Archive - May 2012 - Article

Bravo, Obama!

Let’s hear it for the President. Bravo! Bravo is also Italian for brave and it takes a brave man and a strong heart to come out in favor of gay marriage in a country dominated by the raucous—and nefarious—Koch Brothers, Rush whats-his-name and assorted religious freaks. Whether Biden had been encouraged a few days ago or not to “force” Obama into making his own position clear is open to speculation but the result is what counts here>>>

When Oil Runs Out

For most people, the Middle East (ME) is synonymous with oil. Economies of most major ME countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and the U.A.E. are based on oil. Today over a third (38% to be exact) of all oil produced worldwide is used for transportation; automobiles and trucks. What would happen if people and businesses stopped using gasoline for their cars and diesel for their trucks?>>>

ترانهِ توهین به همه

ترانه جدید شاهین نجفی تند و بی پروا است. لحن بی حرمت کننده و بی در و پیکرش به هرچه که در ایران امروز است تاخته… توی این احوالات خشن و بی حرمت کننده که رئیس جمهور غاصب، مردم وطنش را خس و خاشاک می نامد… حکومتی که توهین، فحاشی و تصویر زننده از مردم کوچه و خیابان دادن هایش، شلاق ها و اعدام ملا عام هایش، روح و روان مردم را جریحه دار کرده… >>>

اروتیسم زنبور

كِی بیارزد عسل
به سلامِ زنبور؟
زنِ بورم دوش‌ به لب آورد:
عسلم سلام! >>>

جمهوری خامنه‌ای

با روی کار آمدن خامنه‌ای، ولایت فقیه صفت «مطلقه» به خود گرفته بود و او بر آن شد که نظام جمهوری اسلامی را آن گونه که می‌خواهد شکل دهد و اجازه چون و چرا به کسی ندهد. او که اعتبار و اقتدار معنوی خمینی را نداشت، تنها می‌توانست با حذف هر عنصر و نیرویی که در برابر او کمترین مخالفت و انتقادی را پیش بکشد به این هدف دست یابد>>>

Neocon Upstart Attacks Academic Freedom

I thought it would be a typical Thursday at work last week, but as soon as I arrived to the office, an associate pulled me aside and pointed to a series of defamatory tweets against me and the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the organization for which I intern. The tweets were directed at me by neoconservative upstarts Sohrab Ahmari and Peter Kohanloo in response to comments I tweeted (here and here) regarding an article written by Ahmari demonizing American academics who had recently traveled to Iran>>>

About "Out of the Gray"

First, I wish to tell you a brief story behind this interview. Manoucher Parvin was my professor of mathematical economics at Columbia University some forty years ago. I was a Fulbright Scholar heading to Gdansk Poland to do post-graduate work in foreign trade. Professor Parvin persuaded me to pursue my studies at Warsaw University instead. To my surprise, I was allowed to do that>>>

Dear God, Go Home

I have had this yeuk for many years, to directly write to you and if you don’t mind me saying so tell you a few things that are really pissing me off. I am not expecting to receive any answer from you; apparently you don’t talk with or write to your subjects, according to human’s records this is a habit of yours since your birth about 4000 years ago, your taciturn character is killing some of us! >>>

شاش بندان

بشاش سر جدت،
مادر زار می زد، ولی دختر
نمی شاشید و گلدان های خانه
بی آب مانده بودند>>>

سرود های ماندگار عشق -۹

آنچه به یک سبزه نهان داده اند
زندگی خوش به جهان داده اند

حاصل این سبزه که در اختفا ست
عامل بی چون و چرای بقاست
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Dareyne Jan

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When Google fails to google!

Google’s claim that it didn’t intend to take a stance with regards to correctly naming the Persian Gulf in its maps is a big fabrication, to say the least. A decision with the risk of inflaming the feelings of millions of people in Iran and around the world is not made without forethought and deliberation. Google has been well aware of the rogue and in my view evil effort of changing a historic name – the Persian Gulf>>>

Conceptualizing Gender (3)

Bryan Turner, who has developed the sociology of the body, examines bodies as “objects over which we labour: eating, sleeping, cleaning, dieting, exercising”. He puts forward the concept of “individual and collective body practices”, which refers to the ways in which the body is tackled by social labour and activity. Body practices, which, to a great extent, could be done in social institutions, are related to the creation of gender>>>

خلیج

و به خود می گویم این بار که:
به راستی در لغت نامه ی ذهنم ز دیر باز
این
یکی واژه "فارس" نیست مگر
که "خلیج" را اعتبار بخشیده در جغرافیای خاک؟ >>>

بازار ادویه ی اصفهان

امروز به راسته ی ادویه کوبان می روم
تا یک بار دیگر به ذرات آفتاب بنگرم
که از روزن آسمانه ی بازار به پایین می ریزند
و از مادر بپرسم که آیا می توانم
انگشت کوچکم را
در این آبشار روشن فرو کنم؟ >>>