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What would you tell him?

"I am 35 years old, and live in Iran," he tells you. OK. 35? This is not IranianSingles.com. The guy looks at least 55 for God's sake. But fine, you let it go.
"Ehhhhhhh iroonee hasteed? Pas cheraa zoodtar nemeegeed? Cheh lahjatoon khoobeh. Taazeh oomadeed? Kojaa veezaaa gerefteed?"
Ignoring you, he continuous: "Life is not bad, although it could be better. There's a corrupt group of individuals that are powerful and run the show, and the central government has not been very stable, but, personally, I can't complain too much. I want to see my country prosperous, Iranians good to each other, and world peace." >>>

Shape and purpose

Quite by accident, I came to know an accomplished Iranian artist in our community in Berkeley. His name is Farrokh Shehabi, and he is a ceramics artist. Though he is an engineer by education and profession and managed his construction business for many years, for the past ten years he has found his lost love and passion, pottery. He says about that passion: “It was as though all my life I had been longing for the way clay feels in my hands, as it finds shape and purpose, each piece telling its own story.” >>>

شانس آخر

آنالیز کردن این دوره بسیار حساس تاریخ دمکراسی در ایران بی شک راه موثری برای درک بهتر ماجراست. در یک بررسی جامعه شناسانه می توان موقعیت بقرنج جریان اصلاحات در ایران را بهتر درک کرد. در شرایط کنونی اصلاحات ضعیف است. با یک شکست محصول اشتباهات سابق روبروست و از خیلی جاها صدای مخالفت می شنود. اصلاحات اساسا با سه چالش روبروست: چالش با محافظه کاران انحصار طلب ، چالش با براندازی خواهان و چالش های داخلی سه طیف سنتی ، رادیکال و میانه رو در درون جریان اصلاحات.>>>

My Liberty

In your jewel studded dress now
you strike your favorite pose
amidst ruined houses of clay.

I lament death for sure,
but also the transformation
of your beacon of Hope
to this burning sword. >>>

خانه ای از شن و ماسه

برایم نوشتی که مرز رویا و واقعیت را گم کرده ای و این چه خوب است و دلت می خواهد در این مرز توهم بمانی نه برای همیشه که چند گاهی ! اسامی فراوانی برای خواندن تو هر روز تمرین می کنم هر روز به تنم آب می زنم خوش بو ترین عطر ها را به پوستم می زنم لباس جدیدی برای خودم می خرم هر روز جلوی آینه می ایستم و خودم را برانداز می کنم تا غبار زمانه را از خودم بر چینم.>>>

Iranians pour in to save Ali Mahin-Torabi

Ordinary Iranians who have joined ranks to try to save Ali from execution>>>

Shiraz 1977

Looking for my mother who left me in a church in Shiraz september 1977>>>

The Results of the 8th Tehran Cartoon International Biennial

The winners of the 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial were announced.

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Creation of God Ch.1

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. >>>

Persepolis Nominated For Golden Globes

Persepolis Nominated For 65th Annual of Golden Globes in Best Foreign Film Category. >>>

Warped logic

of the NIEThe ink is dry on the 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear capabilities. And yet the Bush Administration keeps watering down its message. One official after another has been going around calling Iran still dangerous and still a threat and still deserving of greater sanctions! So, I ask, per the line in David Letterman’s shtick, “NIE: Is this anything?” It is something alright: It is a first rate exercise in obfuscation: perhaps, it is designed to facilitate a military strike on Iran by allowing the elaboration of and attention to other reasons for continued enmity toward or possibly even attacking Iran >>>

Feel good foods

Even before the Christmas period falls upon us, we are already recovering from the holiday aftermath of Thanksgiving. Greed has once again, gotten the better of us and some of us are paying the price in the form of fatigue, sluggishness and weight gain. So what on earth are we supposed to do when we haven’t yet reached the ‘Mother’ of all holidays, Christmas? Well, I don’t know about you, but barely a week into December and I’m feeling lethargic, heavier and generally not at my peak. In anticipation of the Christmas season, I have decided to eat sensibly to prevent any needless weight gain even before the Christmas and New Year is upon us. >>>

Touched by an Angel

The pain we are all feeling is real and devastating. It is true that our dear little Lauren is finally free of pain. Her suffering is finally over. How we all wish her life story would not have ended here prematurely, two months short of her 14th birthday. This is so unbelievably unfair. Lauren was denied the chance to fully experience life. Just as she was blossoming as an intelligent, beautiful young lady, her body was viciously attacked for the third time by Cancer, one of the worst enemies of the mankind>>>

Living With "Uncertainty"

"Self Explanatory"

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