Sodade is a word for which there is no meaning for in the English language. I first came upon it when I heard the beautiful song with that title sung by Cesario Evora. I remember walking into a store in Venice, California, maybe 16 years ago and instantly suppressing tears as I heard her crooning those words: "sodade, sodade." Without knowing the literal translation I could feel the longing and haunting meaning. Wikipedia describes sodade or saudade as a "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist... a turning towards the past or towards the future". A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something, which does not exist or is unattainable. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now trigger the senses and make one live again. It can be described as an emptiness." This is the same feeling I think Chekhov evoked with his plays. In Three Sisters they are trying so hard to get back to "Moscow," not unlike the Iranians of my generation idealizing the Iran they knew.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Shiva is a great girl and generous actress
by Darius Kadivar on Thu Jan 13, 2011 03:17 PM PSTDaughter of Parviz Gharibafshar the famous TV Presentator prior to the Revolution.
A PERSIAN ROSE BLOOMS: An Interview with actress Shiva Rose McDermott by DK
David & Layla : When Love Transcends Religious Prejudice by Darius KADIVAR
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by yolanda on Thu Jan 13, 2011 06:48 AM PSTHi! Comrade,
If you don't like the article, that is ok!
Yolanda Jaan
by comrade on Thu Jan 13, 2011 03:25 AM PSTkootah biaa aziz, Pahlavi tamoom shodo raft. Si saal pish dasteh jam'i khod-koshi kardan. In sohbataa faghat vaaseyeh sargarmiyeh; mabaadaa gool bokhoriaa!!
Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
Amazing!
by fussygorilla on Thu Jan 13, 2011 02:02 AM PSTIt is amazing that these people are still offering propaganda. Shiva, just go away. Enough is enough of this garbage nostalgia.
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by yolanda on Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:30 PM PSTI thought they are done with AR Pahlavi......here is another article!