Archive - May 11, 2009 - Article

A complete family

Lila Soraya Salari arrived a day later than her due date, the 28th of April. And now shares a birthday with my sister, twin cousins in Raleigh, NC, and an uncle in Mashad. Interestingly, she share the day with the twins who were also born on the 29th. The day before, at 4am in the morning, I was woken with, "Are you awake?"
"Yes..."
"Why?"
"Because you just flippin' woke me up, that's why!" I replied sitting up in bed.
She calmly told me that she thought her contractions had started. Dull, aching pain starting in her back. Not too strong. But regular >>>

To vote or not to vote?

As a citizen in a democracy everyone is supposed to have the same opportunity and same rights. The level of truth in that statement depends on how well the democracy is run. One function for the democracy to be run well is how educated its people are. With education I do not mean that people have to hold a bachelor or masters degree in university. I mean that people should be active in learning about their environment and the world around it, that they read newspaper and follow the news. Another way to be educated is to be a member in an association. The association does not need to be political parties, it could be a membership in sports club. This teaches people democracy in practice, to argue for their ideas and listen to other peoples ideas and vote for the best one>>>

Ideology versus Realities

There is no shortage of bad news when it comes to the U. S. economy. Just when you thought economic turmoil was tamed, the government discloses another piece of discouraging economic news. The latest unemployment rate, for instance, which was released yesterday, shows that the U. S. economy has been shedding more jobs than ever before, almost 600,000 jobs per month. The current unemployment rate stands at 8.9%, translated roughly to 13.8 million people officially unemployed. Add to this number those jobless people who are not officially counted as unemployed, then the extent of joblessness will be even far greater than what official data shows. Given the fact that unemployment rate is a lagging economic indicator; there is no improvement in the employment situation in sight>>>

مسئولیت شهروندی

مسجد جمکران که در روستايی به همين نام در نزديکی شهر قم قرار دارد بر پايه خواب يکی از اهالی اين روستا ساخته شده است. در این مسجد چاهی وجود دارد که برخی مردم با طّی مراحلی، عريضه خود را به امام زمان به درون چاه می فرستند، به اين اميد که وی آنها را بخواند و حاجت آنانرا برآورده کند." آنچه پیرامون این مسجد و چاه می گذرد خبر از بروز و گسترش فاجعه ای دردناک در جامعه ما دارد. در قرن بیست و یکم، قرن کامپیوتر و اینترنِت، قرن آگاهی، انتخاب و مسئولیت، تعداد قابل ملاحظه ای از هموطنان ما هنوز غرق خُرافات، منتظر معجزه و دست غیب هستند. آیا لیاقت مردم میهن ما غلطیدن در چنین ورطه ای است؟ و چه کسانی مسئول بروز این فاجعه هستند؟ >>>

To the Children of Prison and Exile

After the silence of firing squads
Still it burns in our hearts
And we carry their corpses
On our broken backs.
I want to turn this death into life.
How many companions,
Who in these years of defeat and execution
Created life from an embryo? >>>

زنی می آید

زنی می آید
که روزی" ویرجینیا ولف" از او پا گرفته است
و زنی که راز مریم و مسیح را خوب می داند
و زنانی می آیند که با دختران هیتلر به بازار رفته اند
آه جهان کوچک است و ما تکرار می شویم
و دختری بنام لیلا مدام زاده می شود
با شاخه ی گل سرخی بر بلندای گیسوان ملتهبش
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