Date

LIBYA

سقوط قذافی و آینده ایران

به لحاظ ساختاری، رژیم ایران قرابت بیشتری به رژیم قذافی دارد

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
25-Aug-2011 (22 comments)
وضعیت ایران در برابر یک علامت سؤال بزرگ قرار گرفته است. بسیاری از تحلیلگران بر این نظرند که تحولات سوریه بیش از هر کشور دیگری بر ایران تأثیر خواهد گذارد. ولی به لحاظ ساختاری، رژیم ایران قرابت بیشتری به رژیم قذافی دارد و سرنوشت لیبی شاید بیش از هر تحول دیگر منطقه خاورمیانه و شمال آفریقا چشم‌انداز تحولات آینده ایران را ترسیم کند>>>

WOMEN

Colossal Inequity

These are not good times to be a woman and live in Iran

by Susan Stanton
25-Aug-2011 (2 comments)
Since the establishment of the Islamic Regime in Iran and a harsh enforcement of “Sharia Law” on the society, women have been the target of colossal inequity. The women of Iran differ from their counterparts in the Middle East; they defy boundaries. While the Parliament of Iran has been the instrument of granting a landslide of sweeping civil, legal, and family rights to men, women have been going door to door to fight for their rights>>>

JUNK

Blogomania

If you are a blog junkie like me, remember that computer has its limitations

by Ghahremani
25-Aug-2011 (one comment)
Before the dot-com revolution, I’d never heard the word “blog.” Then one day, I heard my kids talking amongst themselves about “blogs”. I listened in to make sure I had the word right before reaching for my big dictionary. Much to my chagrin, the dictionary jumped from ‘block” to ‘bloke” with no ‘blog’ in between. Oh, but by then I wasn’t about to give up. In fact, an obsession had started to build up inside me. I would never humiliate myself by asking my children>>>

POETRY

Lost Cypresses
by Majid Naficy
25-Aug-2011
"Where did those stately cypresses go?"
Lined up in a single row
Alongside a house with an auburn rooftop.
They were the evergreen signs of my trust,
When I would emerge from the street corner>>>