http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/azadi-i-am-near <p>Surrounded by the darkness of the night I cannot help but to think of Iran. For my nights may be dark in Europe but while my heart tells me of the darkness during the days in the streets of Tehran I can hear it break. Iran is not what it used to be and I cannot believe how it has come to this. </p> <p></p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/azadi-i-am-near">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/azadi-i-am-near#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:00:50 +0000 khazar_nl 69928 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/iran-rises <p>I did not grow up in Iran but when I crossed its borders eighteen years ago my heart refused to come with and so it is still there even though I am not. I am Iranian but I am not there to walk down the streets with my people, to take part in the demonstrations and shout out ‘allah akbar’ as loud as I can. Instead I sit here, faraway, hoping that perhaps this time god will finally show us just how great he is. </p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/iran-rises">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/khazar-nl/iran-rises#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:57:48 +0000 khazar_nl 68649 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main