Date

HEDAYAT

Bombay "Blind Owl"

A new translation of Sadegh Hedayat's classic work

by Naveed Noori
13-Mar-2012 (3 comments)
The aim of this translation is to provide an accurate and updated translation based on the definitive Bombay edition. My method began with a translation very close to the original Persian to preserve each sentence and its meaning. Next, repetitive proofreading and editing were undertaken to improve the flow and bring the text closer to the center. The result is the retention of untranslatable Persian words (with footnotes), the use of atypical English words and phrases to convey the Persian, and the use of the dash as it appears in the Bombay edition>>>

SPRING

بهار در پایتخت

چند هایکو واره

by Mahvash Shahegh
13-Mar-2012 (one comment)
شکوفه های گیلاس
چون بیشتر امریکائیان
از آن ور آب آمده اند

صورتی، رنگ رهائی
از قرمز و آبی
بر این، توافق همگانی
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من رای دادم
by Alef Mahan
13-Mar-2012 (one comment)
رای دادم
و چه دانی تو رای‌دادن چیست؟
به شكافِ صندوق فروبرم قلم را
و همانجا نویسم راست
اسم و رسم و شماره >>>

MEDIA

Lessons From Another War

Inability of journalists to understand the other side

by Earl Wilson
12-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
Nine years after the start of the Iraq war, the scene has shifted to Iran, and Mr. McNulty has a more detached view of events, as co-director of the National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University. Now he cautions journalists against falling again for a kind of siren song: “the narrative of war.” “The narrative of war, or anticipating war, is a much stronger narrative than the doubters have,” he said. “It is an easier story to write than the question of, well, is it really necessary?”>>>

VIEW

Military Action?

Why Not Rule it Out?

by Alec Shelbrooke
12-Mar-2012 (4 comments)
My opposition to military action against Iran was embedded in the experience of Iraq. To this day I simply will not support a unilateral military campaign. An attack tomorrow would simply be the best recruiting agent for a major war with the West, and the objectives would also be highly unclear. So, with this in mind, can I be opposed to any military action with Iran? To answer this I need to address my overriding key principle; that politicians have the highest moral responsibility above all else to prevent the deaths of innocent people>>>

REALITY TV

The bad, the worse and the ugly

Bravo's "Shahs of Sunset"

by Gina Nahai
12-Mar-2012 (23 comments)
To say that the “Shahs of Sunset” is “bad” would be a redundancy, given that it’s a so-called “reality show.” These days, even the most trusting television viewer knows there’s nothing “real” about reality TV. As Time magazine put it six years ago, “Quotes are manufactured, crushes and feuds constructed out of whole cloth, episodes planned in multi-act ‘storyboards’ before taping, scenes stitched together out of footage shot days apart.”>>>

SIAVASH

داستان سیاوش: آیا جنگ و خونریزی اجتناب ناپذیر بود؟

آیا می‌شد از فاجعه جلوگیری کرد؟

by AFarzaneh
12-Mar-2012 (one comment)
سیاوش، شاهزاده‌ی ایرانی، در جنگی که بین ایران و توران در می‌گیرد، فرمانده‌ی سپاه ایران است. پس از سه روز جنگ، سپاه توران وادار به عقب‌نشینی می‌شود. افراسیاب، شاه توران، پیشنهاد صلح می‌کند. سیاوش از او می‌خواهد برای تضمین صلح، صد نفر گروگان نزد او بفرستند و شهرهای ایران را که قبلاً تصرف کرده باز پس دهد>>>

POETRY

یادواره‌ی رنگین کمان و رگبار بهار
by Jahangir Sedaghatfar
12-Mar-2012 (4 comments)
آبستن صفاست ، ابر
ز غُرُنبش او
 پیداست
که پا به زاست، ابر.
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DISARMAMENT

