Archive - Jan 2011

گلایه یک ایرانی از بازماندگان خاندان پهلوی

برخی از دوستانم مرا نکوهش کرده که از مردگان به جز نیکی سخن نگویم و خرده گیری نکنم ولی این نگرش درست نیست زیرا در آن صورت دیگر کسی نباید از کارهای خمینی ایرادی بگیرد زیرا او نیز مرده است. اگر از کاستی این شاهزادهگان سخن گفتم از کینه و سنگدلی نبوده بلکه از فقر کارنامه باقیمانده آنهاست چه بسا اگر بازده شایسته ای از خود به جای میگذاشتند آنها را میستاییدم و به تلاششان افتخار میکردم اما افسوس اینگونه نبوده>>>

The Suicide Note

The books were piled on the floor, and on my desk. I added a label to each pile, so Auntie would know what to do. The stack of encyclopedias was the tallest; the concrete proof of my tendency to learn about archaic cities, non-existent countries, dying volcanoes, or to imagine dead men’s lives. I leafed through my art books, and my heart beat faster as I discovered a new painting of Chagall that I hadn’t seen before; a man in tuxedo held the hand of a woman in pink, smiling, but the woman was floating in the air and the man didn’t seem surprised by her ability to fly>>>

Are you lying?

I don’t know about other cultures, but we Iranians thrive on little lies. As a child, you grow up with exaggerated expressions of love such as, “May I be sacrificed for you,” or “You are my liver!” Not to mention the grizzliest accounts of hatred: “If I catch him, I’ll cut him into little meat cubes!” Though this sounds horrific to the non-Iranian, to the rest of us it’s just words and you know that when your dad is “going to kill you,” it just means he’s mildly annoyed at something you did>>>

Political Cartoon: Sexy Fruits and Vegetables In Iran

Political Cartoon: Sexy Fruits and Vegetables In Iran. Due to the possibility of visually inducing arousal in the people, fruits and vegetables are arrested! >>>

فرصت

در پهنه ی زمان
مستانه می دود
پای بر زمین می کوبد
شیهه بر می افرازد
در جاده ی عمر
مرا میجوید >>>

Film Review: The White Meadows

I saw Mohammad Rasoulof’s The White Meadows, the first installment of the Iranian Film Festival at the Freer and Sackler Gallery of Art in Washington DC >>>

A razor in my heart

Dressed in the misery of exile
In this unforeseen frosty winter
I witness how my sighs slumber
Freezing into spotless snowflakes >>>

برگهایی از دفتر خاطرات سهراب

  شاید شانس سهراب بد بود وگرنه انسانهای والایی هم هستند که آدمهای با شانس به آنان برمیخورند. >>>

CAMELOT CANCELED: History Channel cancels The Kennedy mini-series under Family Pressure

The US Navy response regarding Persian Gulf vs. Arabian Gulf

The US Navy and the US State Department responded to the massive e-letters generated by the Iranian-Americans thru the Iranian-American interest groups>>>