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Petty role model

While Mr. Bush wages war against ‘evil’ he is inspiring malice at home

by Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
12-Oct-2007 (165 comments)
One of America’s greatest presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt, recruited a group of advisers from the prestigious Columbia University – they were known as ‘Brain Trust’. In their first one hundred days in office, the Brains Trust helped Roosevelt enact fifteen major laws beneficial to the country. Regrettably, today, Columbia under the leadership of a petty role-model, Lee Bollinger, is losing its prestige and has become a place of hate and discrimination. A noose was found in a lecture room of a black female professor>>>

PAHLEVOON

Lion Heartz

I have combined Dervish Sufism with Persian martial arts to create "Lion Heartz"

by Cyrus Angha
12-Oct-2007 (31 comments)
As a young child, I grew up as a Persian Sufi Dervish and understood what being one was all about. As a young boy, I would get into countless confrontations over the color of my skin, friend, ego and who we thought was the toughest. My father would always see me come home with a black eye and a bruised body. He decided I should learn some self-defense, in order to defend myself and learn self control. My father who was a brown belt, and had three years in the Persian Royal Air Force, and was advanced in Persian Martial arts called: “Varzesheh Pahlevooni”>>>

POETS

هم زیبا کرباسی، هم ساقی قهرمان

گزارش شب شعر

by Ladan Lajevardi
12-Oct-2007 (9 comments)
ساقی: - این جزو ذات همه مان است که نیاز جنسی داریم. به خاطر این که روابط جنسی تنها چیزی است که راجع بهش محکوم می شویم. من اگر بیایم بگم دلم برای کوچه های ایران تنگ است همه کف می زنید، تحسین می کنید و می روید و چیزی هم حل نمی شود. اما وقتی من راجع به روابط جنسی حرف می زنم بیمار جنسی شناخته می شوم. شما ناراحت می شوید که من از مشکل معاشقۀ خودم حرف بزنم. >>>

MUSIC

Feels right

Piano solo

by Del-Shodegan
11-Oct-2007
I write English like how it's spoken at the Wilton house -- the way it feels right. Chris Ransom in general is a fucked-up homie, and James Hollywood is a muthefuckeh on sherms. They sell anything out of the Wilton; hash, crack, powder, ass, and what have you.>>>

POETRY

میهن من، خانه ای آفتابی است

برای خاطره داستان "خانه آفتابی" نوشته پرتو نوری علا

by Mahasti Shahrokhi
11-Oct-2007 (13 comments)
باغچه ی خانه ما پربار است،
و در آن هم نعنا می کاریم و هم ریحان،
تربچه و خیار و گوجه فرنگی و کدو هم داریم.
خانه ی آفتابی من میراث من بوده است.
خانه ی آفتابی ام هم قدیمی است و هم محکم.
خانه ی آفتابی من در زمستانهای پر برف،
باز هم دلباز و دلگرم و روشن می ماند. >>>

COMEDIAN

Marvelous Maz

A long chat with Maz Jobrani

by Ari Siletz
11-Oct-2007 (11 comments)
“I’m Pehrzheean!” actor Maz Jobrani declares in one of his Axis of Evil stand up comedy routines. To find out how “Pehrzheean” Jobrani really is, I sent him an email asking if ever puts raw eggs on his rice. “What red-blooded Iranian doesn’t?” was his reply. Later I met Jobrani in person. He’d invited me to watch his performance at Punchline, the illustrious San Francisco comedy club that has also hosted Chris Rock, Ellen Degeneres, Dana Carvey, Margaret Cho, Dave Chapelle, Rosie O’Donnell, and Robin Williams. Afterwards, we met in a nearby pub. Jobrani was in a sprightly mood.>>>

FREE

He's back with us

Ali Shakeri released

by Mehdi Amini
11-Oct-2007 (22 comments)
I answered the phone and said hello and once I heard the first word I knew it. It was Ali himself calling me to let me know that he was back with his family. He sounded tired and did not want to talk to him for long. I told him I will call in a few days when is rested. I did not know how to react. I was happy that he is safe and sound and yet I was sad to see a gentile man such as Ali, spend four months of his life in prison not knowing what the charges are or what the future holds.>>>

FICTION

The little red book of dreams

The brutality of a rope

by Azarin Sadegh
11-Oct-2007
Still dark. A rope and torn nails. Emptiness beneath steps. I’m innocent. Stares. Faceless women in black. The early morning of a summer of burning suns. My father pushes the crowd. The crowd is pushing me. I slip through the legs, hips and shoulders to find a gap. I rise and don’t reach. I walk and don’t move. I sit on the dusty road. Nothing happens. I am bored. I look for the green pebbles or blue. I want to make a wall around me. Half sky, half forest. But the world has only grey pebbles.>>>

