POETRY
اوغ . همش اوغ
دل و روده اتو بیرون می ریزی
باید پس بدی
گذشته رو تو ذهنت بالا بیاری
حتی اینجام تو مسئولی
گناه کاری
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TORONTO
Photo essay: Postcards form Canada
by
Shahrokh Setoudeh >>>
OCCUPATION
Free speech and underground culture
Most people know that Iran is occupied by an Islamist regime but not all understand to what degree this occupation pervades. As an Iranian film-maker who was born and raised under the reign of the Islamic regime, I can show in my work the injustice and inequality of my society. Ahmadinejad pushed for militarization of the regime and reestablished the Islamic fundamentalism in Iran, censorship was imposed rapidly and film making and cinema were under complete restriction by the government
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ALARM
Concern over the imminent execution of a female Kurdish political prisoner
by Soraya Fallah
Zaynab Jalalian, a 27 years old Kurdish woman, was arrested in Kermanshah in early 2007. She was dispatched to the infamous Sanandaj prison soon after. This is the same prison which bears witness to Ehsan Fattahian’s execution, and the tragedy of two sisters Nasrin and Shahla Ka'bi who were violently annihilated. The same place which is plagued by the memory of Shahriar who was forced to carry on his back the tortured body of his brother Ahsan (Nahid) to an untimely and unjust death by the bullets of a firing squad
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SA'DI
سعدی زندگی و شادی های آنرا شایسته ی بهره جویی میداند و به مرگ اجازه نمیدهد که چون کابوسی بر زندگی سایه اندازد
در میان گویندگان قدیم و جدید فارسی کمتر کسی را به زندهدلی سعدی می شناسم. تخلص او "سعدی" و عنوان کتاب هایش "بوستان" و "گلستان" است. خدای او باغبان طبیعت و مذهبش آسانگیر است. نه چون مفتی در بند عبادات است و نه چون صوفی در قید ریاضت. نه چون بابا طاهر در سوگ رفتگان سوته دل است و نه چون خیام و حافظ از ترس مرگ خوش باش، بلکه دیوانی دربار شاهی است خودکامه و شادی کُش
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STORY
"I don't like the way they read things like this. About women in Iran."
The two boys sat in the library after school. The newspaper on the table was opened to an article about their country. "Iran Sentences Woman to Death by Stoning," it said. They had read it. It was difficult to go straight to their chemistry homework after reading it. "I don't remember hearing about stoning when we were still there," Mohammad Reza said. "You were probably too young," Keyvan said
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POETRY
To call it a fairytale
our story needs a Prince.
He needs to be young,
reasonably handsome
and above all good of heart.
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UNIQUE
Photo essay: Visions of people
by Ahmad Kavousian
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HOPELSSS
زبان موسوی در یک ساله اخیر از یک مخالف وفادار به نظام به یک منتقد ناامید از نظام تغییر کرده است
در این تردید نمیتوان کرد که از دید آقای موسوی ما با حاکمیتی روبرو هستیم که از پایه توطئهگر است و برای ایجاد جامعهای شبیه کره شمالی (با کمی بزک مردمسالاری) بیست سال تلاش کرده است. به روشنی، چنین حاکمیتی کمترین علاقهای به رأی مردم و صندوق رأی جز به عنوان وسیلهای تبلیغاتی برای نمایش «مشروعیت نظام» نخواهد داشت. به عبارت دیگر، موسوی به این جا رسیده است که در نظام جمهوری اسلامی فعلی، دیگر نمیتوان به صندوق رأی به عنوان وسیلهای برای اعمال حق انتخاب مردم امیدی بست
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REFLECTION
در مجالس عزا درون و بیرون از ایران نیروی سیاسی تازه ای در حال شکلگیری است
by Mehrazngiz Kar
تا دو سه روز پیش علیرضا پهلوی فقط همشهری بوستونی من بود که هرگز با وجود پرسه زدن های بسیار در بوستون و کافه هایش، او را ندیده بودم. ایکاش دیده بودم و به او می گفتم همه ی ما تاج و تخت از دست داده ایم. همه ی ما به ناحق فحش خورده ایم و تاکید می کردم به ما شبیخون زده اند و ما همچون همه ی قربانیان شبیخون فقط هنگامی آرام می گیریم که با هم بنشینیم و در پناهگاه با هم گپ بزنیم. علیرضا پهلوی پس از مرگ، گوئی عضوی از خانواده ام شده است که بیشتر زنده اش می پندارم تا مرده
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LETTER
You should not be titled HIM, however you are a leader
It is natural, and also required that a democratic party or organisation has its own leader. Obviously a democratic party or organisation would be crushed if it would exist in Iran, however there isn’t a reason why there can’t be such an entity outside of Iran. What I personally would like to see is if you could travel to different countries in Europe, e.g. Sweden, and arrange conferences, meetings and public speeches. The issue could e.g. focus on what you, together with us (me, my father’s generation, students, politicians and so on), could do in order to build a democratic platform in Iran
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SHAH
Why a biography of the Shah now?
There have been at least a dozen books on his life. Most have been “commissioned,” written to lionize or demonize him. Even those that were dedicated to finding and reporting the truths of his life were stymied by the fact that much remained hidden in still-classified documents, mired in adulating or acrimonious whispers, or marred by conspiracy theories concocted by his friends and his foes, or by himself. He was one of the pivotal figures of the second half of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the most tragic
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NOVEL
Excerpt from "Azadi: protest in the streets of Tehran"
I know Pari has great connections but I still can’t believe it when we hear from her the very next day after our visit, with the time and place of our appointment with Karroubi. Pari tells us she will pick us up herself, not one to pass up a chance of establishing a connection with Karroubi as one never knows which way the tide may turn. Also, our dear relative always has to be center stage and as highly visible as possible. When she shows up, I see that out of deference to the high-ranking mullah we’re going to visit, she’s dressed in demure black—though in the expensive designer clothes she fills her suitcases with during the trips she takes every year to Europe
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FLIGHT
چشمانم را می بندم و سعی می کنم اخباری را که راجع به وجود هواپیما های از رده خارج شایع است را به یاد نیاورم
چشمانم را می بندم و سعی می کنم آرام چرتی بزنم. و اصلا اخباری را که راجع به وجود هواپیما های از رده خارج در سیستم حمل و نقل هوایی شایع است را به یاد نیاورم وهمچنین سوانح هوایی را که علت آن ها نقص فنی هواپیما های کهنه اعلام شده را اصلا ندید بگیرم و یک بار دیگر خوشحالم که روزنامه نمی خوانم واخبار گوش نمی کنم و از کمترین این آمار خبر دارم و می توانم به سادگی افکار منفی را از خودم دور کنم
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TRAVELER
Photo essay: Chichen Itza pyramids, Mexico
by
Jahanshah Javid >>>