POETRY

كشورم ايران
23-Mar-2011 (8 comments)
كشورم ايران است
زادگاه كورش و اردشير بابكان
روسيه از دوستان و
چين هم از خودمان
غرب جزء دشمنان است
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EYDI

Norooz Blues

Arman and Arvin Hosseini sing and play New Year blues

21-Mar-2011 (4 comments)
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EYD

شیرینی‌ عید با معلم نقاشی‌

قهوه ترک، سیگار بهمن و نون خامه‌ای ...

21-Mar-2011 (12 comments)
در این اوضاع و احوال، تهران فقط در ایام عید قابل بازدید است. سال پیش، هوا ملایم و لطیف بود؛ مثل همان موقع که آقا محمد خان عاشق پایتخت جدیدش شد! همه زده بودند بیرون، و جمعیت شهر رسیده بود به حداکثر ظرفیت مجاز برای زیست انسانی‌ - یعنی‌ چیزی حدود دو میلیون. مسیر سرازیری از پارک ساعی تا کافه نادری را پیاده آمدم؛ که بنظر من، بهترین روش برای لذت بردن و شناختن هر شهری ست>>>

POETRY

یاد ‬‬
21-Mar-2011 (2 comments)
‫انبوه قلب ترا‫
باد ترانه میخواند‫
در ذهن پوک زمان‫
 و قلب خیس تو
در کوچه ها ی خلوت درد میگذرد ‫ ‫ >>>

POETRY

بهار تهران
21-Mar-2011 (2 comments)
باوركنید شیرینی نوروز
خشكید بر سفرۀ رؤیا:
چندین بهار رفت و
خرسِ زمان
در آستینِ اللْه خواب.
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POETRY

We are butterflies
18-Mar-2011 (17 comments)
Ruffled Mother-Earth
Rattles unworried islands
Obliterates lives
Vicious ocean waves
Carry more catastrophes
Jolted Japan aches >>>

POETRY

نرگس مست
18-Mar-2011 (4 comments)
چار تکبیر بدنیا زدم و هر چه به دنیاست
دیده را بستم و جز مهر تو از جمله گسستم

چون سیه مستی ام از نرگس مست تو مرا بس
دل گسستم ز سوای تو و در پای تو بستم
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POETRY

کورش در آینه
18-Mar-2011
شنها را می‌توانم شماره کنم
و آب دریاها را پیمانه بگیرم
من صدای خاموشی را می شنوم
و می‌دانم که مرد گنگ چه می‌گوید.
هشدار! بوی تند سنگ پشت می‌‌آید
با آن لاک استخوانی اش >>>

PEOPLE

West by East

West by East

Graphic art from Asia to celebrities to...

by Shirin Donia
17-Mar-2011 (3 comments)

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QUESTIONS

Bushehr? Earthquake? Disaster?

Japan tsunami and Iran’s quest for nuclear energy

16-Mar-2011 (41 comments)
It is time for Iran too to revisit its nuclear ambitions. Unlike Japan, Iran is immune to devastating tsunamis, as Iran possesses no oceanfront. But like Japan, Iran has proven to be an earthquake prone country. An earthquake of a similar magnitude as experienced near the cost of Japan can potentially threaten Iran’s nuclear reactors. Furthermore, Iran’s oil and gas and other industrial sectors have historically suffered from under-investment, grave negligence, and lack of overhaul. If anything, this history raises concerns about the safety of the Iranian nuclear reactors in the long run>>>

POETRY

It concerns me
16-Mar-2011 (3 comments)
It concerns me  
when we joke about catastrophes
It concerns me
when in our scale; the price of oil is heavier than freedom >>>

STORY

Newspapers & Cigarettes

She took him to Karbala once before

14-Mar-2011 (2 comments)
Kal-Abbas is mad. Stark naked, like the day he was born, he runs out of his tattered house into the street, hollering at the top of his lungs. He curses at the people, as they try to get out of his way. When he sees women, Kal-Abbas stands still, leering. They scream and run away, holding on tighter to their chadors. He yells and runs after them, schlepping his bare feet over the hot & dusty asphalt. The neighborhood kids stop playing ball and follow him, laughing and screaming: “Divooneh! Divooneh !” Kal-Abbas beats his chest and wiggles his wrinkled penis, repeating: “Divooneh! Divooneh!”>>>

