Date

FALLOUT

No Nukes for Iran

Eliminate the threat of war

by Mohammad Alireza
20-May-2012 (45 comments)
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill (401 to 11) that calls for a military strike if Iran obtains nuclear "capability", which essentially means American lawmakers have lit the fuse for war. Now put this alongside the news that Saeed Jalili, secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council, repeatedly asked Catherine Ashton, the chief nuclear negotiator for the P5+1, that sanctions be removed>>>

THINK

ارزش جان انسان

حرفی برای اندیشیدن

by f yazdi
20-May-2012 (2 comments)
جوانی دور از وطن خود آواز می خواند تا با هنر خود دلها را شاد کند. عده ای آن را خوش ندارند. عده ای که نه قاضی هستند و نه کاره ای در سیستم قضایی. عده ای که خود را مافوق قانون کشوری و هر نظام بین المللی می دانند حکم قتلش را از آن سر دنیا صادر میکنند. جانش را بگیرید تا دیگر زبانش در جهت نارضایی ما نچرخد. این فرد نه قتلی کرده و نه جنایت>>>

CANADA

Pray or act?

Showing teeth to ordinary Iranian immigrants

by sam_yoogy
19-May-2012 (2 comments)
In the Iranian community here in Toronto a debate has started. Many see this matter as a good development, a turning point against potential financial supporters of Iranian regime who for decades have invested in Canada without any interference. They complain about many real estate investments by Chinese, Russian and Iranian investors that creates big headaches for the residents. On the other hand many insist that the sanctions enforced by Canadian financial institutions under government pressure only affect ordinary hard-working Iranians >>>

IDEAS

Conceptualizing Gender (4)

Freud’s fear of castration and penis envy

by Azadeh Azad
19-May-2012 (one comment)
Freud made the first lasting endeavor to give a scientific explanation of gender in psychoanalysis, the discipline he founded. He tampered with the seemingly natural matters of ‘femininity’ and ‘masculinity’ by investigating into their components. He realized that gender and adult sexuality were not naturally rigid, but were constructed through a lengthy and troubled process. According to Freud, humans have a bisexual disposition, and feminine and masculine inclinations cohabit in everyone>>>

SEPEHRI

سهراب چگونه شعر خود را می خواند؟
by Saeed Siadat
19-May-2012 (one comment)
کلمه خوشحال نسبت به غمگین, خوشحال است چون نقطه های خوشحال جهت بالا رونده دارند در حالی که در کلمه غمگین نقطه ها در پایین قرار دارند. خندان نسبت به گریان, خندان است چون نقطه ها در بالای حروف قرار دارند در حالی که در گریان نقطه ها در پایین است و مثل دو اشک در حال چکیدن هستند. خوشگل نسبت به زشت, خوشگل است >>>

POETRY

چشم براه
by Mahvash Shahegh
19-May-2012
می میرم و صد سال بعد
دوباره با آمدن بهار
از خاک جوانه می زند بدنم
و از سرمی گیرد زندگی.
>>>

MOJAHEDIN

What the Hillary?

U.S. state department poised to raise chances of war by delisting MEK?

by Robert Wright
17-May-2012 (16 comments)
The State Department, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, is poised to do something that could increase the chances of war with Iran. Let's set the context: We're in the midst of negotiations with Iran, trying to keep it from building a nuclear bomb. Within Iran there is disagreement about how hard a line to take in the negotiations. Obviously, all other things being equal, it would be good to strengthen moderate voices within Iran and undermine hardliners>>>

PERSIAN GULF

Internet Good?

