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POETRY

The wall
by Orang Gholikhani
16-Sep-2007 (3 comments)
We will break a wall

To open a window

To Change everything

We will break a wall >>>

IDEAS

زشت و زيبای ملی گرائی

تنها راه نجات ناسيوناليسم از خطر فرو افتادن در چاه ايدئولوژی پيوند دادن آن با معنای متوسع سکولاريسم است

by Esmail Nooriala
16-Sep-2007 (4 comments)
تکيه کردن بر يک مذهب، يک زبان، و يک قوميت، و کوشش برای ملت سازی بر حول اين محورهای منفرد، به لحاظ اينکه اينگونه نهادها بر بنياد همسان پنداری و گريز از تنوع اجتماعی عمل می کنند، خودبخود داری ماهيتی ايدئولوژيک است و، در نتيجه، برای سلامت جهان آدمی خطرناک بشمار می آيد. >>>

POETRY

Newton's 3rd Law
by Tina Ehrami
16-Sep-2007 (5 comments)
It was somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow
When I heard a sound
I turned and saw
My zealous goal approaching

How? I wondered,
Was I pushing the carriage,
But moving in an opposite direction?
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HAMJENS

Farsad and Farnam

Couple lashed for being gay

by Arsham Parsi
16-Sep-2007 (12 comments)
Generally speaking, the reaction from the Iranian community at large falls into two camps: those who feel that organizational activity and resistance by the Iranian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community would provoke a strong government reaction, which in turn could lead to an international reaction against Iran as a whole, and those who seek a return of their full civil rights. The difference between the first and second group is that the second is not under pressure from the government due to their sexual orientation. I believe they can be asked to demonstrate for our full civil rights, as well.>>>