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دو بیتی های ویژه ۳

مناظره عقل و عشق

by Mahmoud Seraji
25-Sep-2012 (28 comments)
گفتند برون کن زسر این عشق محال است
این خواب پریشان تو رویا و خیال است

گفتم که اگر خوابم  از این خواب چه خوشتر؟
بیدارم اگر، خواب مرا آفت حال است >>>

IRI

Talk But Look Beyond

Under intensified pressures, Khamenei could acquiesce

by Ray Takeyh
24-Sep-2012 (11 comments)
The latest tussle over red lines and deadlines on Iran’s nuclear program obscures some of the genuine dilemmas now confronting the international community. For a long time, the major powers had hoped that imposing strenuous sanctions on Iran could produce an interlocutor willing to negotiate honestly and to adhere to an exacting arms control agreement. But time may no longer permit the patient exercise of coercive diplomacy>>>

AFGHANISTAN

Getting Worse

The tide has turned against US-led forces

by Hossein Shahidi
23-Sep-2012 (2 comments)
I’ve just returned from a week in Kabul, where I took part in conferences. The flow of news and conversations with friends demonstrated that life in Afghanistan is filled with more tension than before. The Taliban who were overthrown by the US-led invasion in 2001 are now in control of many parts of Afghanistan, at least at night, and carry out repeated attacks in areas where they do not have direct power, including Kabul>>>

HOMELAND

A Wedding in Virginia

A hundred concurrent “likes” in Tehran

by Nizam Missaghi
23-Sep-2012 (9 comments)
I had the pleasure of flying across the country to attend a beloved friend’s wedding near Washington D.C., whom I have known since my childhood in Iran. The program started with a much emotional and solemn ceremony that was preceded by recounting of the heroic acts of several relatives of the bride and the groom who were notably absent at the celebration due to either being abducted, executed, or in jail as dissidents in the Islamic republic>>>

تبعید

چوب دو سر طلا

ایرانیان خارج از کشور

by Amir Ladan
23-Sep-2012
چرا نمی توانیم، قادر نیستیم و نمی خواهیم منسجم باشیم؟ شک، سوء ظن، بدبینی و بی اعتمادی که زائیدۀ رژیم های خودکامه، مستبد و خداسالار می باشند؛ این خصلت های بازدارنده، طی دوران در فرهنگ ما رخنه کرده و جا افتاده است. مانتسکیو می نویسد: "در ایران دامنۀ شک و تردید؛ بدبینی و بی اعتمادی نا متناهی و بی انتهاست." >>>

مهاجر

داستانهای استانبول ۸

ما دیگه تو ایران جایی نداریم. می‌خوایم بریم سرزمین موعود

by Namdar Nasser
23-Sep-2012 (one comment)
دو طرف در کنسولگری اسرائیل شش هفت تا پلیس اسلحه به دست وایساده بودن. از دور که نزدیک ‌شدیم ما رو زیر نظر گرفتن. به در بزرگ و آهنی که رسیدیم زنگ زدیم و منتظر شدیم. می‌دونستم از پشت شیشه قدی که اونورش‌رو نمی‌دیدیم انور ومن رو می‌دین. یه صدا از توی آیفون پرسید: کارتون چیه؟ گفتیم: ما یهودی هستیم. از ایران فرار کردیم>>>

POETRY

Waiting
by Azadeh Azad
23-Sep-2012 (4 comments)
I hear the dirty wounds of laughter
I touch the wreckage of kindness
I see the conceit of pig-nose foes
I smell the blood of frightened lives >>>

شعر

کجایی‌
by Nader Habibi
23-Sep-2012 (4 comments)
خداوندا بکن کاری بزن حرفی‌
و اگر نه من ترا اینسان دهم هشدار:

چو از بی‌رحمی ظالم، زند فریادها مظلوم
اگر ساکت بود ایزد، وجودش چون شود معلوم؟
>>>

WAR

The Consequences

US military forces can destroy Iran, but...

by Shahir ShahidSaless
21-Sep-2012 (4 comments)
The current deadlock lies in the polemics between two divergent doctrines. Iranians do not succumb to the US-led pressures because they surmise that retreat under coercion would represent the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, the Americans base their policies on the assumption that Iran’s government will surrender upon such time as sanctions finally threaten their survival. But what if the US assumption does not conform to reality which is most likely the case? Then what?>>>

YEAH!

