PEOPLE

(Smart) Iranians of the day

(Smart) Iranians of the day

Photo essay: Sharif University students

by Mahdi
12-Feb-2008 (59 comments)

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SCULPTURE

A day at "Another Place"

A day at "Another Place"

Photo essay: Beach art

by shahireh sharif
12-Feb-2008 (4 comments)

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SCE Campaign
12-Feb-2008 (one comment)
According to the Human Rights and Democracy Activists of Iran , the death sentences of the three juveniles have been approved>>>

STORY

The Spider Killings

Based on true events in Iran

12-Feb-2008 (4 comments)
Fati took another look out the window of her tiny apartment, squinting her eyes to see as far down the street as she could, in the hopes of seeing Jamshid finally coming home. But it was to no avail. She knew that he had disappointed her once again. It was already ten o’ clock, five hours after he had promised her he would come home, bearing the rent money that was due the next day. It was useless. As soon as money, any money, made its way to Jamshid’s hands, it had a way of swiftly disappearing, up in the smoke of an opium dream. She gritted her teeth. It was too much to bear. Again, he had let her down. Again, she would be forced to do it. And she had promised herself she would never resort to it another time, that the last time was truly that, the last>>>

IRAN

Exclusive elections

No need to vote in Iranian parliamentary elections

12-Feb-2008 (19 comments)
I just saw the news that Khomeini's grandson, Ali Eshraghi, has not been allowed to participate in the March parliamentary elections in Iran. I was looking at the picture of the guy and I was almost feeling the TERROR of Khomeini in my body. You remember how he looked. I could almost feel how the old man was able to kill mercilessly for what he believed to be the cause of Shia Islam. This guy, Mr Eshraghi, looks so much like his mass-murderer grandfather. By the way, the grandfather was indeed a ruthless man who will in time, definitely, be exposed, but the fact of the matter is that Khomeini was adored by the vast majority of Iranians>>>
David ET
12-Feb-2008 (12 comments)

A charismatic, intelligent, well spoken and beautiful lady with family values: Michelle Obama

 

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LIPSTICK

نیمه راه

داستان کوتاه

12-Feb-2008 (2 comments)
همان موقع که میخواست از داروخانه بیرون بیاید، متوجه شد که دارد نگاهش میکند. از داروخانه که بیرون آمد و به طرف اتوموبیلش رفت، دختر در چند قدمیاش به انتظار ایستاده بود. هفده - هیجده سال بیشتر نداشت. روسری پلنگی، چند طره موی مشکرده که افتاده بود روی پیشانیاش. مانتو کوتاه و تنگ که به سختی تا روی رانهایش میرسید. لبخند عصبی. گفته بود اگه زحمت نیس، منو برسونین. یه خرده بالاتر، تا سر آفریقا. دیرم شده. ایستاده بود کنار اتوموبیل، کیفش را روی شانه انداخته بود، دست چپیش را گرفته بود به بند کیف و دست راستش را کرده بود توی جیب مانتو. سعی میکرد مؤدب، محجوب و خانم جلوه کند. اما صدایش میلرزید.>>>
asefati
12-Feb-2008 (4 comments)
Lakers buying Gasol was a great move on their part. It has helped them better playing as a team.
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POETRY

Escape From "Hell" - Glory Of "Living"
12-Feb-2008 (31 comments)

The Shivering, The Torment, The Darkness ..
The Hopelessness, The Bleakness, The Melancholy ..
All Negative Thoughts, Unseemly Influences ..
The Devil himself, Kept At Bay ..
All Joy was Gone, But Has Returned ..
The Dark cloud ever Present, Now Removed ..

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Last Stance
12-Feb-2008 (4 comments)
Does anyone have any reliable information regarding this charity? >>>
SCE Campaign
11-Feb-2008 (one comment)
Together we will abolish the inhumane and illegal practice of child executions in Iran and worldwide once and forever. >>>

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Coming to life

Coming to life

Multicultural richness in an Iranian American webcomic

by Dara Naraghi
11-Feb-2008 (8 comments)

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STUNNED

Brush stroke for every human suffering

Iman Maleki’s paintings

11-Feb-2008 (28 comments)
A criticism often leveled at Iman Maleki’s astonishingly realistic paintings is, “why not just use a photograph?” Maleki’s hyperrealism is rooted in obsessive compassion. But he also draws from his gift as a storyteller. In “Omens of Hafez,” one young woman is wearing a ring on her right hand, the other only a watch, both waiting."Empty sandals" is a clever way to suggest each woman is waiting for someONE. The poetry book being opened does Hafez justice with its double entendre, hinting at wedding night sensuality. There’s a subtle contrast in the facial expressions of the two characters. The soft trace of hesitation in the older girl’s face is enigmatic. What is there to fear about becoming a woman?>>>

OBAMA

Five score and 45 years

What was ridiculous a year ago is very close to real now

11-Feb-2008 (23 comments)
Realism is supposedly the ultimate virtue for any politician. Idealism gets you in trouble. Haven’t we seen some criticize Bush Jr.’s disaster in Iraq as fundamentally flawed based on it’s alleged excess of idealism! And was it not the idealism of a generation of Iranians that brought us the unmitigated evil of the Islamic Republic? Almost all revolutions and their ensuing rigns of terror and bloodbaths have roots in some type of ideal. What I am trying to say is that we are told idealism is the root of all evil. Down-to-earth realism is the way forward. And then I find myself watching Obama’s “Yes We Can” speech. When was the last time I actually searched for a speech by a politician anywhere?>>>

ELECTIONS

Military maneuvers

Two devastating news from Iran

11-Feb-2008 (6 comments)
General Jafari, the head of Islamic Republic Guardian Corps (IRGC), last Friday in a convention with the title of “Students, Elections, Maximum Participation, and National Unity” among the members of his militia, Bassij, after criticizing the content of the Human Sciences curriculum in Iranian universities, has clearly sided with the conservative front in coming Iranian parliamentary election and advised the Bassij to vote for an specific conservative alliance. This would be a fine statement from nonmilitary personnel, but it is devastating to the long tradition of Iranian military of not being affiliated with any type of political interaction>>>