NOT FUNNY

Absurd Mind Control

It's hard to make light of the plight of my people, the Bahais

by Omid Djalili
11-Jul-2011 (12 comments)
Back in the mid-90s in my show I'm A Short Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son, I touched on cultural clashes that shaped my personality as an Iranian immigrant in Britain. Authenticity is paramount for a comedian, and as I prepare to tour a new standup show I'm getting braver: this time, I will be exploring what it is like to be an Iranian born into a Bahai family. The plight of the Bahai community in Iran has served as a backdrop to my life growing up in London, particularly since the Islamic revolution in 1979>>>

IDEAS

One State Solution

Towards a different view of Palestinian and Israeli struggle

by Tooraj Azadkar
11-Jul-2011
There is another alternative to the two-state solution: If Israeli people and others do not accept a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state, then Palestinians and Arabs within the occupied territories should demand full rights of citizenship within Israel. They can then participate in the same democracy that Israel is affording its Jewish citizens and vote to change the current government of Israel and even change the name of Israel back to Palestine>>>

LIFE

تیرک چوبی کنار ساحل

اجساد مردگان از میان گورها بلند شده بودند تا به احترام کشته ی جدید قیام کنند

by hadi khojinian
11-Jul-2011 (11 comments)
در ساعت گرگ و میش بود که در اتاق ها باز شد. صدایش کردند. حوله ی حمام به دست گرفت با چشم بند خاکستری. لنگان لنگان زیر دوش ایستاد. رگه های ولرم آب از شانه هایش گذشت. کف پایش خیس شد. غسل گرفت. در سه دقیقه کارش تمام شد. تیر خلاصی را همبازی دوران کودکی اش زد. بی هیچ آشنا زدایی! >>>

STORY

مرِگِ خاکستری

خاکستری با دعوای آخرِ پدر و مادرش ضربه نهایی را خورد

by Mehran AS
11-Jul-2011
در زمانهای گذشته، خانواده ایی سه نفری زندگی می کرد متشکل از خانم سفید، آقای سیاه و فرزندشان که اسمش خاکستری بود. قبل از شروع داستان لازم است توضیحی در مورد پدر و مادر خاکستری بدهم. مادر خاکستری متعلق به قبیلۀ سفیدها بود و پدر خاکستری به قبیلۀ سیاه ها>>>

VIEW

Why Did Iran Say "NO"

... to U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights?

by Omid Memarian
09-Jul-2011 (one comment)
Despite all political and moral pressure Iran faces worldwide, it has designed its narrative in such a way that it calls every UN resolution an American one, and instead of responding to the cases of human rights violations in Iran, it attacks Washington directly and offers instances of human rights violations in the U.S. It's not surprising that attacking the U.S. on human rights appeals to some countries, particularly those that, next to Iran, bear a similar international pressure>>>

IDEAS

ملایان و نادر شاه افشار

تلاش برای گسستن ِ گونه های گوناگون بند ِ بندگی آغاز شده و نسیمش به ما نیز رسیده است

by Nadereh Afshari
08-Jul-2011 (15 comments)
نادر شاه بنیانگزار دودمان افشاریه شد و دوازده سال از سال 1114 تا 1126 خورشیدی [امسال سال 1390 است] پادشاه ایران بود. اینجا میخواهم تنها به بخش خاصی از زندگی نادر بپردازم که در تاریخ 1400 ساله ی ما نمونه اش ناچیز است. حكومت مذهبی/خرافاتی صفویان شیعه نخست توسط محمود افغان و سپس توسط نادر شاه افشار پس از 240 سال حكومت ِ توام با جنایت و تفرقه ‌افكنی مذهبی منقرض شد>>>

DRAMA

Rosvaie

Story of five women sharing unfruitful love lives

by Roya Jahanbin
08-Jul-2011 (16 comments)
Rosvaie, or scandal, is the name of a new play by Saam Theatre Company in London. The play is the love child of the director, Sousan Farrokhnia, and actors who never had any acting experience or training before. Farrokhnia, with more than 30 years of experience in theatre, once again proved to be a master in her field, turning the female cast into professionals in less than 6 weeks. The play is the story of five women sharing their unfruitful love lives with each other and the audience>>>

