويند غلو می کنم و شعار می دهم) پاسخ اين پرسش روشن است: «پرسپوليس» ديگر يک نام نيست، يک ميدان است، ميدان مبارزه برای باز پس گرفتن آزادی و عزت ملتی که گرفتار حکومتی ضد انسان و شادی و رفاه است. «پرسپوليس» فشردهء يک تاريخ است، يک داستان بلند چهارده قرنی از مبارزهء فرهنگی ملتی که نمی خواهد زير بار زور بيگانگان مهاجم و پس مانده های امروزشان برود.
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BAHAIS
25-May-2008 (14 comments)
با اتکا و به اعتبارصدها شاهد و سند , بار ها و بارها گفته , نوشته و نشان داده شده است که تاریخ حدود سه هزار ساله ی ما ( و به روایاتی بیش از هفت هزار ساله ) , تاریخ عدم تحمل و کشتار دگراندیشان بوده و هست. بخش اعظم همین شواهد و اسناد گواه اند که شیعیان اثنی عشری در زمره ی بی تحمل ترین ها و بیرحم ترین ها بوده و هستند. دودمان های صفویه و قاجاریه , و المثنی شان " جمهوری اسلامی " نمونه اند . در میان دگراندیشان عقیدتی ( مذهبی) ستمی که بر بابیان و بهاییان روا داشته شده است بیش از ستمی ست که بر دیگر اقلیت های مذهبی رفته است. برگ هایی از کارنامه ی شرم آور سلسله قاجاریه و حکومت اسلامی نشان از رفتار ضد انسانی این دو دودمان با رهبران و پیروان این اقلیت مذهبی دارند.
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STORY
25-May-2008 (2 comments)
The girl who didn't know about all this knew something. I didn't even know if it was all this that she didn't know about. It may have been some of this. It seemed like it was all of it for me because it didn't matter where I went - around the campus or in the neighborhood of the university or downtown to the heart of the city, it seemed like it was the same questions about life and what was going to happen with it and whether the way I felt about people was full of love or full of something else. But it looked like she didn't know about all this because she had a notebook in front of her, and she had it in front of her sitting on a step in the city square>>>
CONCERT
24-May-2008 (2 comments)
Sorry for the short notice, but there are certain occasions that you just can NOT afford to miss. Yes, that applies to even us, spoiled residents of southern California, who are enticed with a new event each week. We are a privileged community to drink from this continuous stream of entertainment that temporarily satisfies our eagerness for all things Iranian, but tell me … If you woke up one morning to find that the ocean had come to you instead, running itself into your little stream, would you not run out to meet it and perhaps quench your ripened thirst?
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