POETRY

هراس
15-Nov-2008 (one comment)
گاهی اوقات
قطره های شک
می بارند بر زمین باورم
و گیاهان امیدم آفت می زنند
فکر می کنم
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POETRY

دیوان پلید
15-Nov-2008 (26 comments)

بشنو از من تو این سخنان تنگ               که شد تنگ بر ما این سرای دِرَنگ

بعد ازآن حملهء پُر نهیب عرب                  کُل ایران تهی شد از اهورا و شد پُر ز رَب

همی گشت بر ما سالیانی دراز             بشد از رنج و سختی جهان پُر نیاز  

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CANADA

In summer time

In summer time

Photo essay: Toronto is a very pleasant and inviting city

by Abbas Atrvash
14-Nov-2008 (8 comments)

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HIGH SCHOOL

Back to 1976

Back to 1976

Photo essay: Unplanned visit to my boarding school

by Jahanshah Javid
14-Nov-2008 (16 comments)

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ENERGY

Alternative to Russian gas

Why US-Iran talks are good for Israel

13-Nov-2008 (10 comments)
The recent Russian intervention in Georgia has made an American rapprochement with Iran highly desirable for the United States. Israel has long opposed such a rapprochement, but this would also serve its interests too. Here’s why. Europe has become increasingly dependent on Russia for natural gas supplies, and this dependence is only likely to increase. This would not be undesirable, except that Moscow has shown a proclivity for cutting back or halting gas shipments to states with which it has disagreements. To prevent Russia from acquiring leverage over Europe through greater control over its gas imports, the United States and many European governments have sought alternative gas supplies. >>>

IRAN-USA

Open communication

Open Letter to President-elect Barack Hussein Obama

13-Nov-2008 (24 comments)
For the first time in three decades, Iranians have a renewed hope that a true friendship between the people of America and Iran can become a reality. We call on you to open a dialogue with no preconditions at the highest levels of government as you announced many times during the course of the electoral campaign. In 1979 the overwhelming majority of the people of Iran, just like in this stunning election victory, participated in a mass peoples’ movement that resulted in the abolition of the monarchy headed by the Shah of Iran and established the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the turn of events resulted in the complete severance of all relations between our two countries.>>>

FICTION

The Newlyweds (15)

We followed Shahab’s rented red Lexus not to an office building somewhere in Woodland Hills, where he claimed that he was working

13-Nov-2008 (9 comments)
Dear Khaleh: I never thought in a million years that I would ever say this but you and my friend Maryam, or should I say Debbie the Persian Pop Princess, have one thing in common. You both think I should leave Shahab. Except that Maryam put it a little less politely than you did: “Dokhtar jan,” She exclaimed while puffing away on her Cartier cigarette, “Khosh-haal bash Green Card-etto gerefti, chon in martikeh toffam kaffe dasstet nemizaareh. Man agar jaye to boodam, mohkam mizadam dare kunesh, miraftam soraghe zendegim.” I admit it was tempting to imagine for one second that I too could be a carefree adventuress like Maryam, going along on my merry way, with no responsibilities other than to please myself.>>>

UNEMPLOYMENT

You're fired!

U.S. unemployment statistics reflect dismal economic condition

13-Nov-2008 (4 comments)
During the past 12 months, the number of people classified as unemployed has increased by 2.8 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by a whopping 1.7 percentage points according to BLS. To put the latest unemployment rate in perspective, a 6.5% unemployment rate means that 10,100,000 American workers are officially classified as unemployed at present time. This number alone, of course, does not show the true extent of joblessness in the United States. If you add the number of people who are jobless but are not officially counted as unemployed; this number will increase to at least 10.5 millions causing the actual unemployment rate to go up to almost 7%. As far as the causes of unemployment are concerned, the main culprit is economic recession. Hurt by resilient economic downturn in recent years, the US industries have been forced to downsize and lay off workers. >>>

TANZ

حساب "سرانگشتی"

دور از جان حجت الاسلام سبزواری، انگار خود شیطان هم یه چیزیش میشه ها!

13-Nov-2008 (5 comments)
با این حساب، از هر هفت نفر در دنیا، شش نفرشان جزو "هیات ابناء" و "جماعت فواحش" اند! یعنی چیزی حدود سه میلیارد ابنه ای و در همین حدود هم فاحشه روی زمین پلاس اند! چه گلستانی! تازه این به شرطی ست که تمامی یک میلیارد مسلمان روی زمین با بسم الله "دخول" کرده باشند! که این هم خودش اگر و مگر دارد ... خب، سوال است دیگر! مثلن خود بنده از کجا بدانم حضرت ابوی رحم الله علیه، با بسم الله "دخول" کرده؟ و در اولین قدم افتادن میان خشت، شیطان ولد الزنا انگشتی به حقیر نرسانده؟ کون که کنتر و کیلومتر شمار ندارد تا شماره بیاندازد، بله؟ اگرچه ما ناموسمان را دست نخورده و "آکبند" از آن جزیره بیرون کشیدیم و در غربت هم سال ها مثل شیر از بکارت خودمان دفاع کردیم. ولی همین چارسال پیارسالا دکترمان حدس زد که مشکل "پروستات" داریم و ما را فرستاد سراغ متخصص.>>>

ADMIRER

My Paris

My Paris

Photo essay

by Orang Gholikhani
12-Nov-2008 (10 comments)

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ANAR

Pomegranate paradise

Pomegranate paradise

Photo essay: Largest collection of wild and cultivated pomegranate species in the world

by Persis Karim
11-Nov-2008 (4 comments)

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DEMOCRACY

کرامات مردمسالاری

مردم در چنین نظامی اجازه دارند اشتباه کنند. ولی همان مردم میتوانند به اشتباه خود نیز پی برده با رأی مجدد آنرا اصلاح کنند.