VIDEO

Natural ending

A short film by Sam Moussavi and Justin Di'Agustino

by Amousonny
10-Oct-2007 (2 comments)
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RAGHS

چرخ بر پیچش های خیال

رقص شاهرخ مشکین قلم، کارین گونزالس و سحر دهقان حجت در سانفرانسیسکو

by Kusha Saberi
10-Oct-2007
شاهرخ مشکین قلم دیگر به یک صاحب سبک در رقص تبدیل شده است. او با پیچ و تاب های تنیده شده در ضرب های موسیقی، حرکات نرم و چرخش های سماع گونه این قطعات را جان بخشید. کارین گونزالس بیشتر از حرکات فلامینگو و تپ دنس در رقص خود استفاده می کرد. این حرکات به زیبایی با ضرب های موسیقی ایرانی ترکیب شده بودند. او در نقش شیرین در قطعه "شیرین در خیال" حرکات ضربه ای فلامینگو را با چرخش و عشوه های صورت و حرکات چشم و ابرو در رقص ایرانی ترکیب کرد و نشان داد که رقصنده ای با تجربه و توانا است.>>>

FILM

Fine flicks

Iranian "CLOSE-UP" and Kurdish "YOL" among 150 Masterpieces of World Cinema

by Jalal ‘Jay’ Jonroy
10-Oct-2007 (2 comments)
No ‘best’ lists can ever satisfy everyone. But Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, Last Tango in Paris) forewords this best selection - where he muses about his discovery of ‘Kamerasutra’: the magic and sensuality of the moving camera! Moreover, it is 150 films, not the traditional 100. Perhaps that additional 50 allowed the inclusion of some Asian gems like Ozu’s ‘I Was Born, But…’; Guney’s ‘Yol’; Kiarostami’s ‘Close-Up’ (though many would have preferred Kiarostami’s sublime ‘Through The Olive Trees’); and Tian Z’s ‘Horse Thief’ >>>

NUCLEAR

The escape route

Iran-IAEA agreement provides US a major opportunity to clear up its genuine concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program

by Mohammad Kamaali
10-Oct-2007 (18 comments)
Iran's recent deal with the IAEA provides the best path out from diplomatic deadlock. Washington, however, seems set to miss another opportunity. Following intense negotiations, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced in late August a new work plan reached with Iran, aimed at resolving all outstanding issues in Iran's nuclear file by the end of the year. The agreement was branded as "a significant step forward" by the Agency's Director General, Dr Mohamed El-Baradei. It was also hailed as a move in the right direction by most of the 118 nations of the Non-Aligned Movement who have consistently recognised Iran's right to a nuclear energy program>>>

HOLINESS

Point of emulation

Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi and President Ahmadinejad's vision

by Amil Imani
10-Oct-2007 (9 comments)
Given the high office Ahmadinejad holds, he has free access to Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi and frequently seeks solace and guidance from him on religious as well as matters of the state. Furthermore, Yazdi often times serves the role of father figure, confidant, as well as therapist for Ahmadinejad. Recently, petrified by a vision, Yazdi rushed to Ahmadinejad for interpretation of the meaning of his vision and the course of action he should take. Below is a digest of what transpired between PAM and AMY.>>>

INTERVIEW

Cutting the rope

Iran is the only country that executes via hanging in public: Piers Bannister

by Soheila Vahdati
10-Oct-2007 (15 comments)
There are a few courageous campaigners who oppose the death penalty in Iran but the campaign to see capital punishment ended is hampered by the lack of freedom of speech in the country. Since the death penalty is a government policy, it is hard for individuals to speak out. This lack of debate causes many people to be ignorant of the truth behind the death penalty, including its lack of value as a deterrent to violent crime or its imposition against those persons innocent of any crime who have been wrongly convicted, to name just two examples. >>>

CULTURE

به بهانه اشاعه فرهنگ ایرانی!

راه اندازی جشن های نوروزی و تئاتر

by mahvash
10-Oct-2007 (12 comments)
جالب این است که این مراسم باز هم تحت عنوان اشاعه فرهنگ ایرانی برگزار میشود این جشنها و گردهمائی ها هم میتوانست موثر واقع شود اگر اشاعه بخش فرهنگ خردگرایانه ، انسانی ایرانیان در کنار رقص های زیبا با لباسهای مختلف و غذاها جلوه گر میشد. اما متاسفانه در این مراسم قسمت های با ارزش فرهنگ ما که تاکید بر همدلی انسانها ی مستقل از ملیت اشان دارد به نمایش گذاشته نمیشود.>>>
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