EULOGY

In Memory of Mom

Boundless heart of Mehry P. Nejat, a unique mother

by Farideh Nejat
08-Jul-2011 (4 comments)
To “bereave” is to live in a sad or lonely state – a state typically brought on by a loss or death. When a loving tie is severed, an emotional reaction which we call “grief” is set in motion. Grief and bereavement are what we are experiencing now. This commemoration is also intended to honor the memory of a woman who leaves behind a legacy of strength. That legacy should serve as an example for many>>>

AMERICA

My Father's Play

He had written it without hope of ever becoming an American

by siamak vossoughi
08-Jul-2011
My father wrote a play. Before then, I hadn't known that it was possible to be sad about Americans. I hadn't known that it was all right to be sad about Americans, rather. I certainly hadn't known that it was beautiful, although I was beginning to see that sadness and beauty were closely related. In the play, there are men and women divorcing and re-marrying, with a regularity that to us was American>>>

POETRY

طلسم شده
by akoohbor
08-Jul-2011 (3 comments)
من برهنه به دنیا آمدم
لیک پوشیده از دنیا خواهم رفت
حرف هایت را بپوشان
بدنت را بپوشان >>>

POETRY

گنبد واژگون و دوار
by Mahmoud Seraji
08-Jul-2011 (3 comments)
در سینه تنگ و خسته من
یک نکته نه! بلکه صد هزاران

رازیست که تاب گفتنم نیست
دردی است مرا که نیست درمان
>>>

VIEW

Peace is War

Keys to 21st-century citizenship

by John Tarnoff
06-Jul-2011
Reflecting on the July 4th weekend, I'm struck by how we traditionally use the holiday to commemorate our war heroes. While I have tremendous respect for those who serve in the military, 21st century citizenship needs to reframe the meaning of nationalism and civic pride as a commemoration of Peace, not War. In the ecology of the new millennium, War is, more than ever, a zero-sum game for all involved. We are beginning to understand that there are no longer any winners in War. Instead, we must wage Peace>>>

SILENCE

سکوت= سهیم در جنایت

آیا برای اعتراض به این آدم‌کشی‌های گسترده امروز احساس وظیفه‌ای نمی‌کند؟

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
06-Jul-2011 (3 comments)
حال و روز بسیاری از زندانیان نگران کننده و وخیم است. انور خضری و کامران شيخه دو زندانی کرد در اعتصاب غذای طولانی به سر می‌برند و حال ايوب قنبر پوريان و حسین رونقی ملکی وخیم گزارش شده است. به اضافه نمونه‌های بسیار دیگری که در این مختصر نمی‌گنجد. و دردناک‌تر از همه این‌ها، خبر قتل عام‌های مخفی در زندان‌های ایران است که از مدت‌ها پیش شروع شده و هم‌چنان ادامه دارد>>>

WOMEN

Capturing Confinement

Ghazale Ghazanfari's photography

by Maziar Ghaderi
06-Jul-2011 (2 comments)
Internet: the megaphone of the people brought me the artwork of Tabriz-based photographer, Ghazale Ghazanfari. I first stumbled upon the dark textures and subtle emotions of her images on Iranian.com months ago, and the impression left was just as difficult to shake as tracking her down for an interview. The 24-years-old artist is completing her MA in Industrial Design in Tabriz: a kind and modest city in the far northwest corner of Iran near the borders of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Her conceptual photos play on morbid backdrops of loneliness, abandonment, self-reflection >>>

VOTE

If I shall rise...

“... and if you would rise, everyone will.”

by Ghahremani
06-Jul-2011 (3 comments)
Hamid Mosaddegh’s poem points to the fact that change may begin with one, but it will only lasts when a group joins hands. And I am grateful for a life-changing experience that came about through the help of a community. What began as a gift to my best friend, and later became a legacy to my three first generation children, is now the quest of a people. I am referring to my debut novel, Sky of Red Poppies, and to its recent nomination for the next "One Book, One San Diego">>>
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