Tapesh
24-Mar-2012 (18 comments)
نامه‌ای از مصدق به شاه >>>
ILoveIran
24-Mar-2012 (22 comments)
Are you comfortable seeing what's in the video knowing that that the US government and media refrain from criticizing Israel?>>>

REALITY

Shahs of Tehrangeles

I kind of wish what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas

24-Mar-2012 (11 comments)
I watched two very different Iranian worlds depicted in the powerful medium of film: one reality meticulously masked as fiction, one semi-fiction frivolously packaged as reality. Bear with me. 1. The first is the 2012 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film -- A Separation -- written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. 2. The second is episode 2 of the reality TV show Shahs of Sunset: It's My Birthday Bitches produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions for Bravo>>>
Hafez for Beginners
24-Mar-2012 (3 comments)
HAFEZ: Unfinished Love Affair >>>

REALITY

Get a freakin' life, people!

Don't be hating "Shahs of Sunset"

24-Mar-2012 (8 comments)
The problem with Iranians is, number one, that we are a very critical bunch. We're very quick to criticize one another and point out inadequacies and deficiencies. Secondly, we are so image conscious (and, frankly, pompous) that we think that a reality show about our community must necessarily feature doctors, lawyers, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. After all, we're one of the most highly educated and successful groups in the US>>>

IDEAS

Cultural Lumpenism (2)

Not an exception, but a norm in Iran

24-Mar-2012 (17 comments)
Considering how well Dowlat-Abadi is aware of the corruption of the intellectuals of the regime and the regime itself, one wonders why he is so adamant to support this regime and remain one of its lumpen intellectuals who is occasionally used and abused by other lumpen intellectuals. (Here, I remember the story of a famous female filmmaker who used a female writer’s scenario without her permission to make a film, and was sued by her)>>>
پندارنیک
24-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
Short and sweet >>>

POETRY

سرود های ماندگار عشق - ۶

می گساری در بهشت - قسمت پایانی

24-Mar-2012 (8 comments)
گفتم که چرا نمی فروشند
زاین باده ناب می فروشان؟
گفتا که به زر چرا فروشند
اکسیر حیات مفت و ارزان؟ >>>

Expert Roundup

پندارنیک

How to Handle Iran Nuclear Talks

cfr.org
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24-Mar-2012
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Of sighting sites

پندارنیک

Iranian Website Decsribes its Response to a Military Attack

israelnationalnews.com / Elad Benari
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24-Mar-2012
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Of games and wars

پندارنیک

This Week at War: Rules of the Game

foreignpolicy.com / ROBERT HADDICK
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24-Mar-2012
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Tapesh
24-Mar-2012 (6 comments)
مجموعه چند ویدئو در این رابطه >>>

POETRY

به پیشباز بهار
24-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
جمله رفتیم به پیشباز تازه عروس
و سلام گفتیم و مبارک باد
و صد سال به سال ها‌ی خوش آرزو کردیم؛
و خانه پر از عشق شد،
کوچه‌ها پر از آغوش >>>
Fred
24-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
ایرانی کُشان و ایران ویران کُنان>>>

Strong stuff on Bibi

Majid Zahrai

Netanyahu: The Man Who Won't Take "Yes" For an Answer

AL-MONITOR / Yigal Sarna
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24-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
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