ABJEEZ

Intelligent Chords

A conversation with Abjee Melody Safavi

by Nazy Kaviani
15-Nov-2010 (3 comments)
The Abjeez Band will be coming to the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, December 4, 2010, to perform at the Great American Music Hall. I had a chance to chat with Melody (a.k.a. AbjeeZooloo!) of Abjeez Band this week. The fabulous band is kicking off their American tour in the San Francisco in a short few weeks, and I wanted to find out what to expect so that I could come and tell you!>>>

HERITAGE

Fars

History of an historic province, part I

by Nabil Rastani
14-Nov-2010 (3 comments)
The southern province of Fars is generally hot and humid with mountains and lakes. Sub-tropical forests cover the southern strip of the province which causes agriculture and wildlife to flourish. There are three distinct climatic regions in the Fars Province. First, the mountainous area of the north and northwest with moderate cold winters and mild summers secondly, the central region, with relatively rainy mild winters, and hot dry summers>>>

KAFKA

مادام بوواری

بارها وقتی آقای کافکا نامه هایش را برای آلبرت کامو می خواند به عشق ناب او غبطه می خوردم

by hadi khojinian
14-Nov-2010 (7 comments)
هر روز راس ساعت دوازده‍ ‍‍‍ظهر با هم عشق بازی می کردیم. صدایی از ما بر نمی آمد. مادام بوواری بی صدا هم خوابگی می کرد چون دلش نمی خواست کسی صدایش را بشنود. شوهرش اگر می فهمید حتمن بلایی سرش می آورد. آقای کافکا با اینکه کتاب های آلبرت کامو را خوانده بود ولی دلش هوای خانم بوواری را داشت>>>

UN

For Women, Against Women?

Reconsidering IRI's denial of a seat at the UN women's committee

by Goudarz Eghtedari
12-Nov-2010 (14 comments)
This notion of seeing isolation as a tool for regime change is not anything new. We saw this when FIFA denied Iranian female young soccer players a place at the world youth Olympics in Singapore because of their outfit, some argued that their government sanctioned outfit is a degrading item, not counting the sad impact on those young players itself who had lived for that dream. A few years ago known activists constantly demonstrated against a Berlin women's soccer club, which was planning to go to Iran and play the Iranian national team>>>

NUCLEAR

Masking Motives

Iran expert Trita Parsi on nuclear stalemate

by Michael Coleman
12-Nov-2010 (52 comments)
When Trita Parsi founded the National Iranian American Council in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, he hoped to give a voice to Iranians in the United States who condemned the terrorist attacks as vehemently as most natural-born Americans did. In the years since, the council has grown to include several thousand members and its role has taken on a more complex — and some say controversial — mission>>>

THANKS

Run Out From Here and Left Out of There!

It is amazing how little compassion the Iranian Muslims receive

by Ghahremani
12-Nov-2010 (4 comments)
I recently heard a talk by an Iranian-American writer, Angella Nazarian, who like many other immigrants has a sad story to tell. In her book, Life As A Visitor, she describes her emigration from Iran at age eleven. While I found her to be a skilled speaker in command of her audience, I saw a much bigger picture and a nagging question prevented me from enjoying the event. “What about all the others?” Too many Iranians have suffered the aftermath of the last four decades’ political and social changes>>>

POETRY

The tea party
by jamh
12-Nov-2010 (2 comments)
Just like you
I like my tea golden red
strong and served hot
in a clear and small cup.
>>>

POETRY

باز هم باران
by Mehman
12-Nov-2010 (13 comments)
این چه زیبایی است
نهفته در بارش باران
که با هر آمدنش،
با هر تراوش دانه هایش
می چکد سروده ای بر کاغذ
از خامه ام؟
>>>

VIEW

Think Again

Iran to defend women's rights and philosophy?

by Bernard-Henri Lévy
10-Nov-2010 (3 comments)
The first concerns World Philosophy Day, organized every November by UNESCO and which, it has been decided, will be held this year in -- Tehran! Before the incredulousness and disturbance the news caused in philosophical circles, the organizers attempted to duck the issue by scheduling a pre-opening, in Paris, on November 18th, followed by a series of meetings in the days thereafter in Mexico, Tunis, or Dakar. But they did not go so far as to cancel the days in Tehran. So, if things remain as they are, one will philosophize from November 21st to 23rd in one of the world's capitals of fanaticism and tyranny>>>