Let's Get Even

Nuclear free zone is in the long-term interest of both Iran and Israel

by Ali Fathollah-Nejad
10-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
It is high time for a regional security architecture in Western Asia. Both the U.S. and the EU should actively be engaged in assisting such a process, which would require nothing less than a paradigm shift. In order to lay a first foundation stone and at the same time send out de-escalating signals to Tel Aviv and Tehran, active political support from the West will be crucial to make the first UN Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference a success>>>

PAHLAVI

The Unacknowledged Anachronism of Iran

Many claim they -- unlike the Shah -- knew Khomeini would come to power

by Doost daaram pas hastam
10-Mar-2012 (24 comments)
Abbas Milani is one of the best Iranian historians. He conducts a lot of “primary source” research and has a reasonable approach to facts. I have not seen him to intentionally misrepresent facts. But he is wrong about a critical analysis of Iranian history under the Shah. He is not really wrong about the simple facts but rather misses the larger context. Mr Milani places the primary blame for Iran's Islamic revolution on the Shah.>>>

BAHAI

دین بهائی در امریکا (۳ - آخر)

نخستین ایرانی مدافع حقوق زنان و سیاهان درامریکا

by Soheila Vahdati
10-Mar-2012
امریکای 1912 شاهد اوج گرفتن مبارزات حق طلبانه قشرهای گوناگون از جمله زنان و سیاهپوستان بود. زنان از پیشروترین مبارزان اجتماعی و از پیشروان فعالیت اجتماعی در امریکا بودند. بسیاری از زنان فعال و روشنفکر خواهان دیدار عبدالبهاء بودند و برخی زنان خبرنگار با عبدالبهاء درباره اعتقاداتش به برابری زنان به گفتگو نشسته و در این باره مقاله نوشتند>>>

NOVEL

Veiled Romance

Romantic thriller set in revolutionary Iran

by Simon Ebrahimi
10-Mar-2012 (one comment)
"Veiled Romance", features a strong female protagonist who risks all for love, unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of Tehran during the first months of Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution, and is inspired by my personal experiences and observations being in Iran during that time period. Simon Ebrahimi was born and raised in Jewbareh, the Jewish ghetto of Esfahan, Iran. He studied management and finance in England before returning to Iran, where he was a partner with an international accounting firm>>>

POETRY

بر باد نرفته

برای عزت گوشه‌گیر و روزانه نگاری غربت اش

by Mahasti Shahrokhi
10-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
روزنگاری  هایم ،
آثار منتشر نشده ام ،
مقالات  چاپ نشده ام ،
خاطرات  روزهای بر باد رفته ام ،
مجموعه  دوری های غربتم،
حدیث  هجرتم، >>>

NUCLEAR

Israel’s Escalating Rhetoric

By following Israel in lawlessness, the US is sullying its own constitution

by Abolala Soudavar
08-Mar-2012 (3 comments)
Israel explains the bombing of Iran as a necessity to avert an existential threat. But how can Iran pose an existential threat to Israel? In the worst case scenario, Iran must kick out the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors; shut down cameras that constantly monitor its nuclear operation; then enrich Uranium from 20% to bomb grade, which it hasn’t done yet; and then produce a nuclear bomb, for which it may or not have the technology>>>

WAR

توافق بر حمله به ایران، اختلاف در زمان

خطر جنگ هم‌چون شمشیر داموکلس بر سر مردم ایران سایه افکنده

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
08-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
آمریکا و اسراییل بر یک موضع مشترک تأکید کرده‌اند و آن این است که نباید گذاشت جمهوری اسلامی به سلاح اتمی دست پیدا کند. این سخن به خصوص در هفته‌های گذشته بارها از زبان مقامات اسراییلی و آمریکایی شنیده شده است. هر دو کشور نیز تأکید کرده‌اند که اگر لازمه این امر حمله نظامی باشد در کاربرد آن درنگ نخواهند کرد. ولی دو کشور در مورد دو مسئله اساسی مربوط به این امر اختلاف دارند>>>
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