Date
alimostofi
20-Nov-2007 (5 comments)
It is true>>>
bryan
20-Nov-2007 (11 comments)
Journey through Iran >>>
Schauleh Sahba
19-Nov-2007 (5 comments)
The night I learned about Peace Industry, a family business based in San Francisco that is reviving the traditional art of Iranian felt rug making. >>>

IRAN

Boys to men

Boys to men

Photo essay: Friends, family and...

by Alireza Najafian
19-Nov-2007 (11 comments)

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Bahman Mahmoudi
19-Nov-2007 (one comment)
Had been traveling a lot and my wife was going to school. Decided to make her happy by going to Cancun, Mexico >>>

MANCHESTER

Old & gorgeous

“Chador? Surely not! Your imagination is running wild again"

19-Nov-2007
- “Could you please give me a lift? The weather seems fine. I’m going on a date with my camera and don’t fancy wasting time trying to find a parking space.”
- “Another old and grey building to explore?”
- “This one is more brownish than grey. Anyway, how do you know it is going to be a building?!”
- “It usually is.”
- “It’s that magnificent, abandoned building on London road; you know the one near the Piccadilly station?” >>>

MANCHESTER

Statues in chador

Statues in chador

Photo essay: Historical building

by shahireh sharif
19-Nov-2007

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PAKISTAN

Now what?

Pakistan of 2007 looks a lot like Iran of 1978-79

19-Nov-2007 (33 comments)
It is now some 28 years from Huyser’s mission to Tehran. On Friday, November 16, President Bush’s emissary, John Negroponte, arrived in Pakistan to tell Mr. Musharraf what to do in order to save his country from turmoil. Déjà vu allover again! The 1979 Huyser mission in Tehran was to get the Iranian army to stay in one piece by standing down. The fear at the time was that the sophisticated weaponry in the hands of the Iranian forces would find its way into the hands of “enemy” elements (read Palestinians). In Islamabad, Negroponte probably sought to ensure that the Pakistani army stays in one piece so the country’s nuclear arsenal does not end up in “enemy” hands (read, a militant Islamic regime). >>>

THANKSGIVING

Let's talk Turkey

A full thanksgiving spread, set to impress anyone who feasts alongside you on the big day

19-Nov-2007 (9 comments)
I must admit, i am not a huge fan of all things turkey, to be honest. I don’t mind it, but the American obsession with turkey on rye, turkey pot pie, turkey sausages and turkey bacon, is just one step beyond insanity for my purist ways. Furthermore (I believe) sausages and bacon should be made of pork! If our little porky pals weren’t so damn tasty, then why would we try and make alternatives to these products, at every opportunity? I know, I know it’s a health thing, and of course, there are two sides to every argument. For the “My-body- is- a- temple” types amongst you, I will gladly point out that turkey is one of the lowest fat meats around>>>

LIFE

مگی در تلاطم زمانه

با هر وزش باد خودش را به من می چسباند و من گرم می شدم

19-Nov-2007
در هوای پائیزی به بلفاست رفتن مزه ای دیگر برایم داشت .پل دوست ایرلندی ام به استقبالم در ایستگاه قطار آمد . چمدان کوچک سیاهم را به دنبال خود کشیدم .آخر های ماه سپتامبر بود .پائیز دوست داشتنی از راه رسیده بود .برگ های نارنجی درختان در سراسر راه به روی زمین ریخته شده بودند .خورشید کم جان تر از روزهای قبل بود .مقداری از راه سوار کشتی شدم و در تلاطم دریا امواج شکسته می شدند و باد سرد وادارم می کرد که کت مشکی ام را تنم کنم>>>

POETRY

Touch the Sky
19-Nov-2007 (2 comments)

Blindfoled, hands shackled behind me, I stumble on the ripped hem of my chador. They laugh.

I am dragged by the armpits. My knees bang against each step of the gallows. The crowd cheers, "Death to the prostitute, death to the adulterer."

I've committed no crime. I'm still a virgin.

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POINT

No excuse

Human rights crisis in Iran

19-Nov-2007 (10 comments)
Canadian government has recently initiated a motion to censure Iranian government over its human rights record in United Nations after its successful work in same direction during last few years since the death of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Ms. Zahra Kazemi in year 2003. More that 28 years after establishment of Islamic Republic in Iran, human rights continue to be number one victim of this theocratic government which still remains in revolutionary state to justify the unlawful punishments and human rights abuses even against those who never saw the revolution in their lifetime and did not have any role in it>>>
Jahanshah Rashidian
19-Nov-2007 (2 comments)
Pour l'Islam chiite, le chah, pourtant chiite croyant lui-même, prendrait le visage de Yazid, l’assassin des descendants d’Ali. >>>
alimostofi
19-Nov-2007 (14 comments)
How dare they compare?>>>
Nazy Kaviani
19-Nov-2007 (10 comments)
Here comes another era in my life which might equal painful years of my life when I struggled with relationships >>>