These images are created in ink on paper before being modified by different computer software, which allow me to “play” with them in a variety

As the publisher, JJ, had to cut my collage for the poem “Mashi and Mashina (I)” for technkical reasons, I decided to publish it here intact for

Splendid is Goddess Esphand, Supreme Goddess of Earth whose fertile thought of conceiving woman and man sparkled on a late April day, lingered latent in

Caption: Chen Zhili, president of the All-China Women’s Federation, meets with Mojtahed-Zadeh, advisor to Iranian president on women’s affairs, in Tehran on April 19, 2011.　

My drawing for the Draw Muhammad Day for freedom of speech, expression, and human rights.

Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, often referred to in the media as DSK, is a 61 year-old French economist, lawyer, politician and a member of the

>>> CONCLUSION We have seen in this article how three interwoven ideologies – patriarchal, technocratic and capitalist – have colonized the spaces of motherhood in

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Sufism of Rumi, Hafez and Attar is rooted in Zoroastrian Mysticism, Syriac Christian Monasticism, Gnosticism, Hinduism, & Zen Buddhism. Many Sufis have been persecuted and

Masks (niqabs in Arabic) have occasional uses. From ceremonial masks to surgical masks to preventive masks, etc. Masks are not a piece of clothing and

“Liberty is the right not to lie.” – Albert Camus

Beside the Evil Trinity of IMF-World Bank-WTO, the world is also ruled by the Unholy Trinity of Big Oil – Big Arms – Big Pharma!

Legalization of prostitution would mean its regulation with laws regarding where, when, and how prostitution could take place.       Those who support legal prostitution argue that

Decriminalization of prostitution eliminates all laws and prohibits the state and law-enforcement officials from intervening in any prostitution-related activities or transactions, unless other laws apply.

So much could be written about the institution of prostitution, but here I only write down a few ideas that might open the eyes of those

Sima, a cyber-friend, invited me and a few others to starts a Renga collaborative poetry, a Japanese kind of  “capping verses”(Mosha’ereh.) http://iranian.com/main/2011/mar/we-are-butterflies The essence of

Ruffled Mother-Earth Rattles unworried islands Obliterates lives   Vicious ocean waves Carry more catastrophes Jolted Japan aches.   Nuclear dust drifts Around the panicked planet

بچه‌های حاجی آقا به وصیت پدر عمل کرده‌اند در كتاب حاجي‌آقا نوشته صادق هدايت (1945)، حاجي به كوچك‌ترين فرزندش درباره نحوه كسب موفقيت در ايران

Human being are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will

Hebew Myths of Creation (Contd) 13. Adam and Eve The second legend of Creation by Yahweh speaks of Eve, woman of the patriarchal society, a

12. The Hebrew Myths of Creation The major cultural transformations related to the passage from matrilineal system to patrilineal one are reflected in the Hebrew

11. The Core of Patriarchal Ideology To summarize the process of the advent of patriarchy, it is necessary to state that once a man knows