IDEAS
Freud’s fear of castration and penis envy
Freud made the first lasting endeavor to give a scientific explanation of gender in psychoanalysis, the discipline he founded. He tampered with the seemingly natural matters of ‘femininity’ and ‘masculinity’ by investigating into their components. He realized that gender and adult sexuality were not naturally rigid, but were constructed through a lengthy and troubled process. According to Freud, humans have a bisexual disposition, and feminine and masculine inclinations cohabit in everyone
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SEPEHRI
کلمه خوشحال نسبت به غمگین, خوشحال است چون نقطه های خوشحال جهت بالا رونده دارند در حالی که در کلمه غمگین نقطه ها در پایین قرار دارند. خندان نسبت به گریان, خندان است چون نقطه ها در بالای حروف قرار دارند در حالی که در گریان نقطه ها در پایین است و مثل دو اشک در حال چکیدن هستند. خوشگل نسبت به زشت, خوشگل است
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MOJAHEDIN
U.S. state department poised to raise chances of war by delisting MEK?
by Robert Wright
The State Department, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, is poised to do something that could increase the chances of war with Iran. Let's set the context: We're in the midst of negotiations with Iran, trying to keep it from building a nuclear bomb. Within Iran there is disagreement about how hard a line to take in the negotiations. Obviously, all other things being equal, it would be good to strengthen moderate voices within Iran and undermine hardliners
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PERSIAN GULF
When it comes to the "Gulf Wars," mullahs OK social media
As the points continue to add up, the Islamic Republic of Iran is frantic to change the debate about Iran, yet again. Its recent focus on seeking to win the Persian Gulf – Arabian Gulf battle proves that the Islamic Regime in Tehran will play both sides of the coin if it means buying time for its nuclear weapons program. After discouraging Nowruz events year after year, essentially banning Zoroastrian inspired holidays and customs, and sometimes outlawing relics of pre-Islamic Persian culture, it seems very odd for the Mullahs to suddenly rally to save the name “Persian Gulf”
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MONEY
U.S. Loots Iranian Assets
The report, citing the views of the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department, reiterates that the "FBI officials have suspected that the Alavi Foundation is using its Islamic centers as a means of penetrating the Black Muslim Community to recruit sympathizers." It goes as far as saying that "According to open source reports, black Muslims involved in the 1993 World Trade Center (WTC) bombing were recruited from mosques in Jersey City, NJ and Brooklyn." As we see the discoveries of the intelligence report needs no proof
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NUMBERS
Iranians & the 2010 U.S. Census
Last month the much awaited results for the number of Iranians in the 2010 Census came out. Are you ready? The count is a whopping
289,465!! Say what? Ten years ago, in census 2000, we were told there are
338,000 Iranians. Did we shrink by 49,000? Now before you all bent out of shape and God forbid start an “Occupy Census Bureau” movement, let me explain. Trust me; I know a thing or two about numbers
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CULTURE CLASH
چند فرهنگی وقتی مثبت و سازنده است که فرهنگهای موجود در ان ارزشهای اولیه برابری و آزادی انسانی را به رسمیت بشناسند
آنچه که در پرونده پاکستانیها در بریتانیا اتفاق افتاد با آنچه که در برزیل به دست دیپلمات جمهوری اسلامی صورت گرفت، هر دو از فرهنگ مردانهای بر میخیزد که نه فقط زن خودی را شیئ جنسی میشمارد که باید او را تحت کنترل داشت و بلکه به زن ناخودی (نامسلمان) به چشم طعمهای نگاه میکند که میتوان آن را تصاحب و تصرف کرد و مورد تجاوز قرار داد. در این فرهنگ، پسر خانواده حق دارد به هر نوع فعالیت جنسی بپردازد
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IDEAS
به باور من تنها یک فلسفه ی قرون وسطایی دینی بود که رگه هایی از خردگرایی در خود داشت
من تنها کوشیدم نشان دهم که بسیاری از مفسران دینی ما در نیم سدهی اخیر، با تزریق مفاهیم خودخواسته به کتاب های مقدس چون قرآن و اوستا، به سوءاستفاده ی آرمانی از این متون دست زدهاند. من اگر چه در کار پژوهش، "تحلیل" علمی و اندیشه ی انتقادی را بر تعبیر و "تأویل" شهودی ترجیح میدهم، ولی مخالف تفسیر متون ادبی، دینی و فلسفی نیستم
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POETRY
حق شاهین است آزادی و حق ما، نقی
ما همه آلوده و صافی شقی!
ما دهان رسته ی آزادگی
تو بیان بستگی، تخم لقی!
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BRAZIL
Photo essay: Jesus Statue and Sugarloaf Mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro
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RESEARCH
Iranians have democratic values
by Yuval Porat
In the high-stakes international discussions surrounding Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iran's 80 million people are often forgotten. So I, along with a small team of Israelis, decided to explore the driving forces of Iranian society. There have been signs, on the streets and over the Internet, of a battle raging between the country's Islamic fundamentalists and the proponents of freedom. The question we set out to explore is where the majority of the people stand
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BAHAIS
Despite uncertain future and the regime's ever-tightening noose
The rule barring 300,000 or so Bahais from Iran's colleges and universities remains in place. It is enforced with particular vigor by the hard-line government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even before Pohl's exposé, the Bahai community had begun seeking ways to educate its youth. Those efforts culminated in the establishment of a secret distance-education college operated by hundreds of volunteers inside and outside Iran
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LIBERAL
Why am I so pleased by the earthquake that has just shaken the present landscape?
Let’s hear it for the President. Bravo! Bravo is also Italian for brave and it takes a brave man and a strong heart to come out in favor of gay marriage in a country dominated by the raucous—and nefarious—Koch Brothers, Rush whats-his-name and assorted religious freaks. Whether Biden had been encouraged a few days ago or not to “force” Obama into making his own position clear is open to speculation but the result is what counts here
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FUTURE
Middle East in 10-20 Years
For most people, the Middle East (ME) is synonymous with oil. Economies of most major ME countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and the U.A.E. are based on oil. Today over a third (38% to be exact) of all oil produced worldwide is used for transportation; automobiles and trucks. What would happen if people and businesses stopped using gasoline for their cars and diesel for their trucks?
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