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STORY

قائمه های منفرجه

فکرم در هوا شروع به نقاشی کرد

by hadi khojinian
26-Oct-2009 (4 comments)
گفتم دلم را از قفسه ی سینه ام در بیاورم تا شاید اشک های انباشته ام سرریز بشود ولی نشد. گفتم از هم پاشیده شوم تا شاید فرجی شود ولی نشد. آلیسون نگاهم کرد و گفت؛ بهترین کار این است که وقتی از هم متلاشی می شوی به سمت رودخانه ی مرزی بروی و چهار پاره تن ات را به چهار سوق پرت کنی و از فکر همه ی کوچه های بن بست بیرون بیایی چون بهترین کار همینی است که من پیشنهاد کرده ام.>>>

POETRY

Ahhhh
by Soheyla Marzvaan
26-Oct-2009 (one comment)
Silence your voice in my ears
I long to hear sweet music;
Wipe off your stagnant feature
From my mind's canvas, for
I long to paint a joyful smile >>>

IRAN-U.S.

Obama and the “velvet coup”

Obama's outreach to Tehran achieved more for the US than for the Iranian people

by Ali Reza Eshraghi
25-Oct-2009 (2 comments)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his army commanders have, in their response to the street-protests that erupted across the country after the controversial presidential election of 12 June 2009, employed a routine accusation against the United States: that it had initiated a "velvet revolution" in the country. All the evidence suggests that the popular demonstrations were a spontaneous reaction to what was widely perceived to be a fraudulent result. Indeed, it is more plausible that the United States unwillingly helped to achieve the reverse of what Ayatollah Khamenei (and other hardline leaders) charged it with>>>

TANZ

Thus Spoke Zan Oosta

God created Iranian women to look good and to fix men

by Hamid Taghavi
25-Oct-2009 (27 comments)
Once upon a time, a nice gal who was getting restless about running out of time for finding serious marital prospects went to Zan Oosta, her cynical but experienced friend who put it to her thusly: “Cast the broadest net that you can, aiming to catch the biggest and best but be ready to settle for the bottom feeders. For increased chances, string along a few, put them through hell and whoever lasts the longest is the one nature selected for you through its law of survival of the dumbest>>>

CYRUS

روز کورش بزرگ

روز بزرگداشت حقوق بشر در فرهنگ خردمدار ايران خجسته باد

by shokooh.pasargad
24-Oct-2009 (2 comments)
من فکر می کنم اعلاميه ی حقوق بشر، و شخصی چون کورش که اولين منادی حقوق بشر بوده است، جدا از همه ی ارزش هایی که با خود دارند، ارزشياب بزرگی برای سنجش زنان و مردان سياسی و اجتماعی زمانه ی ما محسوب می شوند و چون خورشيدی عمل می کنند که بر همه ی تاريکی های تبعيض ها و حق کشی ها می تابد و آن ها را برجسته و روشن می کنند. و با اين ارزشياب است که می توان به تماشای افرادی که اکنون مقابل ما ايستاده اند، چه به عنوان سیاستمدار و شخصيت اجتماعی و چه به عنوان هواداران گروه ها و احزاب مختلف، پرداخت و ديد که کدامين فرد نمره ی رد می گيرد>>>

POETRY

Digital Logic
by Farhad Zaltash
24-Oct-2009 (one comment)
Linger in the pain,
Trust your moment alone,
Embrace the teardrop,
Slowly lick the wound,
Then,
FABRICATE new tools of logic blessed,
With the fire that has pounded your pain
Onto a steel lighting up the road ahead >>>

POETRY

در لحظه ای برهنه
by Jahangir Sedaghatfar
24-Oct-2009
باران سرخ بارد، تا ابر دیدگانم
درد جگر گزا را پنهان نمی توانم
حسرت بدامنم ریخت ظلم زمانه و سوخت
از تارو پود اعصاب، تا مغز استخوانم
خود در فصول باران، چتر پناه بودم
در آفتاب مرداد، تا کیست سایبانم >>>

IRI

Still better to be a foreigner

30 years after the revolution, foreigners 'more equal' under Iranian law

by Setareh Sabety
22-Oct-2009 (9 comments)
Worse than Shah-era Capitulation Laws Ayatollah Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic, became a hero and the leader of the opposition to the Shah when he criticized the capitulation laws that granted U.S citizens protection from prosecution in Iran. He claimed in a legendary speech that a simple American cook could commit murder in Iran and not be tried, while an Iranian minister in America could be punished for the most minor offense. In a bizarre twist of fate, in Khomeini's Islamic Republic three decades later, if you are a foreigner your chances of not being tortured and raped are much higher than if you are Iranian. Contrary to what this revolution was about, it is still better to be a foreigner.>>>

