TRAVELERS

Brilliant fate

Brilliant fate

Photo essay: My trip to Portugal

by Orang Gholikhani
20-Apr-2009 (4 comments)

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PAAIA
20-Apr-2009 (one comment)

Q and A with David Vahedi

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HUMAN RIGHT WATCH: Hamas Tortures and Kills

Darius Kadivar

32 Palestinians have died and several more have been maimed in Gaza

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20-Apr-2009 (one comment)
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Baroness Dudevant
20-Apr-2009 (one comment)
Childhood War Time Memories: Part V >>>
Ardeshir Ariana
20-Apr-2009
Darius the Great said: "I am not hot tempered. What things develop in my anger, I hold firmly under control by my thinking power." >>>

BLOGGER

Rebel with a pause

Amir-Parviz Mirsayafi says his brother was beaten to death

20-Apr-2009 (35 comments)
News that 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has received an eight-year jail sentence for being a US “spy” comes a month after 29-year-old blogger Omid-Reza Mirsayafi was found dead in Evin prison and deals a blow to President Obama’s change of foreign policy tack with Iran’s clerics. It is, however, an apt blow – Obama’s now famous Norouz speech, in which he stopped short of praising Ayatollah Khamenei’s taste in underwear, eclipsed reports of Mr Mirsayafi’s death. On 28 March, Voice of America Persian’s website published a report that quoted Reporters Sans Frontieres’ Reza Moini, Amir-Parviz Mirsayafi, Omid’s brother, and Masoumeh, his sister.>>>

Only Time Will Show !

capt_ayhab

Emanuel Says Obama Insists On Implementing Two State Solution, No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

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20-Apr-2009 (one comment)
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Geneva Eye-witness account from a Gay Muslim

Q

Poor Israel? Sure, and I am Barack Obama!

Huffington Post / Parvez Sharma
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20-Apr-2009 (6 comments)
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You can thank Israel for killing this movement

Q

Israel recruits gay community in PR campaign against Iran

The Advocate / Julie Bolcer
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20-Apr-2009 (6 comments)
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NOVEL

Summer of 1973

Excerpt from "Rooftops of Tehran"

20-Apr-2009 (9 comments)
Sleeping on the roof in the summer is customary in Tehran. The dry heat of the day cools after midnight, and those of us who sleep on the rooftops wake with the early sun on our faces and fresh air in our lungs. My mother is strictly against it, and reminds me each evening, “Hundreds of people fall off the roofs every year.” My best friend, Ahmed, and I trade hidden smiles with each warning, then climb the stairs to spend our nights under stars that seem close enough to touch. The alley below settles into a patchwork of streetlight, shadow, and sound. A car hums slowly down the deserted street, cautious not to wake anyone, as a stray dog in the distance releases a string of officious barks>>>

STORY

The Secret Agent

Part 4

20-Apr-2009 (9 comments)
The ghost exhaled a fog of smoke, enveloping us in the mists of the past. “Two years before you were born, something important happened in Iran. Is your head full of Churchills and Roosevelts, or do you know your own history?” “Mossadegh?” I hazarded. He nodded approvingly. “When he became prime minister he knew Iran needed an independent secret service in order to protect our constitution against foreign enemies. So he quietly planned an organization made up of the most trusted people.” Ah, the top-secret classification, I remembered. “Did the Shah know of this?” I asked surprised. “Made up of the most trusted people,” he repeated with emphasis>>>

MOUSAVI

نخست وزیر کشتارهای دهه شصت

و دغدغه های حفظ نظام

20-Apr-2009 (34 comments)
آقای مهندس موسوی بی تردید فراموش نکرده است و فطعا" توجه دارد که حکومت اسلامی در نشان دادن یک قلم از "ویژگی های اسلام ناب محمدی" و "فضای انقلابی" مورد نظر ایشان مرتکب 5 کشتار بزرگ از دگراندیشان, روشنفکران و روشنگران و مخالفان سیاسی و عقیدتی خود شده است, کشتارها یی که تمامی آن ها در زمانی که آیت الله خمینی, یا به قول مهندس موسوی "رهبر فرزانه انقلاب" در قید حیات بود, اتفاق افتاد و یا آغاز شد. در دو کشتار از این 5 کشتار, که در زمان نخست وزیری جناب مهندس موسوی رخ داد, هزاران نفر قتل عام شدند, کشتار هایی که "رهبر فرزانه" آمر اصلی آن ها بود. آقای مهندس موسوی نمی تواند و نمی باید از مسؤلیتی که در قبال این دو کشتار داشته شانه خالی کند >>>

IDEAS

 جهانی شدن

اکنون آنچه بايد رخ دهد جا افتادن مفهوم «جهانی شدن» در ذهن تک تک آدميان است

20-Apr-2009 (one comment)
جهانی شدن (globalization) يعنی «برداشته شدن فاصله ها» از ميان جوامع پراکنده بر کرهء زمين (globe) و، در نتيجه، «عمومی شدگی» ((universality باورها، ارزش ها، روش ها، نهاد ها، نظام ها و قرارداد های اجتماعی. «عمومی شدن» هم، لاجرم، به جابجائی همهء آن پديده ها که بر شمردم و بقای شايسته ترين و کاراترين آنها می انجامد و اشکال ديگر پديده ها کنار ذاشته می شوند. به همين دليل، روند «جهانی شدن» مخالف بسيار دارد؛ بخصوص در ميان آنها که، در برابر روندهای «عمومی شدن» و «جابجائی»، هويت و ماهيت زندگی خويش را در خطر اضمحلال می بينند و، در نتيجه، می کوشند تا در راه اين روندها سنگ بياندازند. اما من معتقدم که تحقق اين روند اجتناب ناپذير است >>>

POETRY

Wisteria
20-Apr-2009 (5 comments)
Rare flowers blossom in cold,
Like the Wisteria at my front gate
that blooms just before Spring declares its arrival
and decrees her season.
Wisteria welcomes those who enter,
with mesmerizing scent
of fragrance that takes you back to alleys in "Shemron",
or, the delightful drive on a winding road
overlooking the olive orchards of the Northern hills of "Gilan". >>>
Mahnaz Talebi Tari
20-Apr-2009
در اندیشه ی باد
خیالی عریان و رها می جوشد >>>