POETRY

The pomegranate tree at the very back
19-Sep-2007

From poetry collection, The Lover

a pomegranate orchard paints the ground
behind these stone-walled gardens

step outside from time to time
and take a walk along the trees
who silently wait for your attention

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LIFE

آخرین تانگو

فقط برای این آمده ای که از یاد من بکاهی ولی نمی توانی

19-Sep-2007 (one comment)
از دیشب که از سر کار بر گشتم به فکر دیدن دوباره فیلم آخرین تانگو در پاریس افتادم .یک حس خوبی در دیدن دوباره ی آن به من دست می دهد و شاید هم این بهانه ای باشد که از تو بنویسم .با صدای گوشی ام از خواب بیدار می شوم ولی از خستگی دوباره به رویا می روم .پرنده کوچکی از دی شب لانه اش را کنار پنجره ام درست کرده و با نوکش دائما به شیشه می زند و من این دفعه بیدار می شوم .>>>

POETRY

The Journey
19-Sep-2007 (2 comments)
Some may choose to work and save
Some will choose to rant and rave
Regardless of which one you choose
Every road ends at the cave >>>

COMEDY

دو روی سکه

نمایش هادی و صمد، ده سال بعد

19-Sep-2007
ده سال از نخستین دیدار و مصاحبه ی هادی خرسندی، طنزپرداز و شاعر، با صمد شخصیت نمایشی معروف، همان دهاتی ساده دل عاشق، گذشته است. اینبار خرسندی به تقلید از مُد جدید "تراپی" و بر اساس دستورات دکتر هلاکویی، صمد را بر روی تخت "تراپی" اش می خواباند تا دریابد در این فاصله ی ده ساله بر صمد و دیگر صمدهای سرزمینش چه تغییری حادث شده است.حاصل کار نمایشی است دو پرده ای در شش بخش که قرار است حدود پنجاه اجرا در سرتاسر اروپا داشته باشد.>>>

DRAMA

Axis of culture

Axis of culture

Benedictus: Iranian-Israeli-American collaboration

by Lanie Wieland
18-Sep-2007 (3 comments)

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PEOPLE

Poetry in portraits

Poetry in portraits

Photo essay: Iranians in the countryside

by Shiva Tadayoni
17-Sep-2007 (7 comments)

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ARCHITECT

Love at first site

It’s like playing Tetris in three dimensions all day long

17-Sep-2007
I had waited for this moment for a long time - ever since I was a little boy, my father would take me to construction sites. I have vivid memories of the slender, brown, glazed tiles in the stairwell of the seven story office building my father built in Tehran more than thirty years ago. I have vague recollections of him and his architect trying to figure out how to add a second basement after the building was nearly completed - something which they did while everyone held their breath. I remember going to pick out land with my parents and my sister for a house in a new development west of the city - Tract 103. I remember going to the Design Architect’s office with my dad. >>>

AUTHOR

The gardener

The gardener

Zara Houshmand book reading

by Jahanshah Javid
17-Sep-2007

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OUTDOORS

Public display of joy

Public display of joy

Street Festival, Saratoga, Northern California

by kfravon
16-Sep-2007

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POETRY

The wall
16-Sep-2007 (3 comments)
We will break a wall

To open a window

To Change everything

We will break a wall >>>

POETRY

Newton's 3rd Law
16-Sep-2007 (5 comments)
It was somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow
When I heard a sound
I turned and saw
My zealous goal approaching

How? I wondered,
Was I pushing the carriage,
But moving in an opposite direction?
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ART

On hands and feet

On hands and feet

Drawings

by Minoo Emami
15-Sep-2007 (4 comments)

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HUMOR

 پس از شنیدن صدای بوق

...و پیام های زیر ...پیغام بگذارید

15-Sep-2007 (9 comments)
پیغام گیر شاملو :

بر آبگینه ای از جیوه ء سکوت
سنگواره ای از دستان آدمی
تا آتشی و چرخی که آفرید
تا کلید واژه ای از دور شنوا
در آن با من سخن بگو
که با همان جوابی گویمت
آنگاه که توانستن سرودی است
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PEOPLE

Eat, drink & khosh baash

Eat, drink & khosh baash

Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, northern California

by kfravon
14-Sep-2007 (one comment)

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ART

Endless meaning

Endless meaning

Hadi Tabatabai's show, San Francisco

by Jahanshah Javid
14-Sep-2007 (one comment)

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BOOK

Common grounds

Israelis and Iranians hold an exaggerated and almost mythical view of each other

14-Sep-2007 (7 comments)
As similar as Israelis and Iranians are, recent Iranian immigrants to Israel experience difficulty in overcoming the cultural shock. The contrast between the traditional values of Iranian society and the liberal currents of Israeli society -- defined by the norms and culture of its European immigrants rather than by its Middle Eastern geography--could not be greater. I once had a conversation with an elderly Iranian Jew whom I sat next to during the bus ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Ehsaq (Isaac), as he was called, spared no love for the clerics in Tehran, but he liked to reminisce about the country in which he had spent most of his life. >>>

POETRY

لبخند
14-Sep-2007
گاهی هجوم صبح
گاهی میان حادثه  
گاهی من از فرط این همه راه
گاهی کنار ویرانه های گلدان
گاهی کنار چشمه های عسل
...
هنوز می بینم
کمی ترانه در باغ روییده است >>>

POETRY

دفتر شعرم گاهواره نام توست
14-Sep-2007 (one comment)
جاری ام
هرروز
از ارتفاع شیدایی
با نور آفتاب
بر شانه ی دیوار خانه ات
نشسته ام
به تماشای بوی سیب >>>

POETRY

To the last Baiji Dolphin
14-Sep-2007 (3 comments)
Hang in there, buddy
Swim on, no matter how much the river burns
People worshiped you for millenia
You were loved by old, young, strong and weak
But Three Gorges took over
It happens to the best of us. >>>

2500BC

Wrong direction

Wrong direction

Cartoons

by Ali
13-Sep-2007 (4 comments)

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