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افسانه من

ساعت ۱۲ قرار بود مرخص بشه.  چند دقیقه ای‌ دیر رسیدم.  به سرعت راهرو‌های بیمارستان را طی‌ می‌کردم.  وسط راه افسانه را دیدم با یکی‌

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Worker lost

Early December 2010, early morning, she wakes up her husband by shaking in bed. He wakes up, looks at her. She looks scared, has her

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ریحان بنفش

پرسه در خاک غریب، پرسه ای بی انتهاست تکه شعری است از یکی از آهنگ های داریوش. یاد آوری همیشگی که همراه با نکته های

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حاج خانوم

آمد آهسته نشست روی صندلی، پشت میزی که توی آشپز خانه است. نفس عمیقی کشید و خدا را شکر کرد. با نگاهی آمیخته به کمی

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Yassi

Don’t ever remember wanting a child, ever. Even when I was a child or a teenager, just never pictured myself with a “byproduct” of myself.

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خاطرات دهه شصت

برای آنانی که از دهه شصت چیزی نمی دانند یا آن را به یاد ندارند سلام دوستان بی مقدمه بگویم ، مدتی است وقتی برای

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خسته شدم از درد

همهٔ احساس‌ها برام آشنا هستند. از اون لحظه‌ای که آهنگ غمگینی شروع می‌شه یا یه چیزی یادم می‌افته، اشک تو چشمام جمع میشه. به تصاویر

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Night of hope

Not much has happened to me as an Iranian, a foreigner in this country for the past thirty years.  A few fights and angry exchanges

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John McCain? WHY?

The word gets thrown around a lot, especially lately, HERO. The firefighters, who went up the stairs while others were running down to escape fire,

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Memorial

The man was standing outside of Wallmart. Had a small can in his hand with a slit in it’s lid. When I approached him he

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Ya think?

Do you think “W” is going to run out of room in his hat soon? I mean there are so many feathers in it, he

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Let the new year in

Abroad where nothing looks or smells like Eid in Iran, we keep trying to open doors and let the new year in. I live with

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When does it end?

Obama was asked two nights ago, in the debate in Ohio, about Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement of his campaign. He replied that

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Truth by a comedian

I like to talk a little bit about the war in Persian Gulf, big doings in the Persian Gulf. You know my favorite part of

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The patriot

I didn’t know what it meant for a long time and even when I did find the true meaning of it, I was away from

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My first few days

November 24, 1978, yes long time ago. The Iran Air flight landed in New York’s JFK, late, as usual, I’m sure, and I arrived into

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