Iranian of the Day

I had to go back and read

I had to go back and read most if not all of her writings from almost 10 years ago, and I found I like her style of writing and the way she presents the subject.
To me it is of little importance who she is.
I'm not picking her as a buddy, (perhaps she wouldn't even accept me for all I know, or on the other hand she might be delighted or indifferent)but I do like her writing!
...and I agree w/some people here!
Have a pleasnat day folks! :o)

afarin!!! pamanbari well

afarin!!! pamanbari
well said,short & sweet right to the $$.

I didn't even know she is Jewish

To pro-Israeli people here: I didn't even know she is Jewish. All I know is that she writes beautifully, and she sounds reasonable in essays like "Forgiving Salm and Tur".

The Imperial King: The News

The republic's dismantling of Royalty may prove altogether baseless as long as "Chelo Kabab Soltani" is served in day light before the enthusiastic wide open eyes of masses in great reception eternally...

"Chelo Kabab Kobeedeh"?

Well let's consider this diet as a semi form of delicous deity that bridges the gap between the imperial and the republic toward a better understandig of nutrition in the world that seems is becoming hungrier and hungrier with its ever growing population in face of shrinking natural resources and the impending global warming ...

Going gaa gaa over not much

Hallelujah bacheh porroo for your straight talk. I went back and read her stuff “emotive” they are. This fascination of some with Palestinian issues in place of our own problems is mind-boggling. Even more troubling is the devotion of some to Edward Said and his Ale Ahamd like Orientalism nonsense.

Highly overrated!

There is a trend among the Iranian-American community and its subsets, like iranina.com, to go WOW as soon as they detect some abnormality in someone or something. Laleh Khalili is a pro-Palestinian Iranian Jewess. And that is all about her - no more or no less. But this is enough to attract the WOW factor from an otherwise culturally starved community of Iranians who have spread all across the States. Laleh's writing's are not mind boggling or even educational but simply emotive. Yet, the typical iranian.com reader get a tickle when she or he comes across a female Iranian Jew who worships Edward Said or adores Yaaser Arafat. I certainly hope to see more writing from Khalili but on a more balannced and a less emotive scale. She must have benefited from having a stint in a British univeristy which usually gives a more balanced and measured outlook to the academic researcher. She must cash in on this experience. Otherwise, she remains to be a samll fish in the big bowl.

where have all...

i just re read her 3 part article about her trip to Iran after 12 years.-(the first comment below), and then i read some other articles on the old iranian.con site and WOW .....
as my hippie mom used to sing to me as a baby "where have all the flowers gone???"....
JJ when u used to pick and choose, u had urself a worthwhile magazine, now i dont stop by too often. when i do i usually skip most of the stuff.
her article is old now but is a "must read".
n.cal

An Amazing Writer

She is an amazing writer.
I still remember when I read "Absence" back in 1997. She was the writer who made me bookmark this site and check it again. My favorite piece by her is "Forgiving Salm and Tur":
//iranian.com/LalehKhalili/Sept98/Race/in...
"Forgiving Salm and Tur" is an excellent commentary on Iranian racism. Jahanshah, Can you convince her to write again for The Iranian?

Awsome

Lale Khalili is my all-time favorite iranian.com writer. I loved her early writings, like the 3-part "Absence" //iranian.com/Travelers/Sept97/Absence/in...

and her piece on football (real FOOTBALL)

//iranian.com/Features/June98/Joy/index.h...
Thank you for your great work and please write more for iranian.com.