Archive - Sep 2007

Brutal denial

The presence of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at University of Columbia reminded me of the act of another extremist figure, the well-known Imam Suhayb Salam in the Netherlands. On 31th of July I was invited to a Dutch TV-program called Bimbos & Burqas, this title refers to the post-modern hedonistic Paris-Hilton-culture (Bimbo) on one hand and the orthodox-religious be-afraid-for-the-hell culture (Burqa) on the other hand. One of the Burqa members was the Orthodox Imam Suhayb Salam, who had brought along his wife who was wearing a Burqa, looking like a human-penguin in studio 52 of Hilversum television station. >>>

Why we are so F'ed up as a nation.

Like it or not, we are not Arabs. For the most part, we look different, we are smarter and our culture and heritage is infinitely richer than any culture in any Arab country.>>>

Love me or hate me

I have developed such a HATE-CLUB (as opposed to fan-club) for myself I don't know I should be proud of it or not. It is indeed an achievement though, you must acknowledge, to make so many virtual haters who would even be ready to fill up a petition, complete it with virtual signatures with different IP's to throw me out of Iranian.com. I still don't know whether to be proud of this achievement or not. Believe me that I did not have the least idea that my writings would lead to this. I was surprised. Then I could choose among stopping the writing, changing my attitude, or continue on. I have chosen to continue on>>>

Participate, suggest ideas

Iranian Society for Human Rights in Northern California plans to organize a seminar in order to generate an inclusive and non-partisan discussion among interested Iranians on the problems and challenges facing human rights activists in Iran. The idea of a non-partisan struggle for human rights or democracy is very new to our political culture. While recognizing that non-partisanship is not opposed to or a substitute for partisanship, the proposed seminar will explain the central role of non-partisan agents and agencies in promoting a culture commensurate with the idea of human rights. >>>

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Cal Iranian Bloggers Meeting

A video of the event has been posted at Iranican.com >>>

Ganji's letter to United Nations

Akbar Ganji, the Iranian dissident and journalist who spent six years in prison for criticizing state repression, sent an open letter to UN Secretary General :>>>

edited

AhMADinejad got edited.>>>

Have gays or not, that is the question:

I hope this answers the question:

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Naive Iranians

How many times a month do we have to read the loads of jibberish Afrasiabi writes? >>>

MURDER IS MURDER

There is no argument that any form of distruction of human life is unacceptable. Wants it to be the holocaust or death in Iraq for what ever reason. But ....

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From the heart

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Eye of Hurricane

Who put my son Youssef on fire?
He must have a heart darker than oil

My daughter’s doll is a skull in Darfur

A woman half buried in the dirt
Showered with dark ages stones

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