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The Companions: I Just Got Lucky!

Dust of time pouring on me
It is invisible
It is undetectable
It is without trace
Dust of time pouring on me
I feel it despite being undetectable
Even in a sunny day after the snow storm
It is pouring on me
Like ashes of fire in absolute weightlessness
If there is body to light in form of subatomic particles
There is none whatsoever in the dust of time
It is riddled with continuous relentless bombardment
Piecing through both my body and soul
Regardless of what armor or shield I wear for protection
Simply from its original big bang
Nuclear blast in slow motion
There is no shelter or bunker to be built for protection
Even if you are awarded a contract
With expiration date in eternity

But How lucky those are
Who have friends!
How lucky...
During this life time two dimensional bombardments

Fake indeed

I am sick too -

Most of us already know what Trits is about - but for an Iranian woman under oppression of a theocrcy to FINALLY come out and talk about THINGS SHE HAS BEEN SILENT ABOUT !!!!  I am quiet amazed how she strarts by talking about her father's sex affairs........ Of course the mullah boy Trita puts her into discussing things other than what she should talk about. 

 Shame

I wish other Iranian

I wish other Iranian intellectuals had the guts/honesty to examine their lives and in turn, the driving force within themselves to become more credible writers/expert and so on...

Refreshingly courageous for an Iranian woman.

I'm sorry, I can't take the phoniness

I see that there are no comments here from people who do not like Azar Nafisi and Trita Parsi. I take it that I'm not the only one who's just about had it.

What I'd like to say is that the politics of both of them aside (which is a little hard to do with these two -- but let's try...), how can people stomach the phoniness of the pair? I mean, doesn't it make you sick just to look at their smug mediocrity?

Hell, give me Sha'boon bi mokh any day!

Wonderful writer, compelling subject!

Thank you for sharing this very interesting interview!

I have just finished reading Things I've been silent about and found it to be even better than Reading Lolita in Tehran! I was particularly impressed with the quality of writing (the craft of writing)...and this wonderful mixture of her personal story alongside the history of Iran. Writing this book seems to be Nafisi's special way to honor her parents (both of them, not only the father) through understanding their mistakes, even to justify them.

Azar Nafisi for sure is NOT "another intelligent Iranian woman gone to waste"...and it is our good fortune as her devoted readers!

Thanks, Azarin

PS: Actually, I found Trita Parsi's questions very interesting and relevant. Good job Trita!

I vote

50% to what Danesh said and 50% to what Farrad2 said, they made it easy for me.

Dear Trita and Dear Dariush

To Trita:  I like you and agree with a lot of your political views! But please don't quit your day job! (whatever that dayjob is - haven't figured that out yet!) You, sir, are not a very good interviewer!

To Mr. Kadivar: You need to stick with being the things you are best at; being a film critic and writing great articles! But you're obviously not a judge of a good broadcast journalist! So, the same advice to you as well; stickl to your day job! or is it a night job, being a film critic?! ;-)

Good Interview Trita ! ;0)

Thanks for Sharing.

I had the opportunity to suggest her to WAALM in 2006 for a nomination for Best Book Award in 2006:

See Her Speech Here

Suyggestions...

1. The book should have been published anonymously if it was supposed to serve the higher purpose

2. Names should have been changed to protect the identity of individuals (Mom, dad, etc. .

3. The interview should have been done by someone whose native tongue was english not farsi.

4. Publish or perish may have some values in academic world toward establishing distinction and higher salary and pension but the envelope should not be pushed beyond its moral and ethical limit to endanger one's most cherished personal space and values (human rights) to compromise one's academic integrity with academic prostitution--

--that was my five cents worth of comments--

The best thing she said in that interview was that...

she had realized it wasn't a good idea to be an ideologue.