CONCERT

A night at the palace

A night at the palace

Photo essay: Iranian.com music festival in San Francisco

by kfravon
28-Apr-2009 (34 comments)

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The wished nightmare

Fred

Hard-talk with Azar Nafisi

BBC / Sarah Montague
recommended by Fred
28-Apr-2009 (8 comments)
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Darius Kadivar
28-Apr-2009
One of my Favorite Love/Seduction Scenes in Motion Pictures is from Peter Weirs thriller Witness set in Amish Land and Starring Harrison Ford and the beautiful Kelly MacGillis. >>>

Storm gathering strenght

Fred

US Senators target Iran's gasoline imports

AFP
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28-Apr-2009
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Darius Kadivar
28-Apr-2009 (4 comments)
An explanation of the various forms of government and political systems, and why America is not a democracy, but a republic. This presentation is very interesting even if the conclusions are debateable.   >>>
Manoucher Avaznia
27-Apr-2009 (8 comments)

ای کویر تشنه، ای چهری ببین

نرم باران و سپرغم می رسد

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Ladder for the Soul
27-Apr-2009 (3 comments)
Exquisite Live Vocals matched by an Absolutely perfect Back up by the Band.>>>
Elahe Amani
27-Apr-2009 (one comment)
Sisters in struggle against religious extremism>>>
Iran dokht
27-Apr-2009 (20 comments)
No attorney had courage to accept my case and defend my civil rights, not because I do not have a case but because I am an Iranian-American Citizen >>>
Ladder for the Soul
27-Apr-2009 (one comment)

Let's start living our lives 

Living for the future paradise 

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Zionists are nervous

smhb

Obama's charm offensive for radical rulers abandons Israel to Iranian threat

DebkaFile
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27-Apr-2009
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DIASPORA

Free to express

Kaveh Dadashzadeh: The art of elderly Iranian immigrants

27-Apr-2009 (17 comments)
Today a good portion of first-generation Iranian Immigrants to the US have reached old age. Comparing the conditions of these elderly Iranian immigrants to their counterparts in Iran leads us to two contradictory conclusions: Loneliness and estrangement have hardened their adjustment to the requirements of old age, and compared to patriarchal Iran, the individualistic society of America has lowered their social prestige as carriers of old traditions. In contrast, because they enjoy the same legal rights and social and medical benefits that the American senior citizens are entitled to, the elderly Iranian immigrants can potentially be more creative and active than their counterparts in Iran>>>

IDEAS

سعدی، ميان احمدی نژاد و اوباما؟

چگونه می توان آقای خمينی و خفتگان در گورستان خاوران را اعضاء يک پيکر دانست؟

27-Apr-2009 (18 comments)
حضور و سخنان شرم آور، ظاهراً انساندوستانه و باطناً سرشار از نفرت و تبعيض احمدی نژاد در سوئيس، آن هم در کنفرانس بررسی مسائل مربوط به تبعيض های نژادی و... از يکسو، و حضور سخن مشهور سعدی در پيام نوروزی رئيس جمهور آمريکا خطاب به دولت و ملت ايران، که شوق و خشم، و اميد و نااميدی های فراوانی را در ميان ايرانيان برانگيخت، از سوی ديگر، نشان از دوپارگی عميقی دارد که در کل فرهنگ انسانی، و بخصوص در ملغمه ای به نام فرهنگ کنونی ايرانی، وجود دارد. اين روزها هر پاره از اين دو در جائی سر بر می کشد تا ما را در چهرهء خويش به جهانيان بشناساند؛ آن هم بهمراه اين واقعيت تآسف برانگيز که «چهرهء فرشته گون ما» در سخنان ديگران و خطاب به خود ما رخ می کند، و چهرهء «اهريمن آسامان» در سخن کسی که رئيس جمهور کشورمان شناخته می شود>>>

He certainly did

smhb

Obama Has Missed His Moment

Truthdig.com / Chris Hedges
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27-Apr-2009
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The Secret Agent

Part 5

27-Apr-2009 (8 comments)
She had an attractive figure, large hazel eyes, dark hair and soft looking skin . But it was the riding outfit that promoted her from pretty girl to beautiful woman. She stood, whip in hand, one boot on a rock, planting a kiss on the muzzle of a magnificent white stallion. In that outfit and pose, she looked like she could be the leading lady in a movie starring Golbaz as the male hero. “Did you ever get to meet her?” I asked. “It would have been better for both of us if we had never met,” he said cynically. “You fell in love with Nojoom’s fiancée?” >>>