NUCLEAR

Deal or No Deal

Proposal to swap Iran's low enriched uranium all for show

by Emma Belcher
10-Nov-2010 (8 comments)
The Obama administration is preparing the ground for tougher sanctions on Iran by pushing to revive last year's ill-fated fuel swap deal. The renewed proposal to swap Iran's low enriched uranium for research reactor fuel is not a serious attempt at engagement, as the Unites States knows it will likely fail. Instead, it is intended to depict the United States as a reasonable negotiating partner, and Iran as a duplicitous state bent on obtaining the bomb at all costs. This could increase support for harsher international sanctions that are more strictly implemented>>>

U.S.-IRAN

سیاست اوباما در برابر ایران سخت‌تر می‌شود؟

اوباما برای جبران ناکامی‌های خود در داخل ممکن است سیاست خارجی تهاجمی‌تری را در قبال ایران پیش بگیرد

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
10-Nov-2010 (3 comments)
در صحنه خارجی، به خصوص در رابطه با ایران، جمهوری‌خواهان اوباما را زیر فشار قرار خواهند داد. ایران هم‌چنان یکی از هدف‌های نظامی نومحافظه‌کاران آمریکا است. این هدف در دوران حکومت بوش دوم در دستور کار آنان قرار گرفت، و خطر حمله نظامی به ایران بارها در آن دوره هشت ساله پیش آمد. البته در آن سال‌ها برخی معتقد بودند که آمریکا هیچ گاه چنین قصدی نداشته، و تکرار این جمله معروف بوش که «گزینه نظامی روی میز است» تنها به قصد تهدید ایران بوده است>>>

STORY

جوراب و دستکش بهاره

نسیم آرامی بود ولی ناگهان جوراب و دستکش‌ها شروع کردند به جنبیدن

by Fatemeh Zarei
10-Nov-2010 (4 comments)
این کار هر روز من است. بی آن که بدانم چه کسی آن را مقرر کرده و بی آن که بدانم چرا، تمام عمرم که نمی دانم چه قدر است، هر روز با یک دستمال سفید همه جا را تمیز می کنم. همه جا را پله‌ها، سالن، تمام نیمکت‌ها، گلدان‌ها، شمعدان‌ها و شمعدانی‌های باغچه، محراب اصلی، کف سنگی راهرو و آن در سبز باریک را. فقط دستم به گنبد و پرنده‌هایش نمی‌رسد. آنها ‌هم بعضی اوقات می آیند پایین و من با دستمال سفیدم گردگیری‌اشان می‌کنم، البته گنبد که نه فقط پرنده‌ها>>>

POETRY

دوستی
by Farah Afshari
10-Nov-2010 (5 comments)
‫به تو نگاه میکنم
‫از پس پنجره های مه آلود دوری
‫و می دانم
‫تو
‫از تنهایی خود
‫به جز من
‫با کسی سخن نخواهی گفت >>>

POLICY

Back in the Bush

Time for Obama to call his opponents' bluff on Iran

by jamal.abdi
08-Nov-2010 (16 comments)
With Republicans now sharing the burden of governing in the next Congress, President Barack Obama has an opportunity to define the terms of the Iran debate instead of spending two more years capitulating to a Democratic Congress worried about appearing weak or out of sync with hardliners on the Iran issue. For a president who ran on the promise of fighting the "smallness" of Washington's political discourse that is unequipped for the immensity of the challenges America faces, few issues suffer more from that "smallness" than the Iran debate>>>

PRISONER

Special Case

Focus on Majid Tavakoli

by Reza Mohajerinejad
08-Nov-2010 (19 comments)
Anyone who has ever lived in a dictatorship knows what happens if you question the leader. If you question the leader of a dictatorship, whether it is by taking some action or simply having a thought that contradicts the leader’s doctrine, and if they capture you, you will face treatment that is unimaginable. If you question the leader of a dictatorship, you will be imprisoned. If you question the leader of a dictatorship, you will become a political prisoner. As a political prisoner, you will likely face day after day of interrogation and torture>>>
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