When it comes to the "Gulf Wars," mullahs OK social media

by SofiaM
17-May-2012 (2 comments)
As the points continue to add up, the Islamic Republic of Iran is frantic to change the debate about Iran, yet again. Its recent focus on seeking to win the Persian Gulf – Arabian Gulf battle proves that the Islamic Regime in Tehran will play both sides of the coin if it means buying time for its nuclear weapons program. After discouraging Nowruz events year after year, essentially banning Zoroastrian inspired holidays and customs, and sometimes outlawing relics of pre-Islamic Persian culture, it seems very odd for the Mullahs to suddenly rally to save the name “Persian Gulf” >>>

MONEY

The Great Heist

U.S. Loots Iranian Assets

by Ardeshir Ommani
17-May-2012 (6 comments)
The report, citing the views of the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department, reiterates that the "FBI officials have suspected that the Alavi Foundation is using its Islamic centers as a means of penetrating the Black Muslim Community to recruit sympathizers." It goes as far as saying that "According to open source reports, black Muslims involved in the 1993 World Trade Center (WTC) bombing were recruited from mosques in Jersey City, NJ and Brooklyn." As we see the discoveries of the intelligence report needs no proof>>>

NUMBERS

Did We Shrink?

Iranians & the 2010 U.S. Census

by hossein.hosseini
17-May-2012 (11 comments)
Last month the much awaited results for the number of Iranians in the 2010 Census came out. Are you ready? The count is a whopping 289,465!! Say what? Ten years ago, in census 2000, we were told there are 338,000 Iranians. Did we shrink by 49,000? Now before you all bent out of shape and God forbid start an “Occupy Census Bureau” movement, let me explain. Trust me; I know a thing or two about numbers>>>

CULTURE CLASH

تفاوت فرهنگی و فجایع ناشی از آن

چند فرهنگی وقتی مثبت و سازنده است که فرهنگ‌های موجود در ان ارزش‌های اولیه برابری و آزادی انسانی را به رسمیت بشناسند

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
17-May-2012 (7 comments)
آنچه که در پرونده پاکستانی‌ها در بریتانیا اتفاق افتاد با آنچه که در برزیل به دست دیپلمات جمهوری اسلامی صورت گرفت، هر دو از فرهنگ مردانه‌ای بر می‌خیزد که نه فقط زن خودی را شیئ جنسی می‌شمارد که باید او را تحت کنترل داشت و بلکه به زن ناخودی (نامسلمان) به چشم طعمه‌ای نگاه می‌کند که می‌توان آن را تصاحب و تصرف کرد و مورد تجاوز قرار داد. در این فرهنگ، پسر خانواده حق دارد به هر نوع فعالیت جنسی بپردازد>>>

IDEAS

تأویل باید معتبر باشد

به باور من تنها یک فلسفه ی قرون وسطایی دینی بود که رگه هایی از خردگرایی در خود داشت

by Majid Naficy
16-May-2012
من تنها کوشیدم نشان دهم که بسیاری از مفسران دینی ما در نیم سده‌ی اخیر، با تزریق مفاهیم خودخواسته به کتاب های مقدس چون قرآن و اوستا، به سوءاستفاده ی آرمانی از این متون دست زده‌اند. من اگر چه در کار پژوهش، "تحلیل" علمی و اندیشه ی انتقادی را بر تعبیر و "تأویل" شهودی ترجیح می‌دهم، ولی ‌مخالف تفسیر متون ادبی‌، دینی و فلسفی ‌نیستم>>>

POETRY

حق نامه
by nilofar-shidmehr
16-May-2012
حق شاهین است آزادی و حق ما، نقی
ما همه آلوده و صافی شقی!

ما دهان رسته ی آزادگی
تو بیان بستگی، تخم لقی! >>>

RESEARCH

The Democratic Majorty

Iranians have democratic values

by Yuval Porat
14-May-2012 (12 comments)
In the high-stakes international discussions surrounding Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iran's 80 million people are often forgotten. So I, along with a small team of Israelis, decided to explore the driving forces of Iranian society. There have been signs, on the streets and over the Internet, of a battle raging between the country's Islamic fundamentalists and the proponents of freedom. The question we set out to explore is where the majority of the people stand>>>

BAHAIS

Education At All Costs

Despite uncertain future and the regime's ever-tightening noose

by Sohrab Ahmari
14-May-2012 (6 comments)
The rule barring 300,000 or so Bahais from Iran's colleges and universities remains in place. It is enforced with particular vigor by the hard-line government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even before Pohl's exposé, the Bahai community had begun seeking ways to educate its youth. Those efforts culminated in the establishment of a secret distance-education college operated by hundreds of volunteers inside and outside Iran>>>
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