Wall Street Comes First

darius

Dallas district fires 375 teachers

Dallas News
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16-Oct-2008 (one comment)
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PROPHET

The Story of Mohammad

The revolutionary, warrior and sovereign

16-Oct-2008 (135 comments)
Mohammad worked for nearly a decade in the Roman trade route and became very familiar with both the Christian and the Jewish traditions of the Near East. As an intelligent young man, although illiterate, he absorbed most of the biblical stories, which put his life in a much more appealing prospective. He found solace in the hardship stories of Job and Moses, but perhaps was most influenced by Abraham, a Semitic prophet who recanted his own town and traditions, to build a new Utopia and create a new way of life. At the age of 40, after marrying a wealthy business woman, Mohammad found some spare time to contemplate his past and future, his beliefs and doubts.>>>

IDEAS

What Role Religion Can Play

Part 1: The Age of Science and Modernity

16-Oct-2008 (one comment)
America is a nation of highly religious citizens and Americans seems to have retained their spiritual life “Full 92 percent of Americans say they believe in God, 85 percent in heaven and 82 percent in miracles, according to the latest FOX News poll. Though belief in God has remained at about the same level, belief in the devil has increased slightly over the last few years — from 63 percent in 1997 to 71 percent today” (2004). Such information, however, should not be viewed as an indication of the status of religion in public life. When it comes to public life, this nation pretends that religion does not really matter. We are not supposed to let our religious believes interfere with our public life>>>

تماشای فوتبال

FICTION

The Newlyweds (6)

He's giving me the silent treatment

16-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
Salam Khaleh Joon, I hope this letter finds you and yours well. I wish I could say Shahab and I are doing fine here but this would be far from the truth. We recently got into a major fight and it was much, much worse than the last time, when he punched the wall. But before you get worried, I am okay. I mean, I am not hurt or anything. Not physically at least. As for my emotional state, that is another story. It all started when we were invited to Maryam’s house for a party. Remember the last time, I told you about bumping into Maryam, my old friend from Iran>>>

GANJI

از تخریب گنجی بترسیم

می‌ترسم از روزی که دیگر گنجی در کار نباشد که با دیدنش احساس غرور کنیم

16-Oct-2008 (22 comments)
وقتی نوشته نوری‌علا را خواندم بی‌اختیار اشک در چشمانم حلقه زد. نمی‌توانستم باور کنم که به‌نام مدرن‌خواهی و دمکراسی‌طلبی هم می‌توان این‌گونه به‌ تخریب یکی از نمادها و قهرمانان جنبش دمکراسی‌خواهی ایران پرداخت. نمی‌توانستم باور کنم که اکبر گنجی که کیهان و اوین و اعتصاب غذا نتوانستنند او را بشکنند را عده‌ای قصد دارند بشکنند. برایم سخت بود ببینم عده‌ای این همه دلاوری گنجی را در چند جمله ساده خلاصه می‌کنند و به‌فرودگاه رفتنشان و ترجمه مقالات گنجی را تا آن حد بزرگ می‌کنند که بخواهند بر سر شخصیت ملی بزرگی چون منت او بگذارند و او را نمک‌گیر خود بدانند. مدام از خودم می‌پرسیدم: «آیا این گروه یادشان رفته که گنجی برای یک نسل از جوانان ایرانی که در میان خرابه‌های جنگ زاده و بزرگ شدند یک قهرمان است؟>>>

IDEAS

We believe

Confederation of Iranian Students, Netherlands

16-Oct-2008
We believe in the Universal Human Rights, we believe that every inhabitant of a state has to be equal before the law, in a society regardless of race, skin-color, beliefs etc. Because all the colors together establish the rainbow and if one is not participating, there would be no rainbow, it would be incomplete! And I know this sounds very simple, but that is what we miss in Iran: Simplicity. It would be fantastic if I, with my provocative ideas, could be treated the same as a man with his Islamic philosophy in Iran. Why won’t it be fantastic if EVERYONE gets equal treatment?>>>

well hallelujah

تشنج در دانشگاه شيراز

Abarmard
Aftab News / آفتاب
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16-Oct-2008
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SCE Campaign
16-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
فقر، ام‌الفساد است و بسياري از جرائم با انگيزه كسب ماديات به وقوع مي‌پيوندند لذا دولت وظيفه دارد تا از طريق مقابله با بيكاري و ايجاد اشتغال و زدودن فقر در ميان طبقات جامعه و همچنين كنترل تورم، دستي در پيشگيري از وقوع جرائم داشته باشد>>>

game over

Jahanshah Javid

The $55 trillion question

Asia Times / Pepe Escobar
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16-Oct-2008
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ما زن و مرد جنگیم

IRANdokht
Iran-Tribune, Gooya News / خبرنامه شیراز
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16-Oct-2008 (one comment)
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Faramarz_Fateh
16-Oct-2008 (9 comments)
After Khomeini and his interpretation of Islam and Islamization of Iran, a very high percentage of people in Iran have gotten so turned off about Islam that many don't even consider it a true religion anymore>>>
buna
16-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
an attempt at what might not be considered poetry. ps this poem does not work for australia or brazil.>>>

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Nazanin Ghasemian

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16-Oct-2008 (5 comments)
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