Girl Power!

Iranian girls kick ass

by Siamack Baniameri
21-Sep-2012 (3 comments)
So picture this: you are a guy, walking down the street, minding your own business. All of a sudden, you notice a commotion. You walk over to check it out. Why not! After all, you are unemployed... and don’t need to get your opium fix for another hour. So, you fight your way through the crowd and find a nice spot in the front. You see a mullah arguing with a group of young girls. You notice the girls wearing tight jeans, tight dresses, tons of makeup and headscarves that are practically hanging over their shoulders>>>

NIAC

The Truth. The Whole Truth. And, Nothing But the Truth.

Falling victim to rumors and lies

by Nobar Elmi
21-Sep-2012 (76 comments)
As the Director of Community Outreach & Programming at the largest Iranian-American grassroots organization, I have the pleasure of regularly meeting and speaking with Iranian Americans from across the country. These conversations leave me proud of our culture and appreciative of our diversity. However, these interactions have also shed some light on one issue I find particularly painful, which is the fact that our community often falls prey to the rumor mill and conspiracy theories>>>

نیما

مشکل زبان در شعر نیما

کدام گوینده ی بزرگی ست که آثار او بی نقص باشد؟

by Majid Naficy
21-Sep-2012 (3 comments)
نوآوری های نیما در زمینه ی موسیقی کلام، صور خیال و مضامین شعر، امروزه کم و بیش از سوی جامعه ی روشنفکری ایران به رسمیت شناخته شده است، ولی مشکل زبان شعر او همچنان پابرجاست. گروهی این دشواری را به حساب عدم تسلط او به زبان فارسی می گذارند>>>

شعر

دوبیتی های ویژه ۲

مناظره عقل و عشق

by Mahmoud Seraji
21-Sep-2012 (24 comments)
گفتند ترا ترک کنم با دل و جانم
نام تو دگر بار نیارم به زبانم

دیدم که جهان بی تو نیا رزد که بمانم  
گفتم، نتوانم، نتوانم، نتوانم >>>

مقدسات

عادت کنید

مسخره کردن مقدسات مذاهب بیشتر خواهد شد و مسلمانان ناچارند به این واقعیت اجتناب‌ناپذیر عادت کنند

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
19-Sep-2012 (9 comments)
در دنیای اینترنت و ارتباطات سریع، همه روزه ممکن است در گوشه و کنار جهان و به خصوص در دنیای غرب که آزادی بیان تضمین شده است فرد یا افرادی محصولی بیرون دهند که به زعم افراطیان مسلمان نوعی توهین به عقیده یا مقدسات آنان تلقی شود. آیا قرار است که مسلمانان پیوسته در حال اعتراض باشند و هر روز به این یا آن سفارت‌خانه یا مؤسسات غربی حمله کنند و خرابی بار آورند و آدم بکشند؟>>>

UK

Married by the Qu'ran, Divorced by the Bible

Temporary marriage should be accepted in UK

by Lady Katrina
19-Sep-2012 (12 comments)
British Court has been asked to decide if a devoted Shia Muslim wife is entitled to a divorce from a devoted Shia Muslim husband on the basis that he married another woman in a temporary second marriage. Aghdas Zare, daughter of Hagi Hassan Zare, one of the wealthiest land owners in Tehran, petitioned to the British Court that as she is now a British citizen, it is totally unreasonable for her to be part of a polygamous marriage>>>
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