Archive - Nov 18, 2012 - Article

Part 2: Why I think Reza Shah was an idiot

Going back to our beloved self-proclaimed king, no doubt Reza Pahlavi meant well for his country and he chose the method that made most sense to HIM but my argument is that in the process of making major physical infrastructural changes he got in the way of substantially greater evolutionary change in a deeply rooted tradition which Iran is still suffering from. And that tradition is patriarchal rule>>>

Good cinema, bad history

It is to Ben Affleck’s credit that although we know things will go as planned in the film as they did in reality, we are kept on the edge of our seat as one setback follows another. Where the director treads on more shaky ground is the history behind the story. Is this important? Does it matter? It certainly does, if only to avoid snap judgments and paint historical figures with a simplistic brush>>>

The End of An Era

Everyone is dying. Lately I have attended too many funerals, burials and memorial services. “What’s going on?” I asked my husband. “We haven’t seen a wedding in more than a year, but there seems to be a funeral every single month!” My wise man nodded. “You’re right, but there’s a good reason for that. Our generation is at the age when our elders leave us, most of our kids are married or live far away, and with their graduations behind us, there’s little excitement left.”>>>

Oh, how I wish

There were no BORDERS, no FRONTIERS,
No WALLS splitting whole of the Planet....
Oh how I wish
We were all compatriots, arms in arms upon ONE LAND
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Fire

I gained the wind
And you the fire.
Ignite!
So we can dance
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