SAINT

The hug dispensers

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi – the 56-year-old “hugging saint” from Kerala – is in town

by Peyvand Khorsandi
22-Oct-2009 (2 comments)
My ex-girlfriend Sandra got married. Last Saturday, she and her groom Joe vowed to look after each other “in credit and in overdraft” even “when you are grumpy”. It was a wedding filled with humour in a room – in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre – overlooking the River Thames, with a view of St Paul’s Cathedral, on a sunny (if chilly) day. I stood at the back, pondering how our lives had changed. Well, mine in particular – weddings are a time to navel-gaze. Twelve years ago finding a pair of socks that matched was difficult for me. Today things are no different>>>

STORY

شیر زخمی

تیمسار سرش را بالا گرفت و دقایقی به بنای یادبود شیر زخمی خیره ماند و سپس مثل شمعی فرو ریخت

by cyrous moradi
22-Oct-2009 (8 comments)
شاید نتوان برای دیوانه شدن آدمها تاریخ و ساعت دقیقی را تعیین کرد ولی در مورد تیمسار حمیدی، افسر بازنشسته گارد شاهنشاهی می شود با اطمینان گفت که وی در ساعت 11:25 دقیقه صبح روز چهارشنبه 19 آگوست سال 2009 به وقت سوئیس در شهر Lucerne و یا به عبارتی Luzernدیوانه شد. شاید واژه دیوانه، کلمه مودبانه ای برای وضعیت ایشان نباشد، تیمسار دقیقاً در ساعت گفته شد، فروریخت و از هم پاشید و پرپر شد>>>

STORY

The Orange 'n' Torange Girl (4)

"Don’t drown the baby in the stream. The reflection in the water is mine."

by Azadeh Azad
22-Oct-2009
The Prince recited three of his own poems. Torange loved his poetry and said she could see herself being in love with him and wouldn't mind living with him without any binding contract. However, she needed more time to explore her heart’s desire. The Prince agreed and held her in his arms, his twirling fingers lost in her curls. "I have to leave you here by yourself and go to fetch a set of clothes for you to wear, then I can take you to the city, whether you want to live with me or not." >>>

POETRY

The Self-Immolation of Neusha

For Neusha Farrahi (1)

by Majid Naficy
22-Oct-2009 (2 comments)
In desperation
He created hope
Out of despair.
He struck matches
And turned into a blaze of fire >>>

MINISTER

Mr. Mohajerani goes to Washington

Former Minister of Islamic Guidance calls for impeachment of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei

by Tara Mahtafar
20-Oct-2009 (43 comments)
Mohajerani did not mince words when it came to the nuts-and-bolts questions facing the opposition movement in Iran's ongoing internal crisis. He began by cautioning against haste and expectations for fast results. "The Green Movement is an opportunity for the Iranian people to define themselves on their own terms. The process requires time -- it's not a sprint, but a marathon." He warned that any act toward radicalization would spell "the death of the Green Movement," and stressed the need to preserve its non-violent nature.>>>

CONFUSION

نهضت پرابهام

هر جا افرادی با گرایشهای مختلف دور هم جمع شدند و هركدام چیزی گفتند دمكراسی پدیدار نمیگردد

by Ramin Kamran
20-Oct-2009
متأسفانه برخی ابهام این جریان را حسنش میشمرند و مدحش را میگویند، تحت این عنوان كه حركت را فراتر از جبهه گیری های معمول سیاسی قرار میدهد . یا چندصدایی بودنش را میستایند كه به هر سخن و فكری فرصت ابراز میدهد و هیچ گرایشی را از خود نمیراند. باید به آنها یادآوری كرد كه دمكراسی به سخن گفتن همگان میدان میدهد ولی خواست دمكراسی از میان همهمه زاده نمیشود و كلام روشن و محكم میخواهد>>>

MUSIC

Flowing from his bones

Fared is allowing the music in his bones to flow out in a language he knows how to communicate in

by Neema Moraveji
20-Oct-2009 (4 comments)
On Saturday, September 26th, I wandered into San Francisco’s gorgeous Palace of Fine Arts ten minutes late like any good Iranian. This was one time I regret coming even one minute late. Before my butt hit the red velour seat, my jaw fell down as I finally heard something I’ve been hunting for for years: the Iranian Jeff Buckley and his motley band of strings and drums that spanned the Old and New worlds with creativity, melancholy, and good ‘ol Iranian silliness. At intermission, while Fared was flocked by newfound fans to sign his CD>>>
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