Archive - Oct 12, 2010 - Article

Athens is Frontlines

In Athens, beneath the green rooftop, sit three Iranian college students who have escaped our homeland only one week ago. Around the same table under the asylum seekers’ tent, supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi are greeted by a veteran Kurd. A hot steaming cup of tea brewed Iranian style is placed in front of each guest. The Kurdish pishmarg of Democratic Party takes the seat next to the leftist Komala member while leaning to whisper an Iranian T'aarof in the ears of a newly arrived Pahlavi loyalist>>>

Do we take the Iranian regime seriously?

Let's assume we take the prison sentences seriously, or at least take the Iranian regime seriously, then we should also seriously keep in mind that political prisoners with hefty and unjust sentences are actually innocent Iranians who deserve to be praised for their love for Iran, not suffer in the name of freedom. We must not forget about these brave and beautiful people. We cannot stop being their voices. We have to continue making sure that the world remains aware of the extent of the Iranian people's suffering. We need to also highlight how much of their lives have been wasted away>>>

Scared of Women

Iran's government recognizes and fears the broader power of the women activists who have been on the front line of reform in Iran for more than a decade. One can roughly draw an analogy between the women's movement in Iran to movements of religious groups in Burma or Tibet, or the labor "solidarity" movements in the former Eastern bloc and associated labor-Roman Catholic solidarity in Poland -- all advocating initially for the freedoms of a specific group but which provoked government fears for their transformative power to promote broader human rights progress>>>

سفرنامه

کی گفته به جز سرزمین ما هیچ جای دنیا آفتاب ندارد؟ آفتاب از این درخشان تر می خواهی دختر؟ روز از این زیباتر؟ عین بهشت می ماند. تازه نگرانم چرا کرم ضد آفتاب به صورتم نزده ام. روز دوم است که رسیده ام و هنوز از توی سمب و سوراخ چمدان ها پیدایش نکرده ام. عیبی ندارد دارم می روم خرید و توی فروشگاه چندان هم نیاز به ضد آفتاب نیست. خرید وسایل ضروری اولیه یک دو ساعتی طول کشید. خوشحال بودم که به یمن وسایل جدید زندگی از این که هست هم بهتر خواهد شد>>>

تئاتر اعداد

صفر، یک، دو، سه. صفر، یک، دو، سه ... (صدای اعداد را می شنویم که پشت سرهم بروی صحنه می آیند). یک - بچّه ها، این صفر که پشت سر ما راه می ره، بهتر نیست بیاد جلو سه بنشینه، بعد ما به جای 123 می شویم 1230. دو - آنوقت باید بگیم: یک، دو، سه، صفر و این منطقی نیست. مثل این که از پله اول به پله دوم بعد به پله سوم و به جای پله چهارم به قبل از پله اول برسیم. این اصلاً منطقی نیست. یا بهتره بگم مسخره هم هست: یک، دو، سه، صفر!>>>