11-Nov-2008 (11 comments)
روز های آخر قبل از انتخابات را در بدر بودم. از شهرم، شیکاگو به شهر شررویل رفته بودم تا دربدر، خانه به خانه و کو به کو برای ریاست جمهوری بارک حسین اوباما فعالیت کنم. تنها نبودم. بیست و پنج هزار داوطلب از ایالات همسایه به ایندیانا آمده بودند که این ایالت را بعد از چهل و چهار سال از سرخ ِ جمهوریخواه به آبی ِ دموکرات تبدیل کنند. زن و مرد، پیرو جوان، سیاه و زرد و سفید، مسلمان و یهودی و مسیحی، همه برای یک هدف می کوشیدند: غلبه ادبیات امید اصلاحطلبان بر آیه های یأس محاصره اندیشی و بنیاد گرائی و نژادپرستی. همراهان من در در این چند روز نمادی بودند از ائتلافی که اوباما را به کاخ سفید فرستاد. البته اکثریت با سفید پوستان بود. یک روز با مادر بزرگی که شغلش نامه رسانی بود کار میکردم. همه آدرسها را بخوبی میدانست و اتوموبیل زهوار دررفته اش با برچسبهای لیبرال و دموکرات چندین انتخابات گذشته فرش شده بود. لیسانس علوم سیاسی داشت و از مسائل روز جهان آگاه بود. روزی دیگر با یک ویزیتور میانسال کتابهای دانشگاهی همراه بودم که تصادفاً او را از سالها قبل میشناختم. >>>

HURT

Sherri's Story

Pedram is angry and hurt, because he feels Sherri is treating him like a teenager who doesn't know what's good for him

11-Nov-2008 (80 comments)
Sherri's phone rings incessantly. She won't pick it up and she pretends like it isn't ringing. It rings five times and clicks over to her voice mail, and just when it seems like the caller has given up, it starts ringing again. It is driving me crazy. I say: "Maybe it's an emergency." She looks at the Caller ID and says: "No. It's Pedram." Pedram? The young chap Sherry has been seeing privately for the past six months? I thought she had said that little arrangement was going really well. My mind is full of questions. She finally says: "Let me unplug this phone and I will explain." My friend, Sherri, is beautiful. She is an athlete who has been running marathons since college. She is slim and petite, with beautiful long hair, huge eyes, and pouty lips. Married briefly and divorced, she never had any children and this is one part of her life with which she feels the most at peace>>>

FICTION

The Newlyweds (14)

Subject: [Please don’t worry]

11-Nov-2008 (7 comments)
Dearest and kindest Payam, I know you are worried about me and rightly so. After all, it isn’t every day you receive an email from your little brother saying that he is in love with his wife’s sister. My words were clumsy. I didn’t think. I should have been more clear with you. I want to reaffirm to you here and now, on my honor, joone Pejman, that I have no intention to act upon my feelings. It just felt so good to say those words “I am in love with Kati” out loud (or rather, to have them typed quietly lol). It was a huge release to finally admit the truth to you but most of all to myself, after all these months of masking my true feelings. It is so funny to say but I actually feel much happier now than before, even though I know I will never fulfill my love for Kati other than in a platonic way. I don’t know how to say it other than I feel light, I feel… free>>>

GREEN

برای درخت ها

عشق و علاقه و احترام ايرانی ها به سه پديده ی آتش، آب، و درخت

11-Nov-2008 (5 comments)
يادم می آيد در روزهای اول انقلاب، وقتی در نشريه ی اطلاعات هفتگی خبری ديدم مبنی بر اين که انقلابيون اسلامی اسب شاهزاده فرحناز را کشته اند؛ و در انتهای خبر هم خواندم که: «اين اسب نانجيب سال ها به فرزند شاه خائن سواری می داده است»، من هم، مثل همين کارشناسان، شوکه شده بودم. باور نمی کردم که اسب بی گناه و بدبختی را به «اتهام» سواری دادن به شخص يا اشخاصی اعدام کنند. فکر می کردم اين هم از آن جوک های بی مزه ای است که در نشريات آن روزگار منتشر می شد. اما، چندی بعد، وقتی خانم مری قره گزلو، زنی آمريکايي و عاشق ايران که تشکيلاتی برای پرورش اسب داشت، برايم گفت که چون برخی از اسب های خانواده ی سلطنتی در اصطبل های او پرورش ديده بودند، عده ای از انقلابيون به اصطبل ها و اسب های او حمله کرده و خودش را هم مدتی زندانی کرده اند، و مدتی بعد هم وقتی ديدم که حجت الاسلام خلخالی با بولدوزر به سراغ تخت جمشيد رفته تا «آثار طاغوتيان» را با خاک يکسان کند، تازه فهميدم که ما با چه موجوداتی روبرو هستيم.>>>

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