دیدگاه
قانون حجاب اجباری و ساختار بی حقی و بی ارادگی همه گانی: آیا نقشه ی راه بی بی سی این استمرار را می خواهد؟
اشتباه از همه مهیب تر این است که فرهنگ مردمی ناخالص اسلامی (با هر تعبیری) را با ایدئولوژی اسلامی ایده بندی شده توسط خمینی یا عده محدودی یکی بیانگاریم. از آن جا که فرهنگ بر خلاف اراده ی ایدئولوژیک دولتی چیزی منجمد نیست بکله، در عین تاثیر گذاری کلان بر روابط اجتماعی و دیرپایی، سیال و تاثیر پذیرنده است
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FOOD
Intro to my book which I will publish one way or another
I walked for the first time into the communal kitchen at the end of the hallway of my dorm on cold Moscow day, a place always buzzing with people of all colors, speaking all languages, and cooking. I noticed three women – one standing, glaring at her pan and stirring something, another wearing a head scarf chopping a bunch of parsley, garlic and tomatoes, her spices neatly stacked next to her, and the third making something that looked and smelled very familiar to me
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فوتبال
فیزیک تیمی را میتوان تغییر داد، اما شیمی آنرا نه
by Ardeshir Arian
پرسپولیس اینروزها با مسائلی روبروست که ذهن بسیاری از فوتبال دوستان را درگیر خود کرده است. همه هواداران این تیم از خود میپرسند که چرا پرسپولیس به این روز افتاده؟ علت اساسی حال و روز پرسپولیس در چیست؟ بازیکن مدّعی ندارد؟ سر مربی نامدار ندارد؟
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برخورد
احمدینژاد و دفاع از «قانون اساسی و حقوق اساسی ملت»!
برخورد علنی قاطع و صریح احمدینژاد با رییس قوه قضاییه نه فقط در این سطح بالا بیسابقه است و بلکه نقض دستورها و توصیههای مکرر خامنهای بشمار میرود. خامنهای بارها از رقیبان حکومتی و به خصوص سران سه قوه خواسته است که اختلافات خود را به صورت محرمانه حل و فصل کنند و از کشاندن آنها به عرصه عمومی اجتناب بورزند
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WORLDVIEW
I cannot be interested in all 204 countries in the world
I would love to see the Iranian mullahs sink into oblivion—replaced by better or worse, who knows? But even I, the perennial optimist, cannot believe that any of these benighted countries will ever improve or even evolve. Right now, I am much more preoccupied by the reelection of Obama — a Romney/Ryan victory would make the Bush years seem like a golden age—and its
per se importance, and not, like other Iranian-Americans, only because of the impact on Iranian politics
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INTERNET
Extreme operational conditions pave the way for extreme elements
by Arash Kamangir
With all the routes to normal and humane social interaction sealed off in the Iranian society, the online world has become one of the only acting substitutes. This special position has elevated the hopes for possible change happening in the physical world through events which happen in the virtual world. Some of these hopes are substantiated in sober evidence
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IMMIGRATION
A simple question is thrown in the air and suddenly, like a fast-forwarded film, my entire life flashes past me. “What does walking home mean to you?” a friend has asked and for more than a day, the question has not left me. In her eloquent style, my friend writes her own impression of the ambiguous path we call life, the meaning of the word ‘home’ and all the fears and concerns entailed in such a journey, she draws a vivid sketch of the salmons that are doomed to be dinner for the bears
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PRESIDENT
The current pattern exponentially heightens the potential for a military conflict
With sanctions tightening, dangerously reduced oil revenue may lead Iran’s leadership to the conclusion that a radical move in the Strait of Hormuz is a calculated risk that could ultimately change the game in favor of Iran. Contrary to the US officials’ perception, keeping the Hormuz Strait open is not the issue. The crux of the strait issue resides in keeping it safe and secure, thus guaranteeing uninterrupted flow of oil
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HAFIZ
A simple way to understand the poetry of Hafiz is to consider it a reflection of the eternal emotional struggle between the existential pain of living and the natural love of life. The love in Hafiz, and in many other inspired works, is not solely the love for a girl or a boy … it is the love for all things life … despite the endless hardship that living inflicts on all the life’s lovers
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ARTIST
Afsoon has become somewhat of a household name in the contemporary Middle Eastern art world
Like her outfit, Afsoon’s studio, nay –
atelier - is something of magic and wonder. Though bare and somewhat industrial in its appearance, and possessing the unassuming exterior of a residential flat, the place is anything but dull. Aside from her signature colourful collages splayed out on the floor for the consideration of yours truly, I was struck by the myriad oddities and eccentricities that had turned a corner of her studio into some sort of fantastic shrine
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مهاجر
You are refused - «تقاضای تو رد شده»
من همون جایی که وایساده بودم خشکم زد. انگار دوش آب سرد و آب جوش همزمان روی سرم وا شدن. دست دراز کردم و کاغذها رو برداشتم. چشمام تار میدیدن. از میون اشکهایی که هنوز سرازیر نشده بودن دیدم اسمی که رو تقاضانامه بود، اسم من نبود. نفسم دوباره بالا اومد. دنیا که جلو چشمم تاریک شده بود، دوباره روشن شد
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شعر
ای وای دلم که رفته از دست دلم
هرکس که بدل نشست بشکست دلم
دیوانه دلم اگر کمی عاقل بود
افسار گسسته دل نمی بست دلم
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SURVEY
NIAC members make their concerns clear
Concern about war with Iran has only intensified since our last member survey, and our members overwhelmingly chose to keep preventing war as NIAC’s top priority. Concern about sanctions aimed at the entire Iranian population has also grown, with the issue rising to the second priority. NIAC members made supporting human rights in Iran, supporting the civil rights of Iranian Americans, and promoting Iranian cultural heritage the third, fourth, and fifth priorities, respectively
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دمکراسی
در حاشیه برنامه «افق» صدای آمریکا
در شرایط استبدادی، چگونه یک تشکل که بنا به تعریف نمیتواند فراگیر باشد میتواند خود را بدیل قدرت بداند و همچنان خود را دموکرات بشناسد؟ در صحنه سیاسی ایران البته نیروهای چندی هستند که تنها خود را بدیل قدرت حاکم میپندارند و برای نیروهای دیگر محلی از اعراب قایل نیستند. این برخورد به وضوح ضد دموکراتیک است،
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