KAMANGAR

The Master

She welcomes music for any occasion

14-Mar-2011 (7 comments)
When I first heard Tara Kamangar perform with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra I had a feeling that she would soon be invited back on the same stage. As it turned out, the next time I heard her perform, Kamangar was not a behind a grand piano locked in a precise and passionate embrace with a Rachmaninoff piece; the versatile concert musician was improvising gypsy-jazz with a fiddle tucked under her chin, accompanying the group Kiosk. This March 18, Kamangar will be back on the Oakland Symphony stage, this time the young master has a Beethoven concerto under her piano fingers>>>

POETRY

غم اعتياديست
14-Mar-2011
باد
 یادگار جنبش برگیرا
خسته
 در گوشهایم زمزمهمیکرد >>>

PHOTOGRAPHY

Stories to Tell

Stories to Tell

Photo essay: Downtown Los Angeles

by Said Khorramshahgol
12-Mar-2011 (6 comments)

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STORY

The Ambassador

“Your caviar ruined me, Hatefi,” I whispered

11-Mar-2011 (14 comments)
Hatefi was an assistant to a friend of the family stationed in the London embassy. He had been told to look after me, and he did so with great kindness. He also enjoyed taking time off from the office to take me and himself sightseeing. He liked to talk, and teaching me the ways of the world gave him a good excuse. We arrived at the embassy and walked up to the reception hall, the rumble of party chatter all around us. The ambassador was at the entrance, greeting the guests>>>

STORY

پزشک بدون مغز و زن بدون آب

هر کدوم یه دبه بیست لیتری دست گرفتیم و رفتیم به سمت رودخونه

11-Mar-2011 (5 comments)
براش مشروب و شام خریدم، و یه قصه کاسب شدم. رشتی بود، ولی‌ جین و تونیک رو به سبک انگلیسی‌‌ها می‌‌خورد؛ بدون یخ! دستهای پینه بسته و صورت چرمینش، آدم رو به یاد عمله‌های لر می‌‌انداخت. صداش اما خیلی‌ گرم بود، و چشماش شادابی کودکانه داشت. ماهی‌ دم سیاه (داسی) کیپ تاون رو با سالاد خیار‌گوجه محلی ... که عین سالاد شیرازی خودمونه ... به اشتها می‌‌خورد و با پیشخدمت‌ها به زبون "سواحلی" شوخی‌ و خنده میکرد>>>

DESIRE

هوس تازه

سکس بی دغدغه و بی بهانه

11-Mar-2011 (8 comments)
قرار عشق بازی را در ترن شمال غربی گذاشتیم. راس ساعت به ایستگاه قطار رسیدیم. در کوپه ی بی - چهار نشستیم. تا به خانه برسیم سه ساعت و چهل و هشت دقیقه وقت داشتیم. قرار گذاشته بودیم که نیمه لباس هایمان را در بیاوریم و کاری با نیمه ی دیگر نداشته باشیم تا به حس واقعی اش برسیم. همین که ترن شروع به حرکت کرد شروع به بوسیدن لب های همدیگر کردیم>>>

POETRY

Demiurge
11-Mar-2011
The ruler who is weak
has had three names:
the Accuser, the Fool
and the Masker of Truth.
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PERSIAN

Saving Farsi

Maybe we don’t love our language enough to invest in its survival

09-Mar-2011 (4 comments)
It is hard to understand why in a community that prides itself for its wealth and knowledge; no one has stepped forward to help those who are desperately trying to resuscitate this “dying language.” When our children are small, we spend part of the weekend to drag them to community schools to teach them a little Persian, but when a university offers it, which would in turn train our future teachers, we don’t seem to grasp its importance. If these students are denied further studies in Persian education, then who is going to teach the children of our children? >>>