Adult

با کاندوم می کنی ولی ایدز می گیری.

ایدز دارد، بی کاندوم می کنی، ولی ایدز نمی گیری.

این همه ی مسئله ی حضور است. باشی، بودن می شود کاندوم.

این اگر ادامه بدهم فلسفه می شود و فاسفه که شد می شود پارگی کاندوم! >>>

I am not an elephant

Am I a terrorist for having Iranian origins? Let us look back at the original sin. If I remember correctly, a bunch of Saudi, Pakistani, Egyptians and Jordanians carried out the 9/11 attack. But the Bush-Cheney-Merdock triad coddles this bunch with open arms. Kind words, enthusuastic praise and weapons deals are the norm when dealing with this collection of toughs but when it gets to us, well there is a whole different attitude. Saudi’s are nicy-nice business partners of Bush’s family and we are the lowest cast of terrorists>>>

Content or shell?

Many years ago when I was paying my life’s due to the government as a private in military, on one of those trips that I was coming back home form the holyland of Kurdistan, I met a young student in the bus. He was sitting next to me in the row of seats closer to the dark end of the bus. I was drunk in the happiness of getting away from the smelly beds, disgusting food and suffocating military atmosphere heading towards the light, the feast, and the holly circle of friends. >>>

تاوان دادخواهی؟

حمله به کتابفروشی ها و بر پایی کتابسوزان از مشخصه های حکومت اسلامی ست. در آغاز" گروه های فشار" به رهبری هادی غفاری ها و محسن رفیقدوست ها وزهرا خانوم ها و ماشاالله قصاب ها و عباس قراضه ها , با شعار " حزب فقط حزب الله , رهبر فقط روح الله " امر به معروف تخریب کتاب فروشی ها و بر پایی کتابسوزان ها را پیش می بردند. بتدریج گروه های فشار و کشتار درارگان های اداری, امنیتی و نظامی حکومت اسلامی سازمان دهی شدند و اوامر و فتاوی را سازمان یافته تر انجام دادند. >>>

Where do we go from here?

I still remember the deep respect that people use to have toward Islam as a religion. Only one generation ago people and especially young Muslims and yes, young Iranians were inspired by Imam Ali's justice or Imam Hussein's bravery and sacrifice in Karbala. But now after only one generation, people cannot even stand these notions and even attach anybody who ever mentions it. So one question that comes to mind, and that is: What has changed? Why such radical shift?>>>

اراده مردم

اپوزیسیون باید به جای صرف نیروی خود دربارهی جنگ، به امر تغییر رژیم از طریق انتخابات آزاد اهمیت دهد. اقداماتی که امروز از سوی اپوزیسیون در ایران میشود در تایید این هوشیاری است، طبیعی است که کار بسیار سختی در پیش است و رژیم جمهوری اسلامی به راحتی رخت برنخواهد بست. اگر هم برود ساختن این جامعهی باقی مانده از فقر ، هرج و مرج و فساد، کار یک فرد و یک جناح و یک سازمان به تنهایی نیست و نیاز به همکاری و همیاری همهی افراد و نیروهای اپوزیسیون و نیاز به یک همبستگی بزتگ میهنی دارد و این همبستگی چه بهتر که از امروزصورتگیرد.>>>

Another inferno

The phone in our quiet house comes back to life as friends and relatives call from all over the planet to make sure we’re safe. I picture them going through their drawers to find my number, a few still unsure of how to spell the name. However, the reports of the recent fire, especially the maps shown on TV, put us at right the center of this inferno. Callers are mostly worried, but a few sound so overwhelmed that I feel as if I have let them down by not having burned already. Assured that our neighborhood is in no imminent danger, it’s my duty to extend a helping hand>>>

San Francisco meets Iranian culture

Two nights of film screenings, three nights of theatre, food, dance parties, one black tie Gala (hosted by philanthropist Bita Daryabari, Mayor Gavin Newsom, and Ross Mirakrimi just to name a few) a book store, and a morning of panel discussions and keynotes about Iranian Literature. The timing, the genre, and even venue signify an edgy twist in the sensibilities of the (add) Iranian diaspora, hungry for the sort of cultural upgrade that is way overdue. ILAF offers just that, and it is refreshingly different from the same old style of the “tried and true”. >>>

A lonely song

It was hot in the desert
a heat as sharp as the steel
of my financial defeat.

In the deep end of the bar
with sweats of alcohol
sticking my back to the seat. >>>

روسپی کوچک

می توان غمگین بود
بی آنکه گلی پژمرده شود
همیشه این تو هستی که
چیزی درون تو می جوشد
و حتی همبستر تو آهی نمی کشد
>>>

Hope

I can hear the splash of bliss
Beneath the wooden paddle of my dream

The dark night of my memories
In search of good old laughs >>>

Grim thoughts

As this year ends, as end it must,
As we must someday end in dust,
Salute the brave hours we have known
And not the cowardice we've shown >>>