Archive - Jun 13, 2008

Clichés

A man was walking at night. He stopped at the middle of the narrow wooden bridge to gaze at the surface of shining water flowing below his feet. He ignored the inviting melody of the stream. It’s just a dark thought, already written so many times in so many different ways in my precious books, he thought and inhaled the fresh air of night mixed with the stench of the river. He kept on walking and reached the muddy shores. A group of young people were swimming naked far from the coast. The sound of their laughter shivered his back. He sighed and envied their youth. I’ve read this scene in a red book when I was 14, he thought>>>

Silence and Godlessness

Islam dar khatar ast, ya khatar dar Islam ast? Time for a call to action?

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Father gives opium to kid at age 5

This Father seems so proud of himself that he can single-handedly ruin his child's well-being. >>>

Amnesty International Update on Mohammad Fadaee

Amnesty International Update on Mohammad Fadaee

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Iranian Women's Studies Foundation Presents a Play

“In Memory of Kazem Ashtray”: This is a play in Persian written by Sepideh Khosrowjah anddirected by Hamid Ehya – featuring Bella Warda, Sepideh Khsorowjah, Mansour Taeed and Shadi Yousefian >>>

Amnesty International Update on Behnoud Shojaee

Amnesty International Update on Behnoud Shojaee

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و ترازویی جست

باز در خانۀ من صبح مِه آلود آمد.

کسی از نای سحر با من گفت:

از شفق تابه فلق راه درازی رفتم

و ز هر روزنه ای باز تماشا کردم.

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The Recollectins

At 67 and in bad health, there is not much left to look forward. >>>

I am a tree

Innocent times...

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19th International Conference of Iranian Women's Studies Foundation

19th International Annual Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation. July 4-6, 2008. Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley >>>