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Party People

[Note: Captions have been added below many of the photos] The first night I met Igor — a tall, sociable Brazilian in his late twenties

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The Forbidden

The Forbidden Poems from Iran and its Exiles Edited by Sholeh Wolpé Michigan State University Press (2012) Description The poems selected for this collection represent

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دین پَلید پَرور

این روزها که انکار فاجعه غیر ممکن گشته؛ از هواداران شارلاتان علی شریعتی و نوچه های حاج فرج دباغ گرفته تا آب توبه بسر نریخته

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The Pilgrim

So he finally gathered his courage which merely fit in a side pocket and ventured south, in haze and heat. One laden bus after another

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زمان، زمان حال است

هیچ شاعری به خوبی سعدی، شاعر گران قدر و روشن بین ایرانی – بیانگر جهانی بودن آدمی نبوده است. در شعر “بنی آدم اعضای یک

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Living Dead

Two American rappers about to go on tour are considering reviving their colleague to join them in holographic form – because he’s dead. Earlier this

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Rude Awakening

The announcement on Tuesday 17th April by the United States expressing sympathy with the United Arab Emirates and in support of a negotiated settlement between

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حشمت؛ زنده بمان

“هرانا – حشمت الله طبرزدی روزنامه نگار، فعال دانشجویی – سیاسی و فارغ‌التحصیل رشته مهندسی راه ‏و‎ ‎ساختمان از دانشگاه پلی تکنیک تهران (امیر کبیر)

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