Archive - Oct 31, 2011 - Article

Iranophobia Project

Allegations of an Iranian assassination plot in Washington follows well-calculated objectives when one considers that the allegations have surfaced at a time that the United States is grappling with dire economic conditions and is in deep trouble due to the ongoing developments in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s fragile situation, shaky position of Israel in the region, Iran’s special status, forthcoming US elections and the US plan to withdraw its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan>>>

Avenue Moniriyeh

Twenty years after she left Iran and knew she would never return, my mother sat alone in her house in California and talked the story of her life into a cassette recorder for me. The first tape arrived in springtime, a few weeks after No Rooz, the Iranian New Year. Eventually there would ten of them. The tapes always came marked up in Persian, and I couldn’t make out much more than my name when I opened the envelope and found the first one. I’d left home for graduate school on the East Coast the year before>>>

History will be kind

As I tried to pay close attention to both the gossiping women and the head-strong men arguing about Iranian history and politics, I took a good look around and carefully analyzed the people who filled the host's home with drinks, jokes and roars of laughter. These people had always been my image of the Persian culture and heritage. Thinking further, I had an interesting thought-a question,rather: what makes the Iranian people greatly different and exception in regards to their neighbors? My earliest and most immediate thought was Reza Shah the Great>>>

ناکامی جنسی ناگزیر

این روز‌ها چشم به هر سو بگردانیم با علائمی روبه‌رو می‌شویم که با بوق و کرنا به آدم‌ها گوشزد می‌کنند که سکس و رابطه جنسی خوب است، مهم است، بشتابید و سهم خود را بگیرید. همه قرار است عاشق باشند و حسودی، خیانت، طلاق و دل‌شکستگی از اخبار روزانه جراید عمومی است. از نوجوانان تا سالمندان در این موج وسیع کامیابی، با تمام توان تلاش می‌کنند تا از قافله عقب نمانند>>>

مارگریتا

روی پیراهن سفید بلند مارگریتا، عکس ماهی های قرمزی را کشیدم که در لا به لای جلبک های سبز شنا می کردند. نفس می کشیدند و حباب هایی روی سطح آب رودخانه درست می کردند. کمی آن ور تر سوزن بان تنهایی در سکوت مسیر قطارها را عوض می کرد. زندگی در لا به لای پیرهن مارگریتا چقدر زیباست>>>