WISE

I HAD a dream

A chat with Martin Luther King

by Ari Siletz
22-Jan-2008 (11 comments)
There was still plenty of abgoosht and vodka left when Martin Luther King’s ghost crashed our party a couple of nights ago. His holiday wasn’t until today, but he showed up early because he overheard our debate about US-Iran relations. The subject: does criticism of Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Falluja, Blackwater, and the Patriot Act somehow excuse or legitimize human rights violations of the Islamic Republic? After all, if it is legal in America to torture in the name of national security, why pick on Iran for doing the same thing?>>>

VIEW

Women vs. God

Women's rights under Islamic Republic

by Jahanshah Rashidian
22-Jan-2008 (71 comments)
In 1936, Reza Shah ordered the public unveiling of women in Iran. The clergy vigorously protested; women of the mercantile middle class stayed home, refusing to appear „naked” in public. Lower middle class and rural women began to work outside the home, most of them in small textile shops. It is the labour of women and children, with their small fingers, which forms the backbone of the carpet industry in Iran. Any benefits relating to housing or childcare which they receive are given not to them but to their husbands. Their working conditions are harsh, with long hours, low pay and inadequate maternity provisions>>>

ECONOMY

Don't worry (too much)

I doubt the US economy will plunge into a recession any time soon

by varjavand
22-Jan-2008 (9 comments)
As far as I am concerned, the so called stimulus package, proposed by the Bush administration, is nothing more than a too-little-too-late remedy. It may not have the intended effects envisioned by the administration. As you know, the disposable income is not the only determinant of consumer spending, albeit a key factor. For consumers to spend more money, especially on the big-ticket items, their expectations must also be favorable. Without optimistic expectations, the full increase in consumer spending, following the tax rebate, is only a wishful thinking>>>

IDENTITY

در انتظار ِظهور

مهاجرت فرصتی است که گاها با "غرب زدگی" و "نسیان فرهنگ مادری" اشتباه گرفته می شود

by Aria Fani
22-Jan-2008 (3 comments)
ملاک کامیابی و موفقیت یک قوم کوچ یافته را نباید بر تعداد پزشکانش یا توانایی مالی اش بنا نهاد، کامیابی قومی کوچ یافته را باید از رشد و استقلال ذهنیش دانست. رشد ذهنی همان میانه روی است در زیستن و اندیشیدن میان دو فرهنگ، دو طرز فکر. رشد فکری زاده هوش است و هوش قدرت همگونی است با محیط، یعنی ایجاد توازن. امرسون نیز می آورد: "هوش یعنی باور داشتن در خود، باور داشتن در حقیقت خود، باور داشتن در درست بودن هر آنچه در ژرفای قلبمان شایسته خود می دانیم." >>>

DECEPTION

شیرین عبادی در سرزمین عجایب

می‌خواهم بگویم که اولا گول حرف‌های ضد جنگ این آدم‌ها را نخورید

by hoder
21-Jan-2008 (66 comments)
حالا به نظر من آدم باید خیلی ساده باشد که فکر کند جایزه‌ای که در میلان به شیرین عبادی داده‌اند هیچ ربطی به جایزه‌‌های قبلی این موسسه ندارد و شیرین خانم عبادی اصولا تافته‌ی جدابافته‌ای است. از این تیپ حمایت‌ها خیلی در این یکی دو سال از ابلهانی مانند گنجی و عبادی شده است که یا واقعا خودشان نمی‌دانند ماجرا چیست و معادلات قدرت پشت این حمایت‌ها را نمی‌بینند، یا اینکه من و شما را خر فرض کرده‌اند و نمی‌دانند که آدم به شک می‌افتد وقتی می‌بیند از یک طرف مرتب ضد بوش و جنگ روضه می‌خوانند، و از طرف دیگر مدام توسط کثیف‌ترین شبکه‌های قدرت دست راستی در آمریکا و اروپا حلوا حلوا می‌شوند. >>>

EX-MOJAHED

Crossing the line

Expose Turkey for cruel treatment of refugees

by Hassan
21-Jan-2008 (29 comments)
One of my friends introduces you to me. I'm Hasan, an ex member of People's Mojahedin Of Iran (PMOI). I had a horrible ordeal and want you to publish our story... the Turkish security forces made a cruel decision to throw us in a freezing river to get ride of us. We said we would be killed in the freezing cold, and tried to appeal to their humanitarian feelings but, they told us if we did not cross the river, we would be shot. They fired round of shots in the air to terrorize us, and then pushed us into the horrible freezing water. It was the most terrifying moment of our lives>>>

BOOK

بدون چون و چرا

حال که جنگ سرد سپری شده است، اسرائیل برای آمریکا بیک معضلِ استراتژیکی مبدل گردیده

by Shahin Monshipour
21-Jan-2008 (6 comments)
در مارچ 2006 نشریة نقد کتاب در لندن مقاله ای در بارة نفوذ (lobby) لابی اسرائیل در سیاست خارجی آمریکا بانتشار رساند که در میان صاحبنظران مسایل خاورمیانه در اروپا و آمریکا بحث های پر جنجالی را بدنبال داشت. مقالة فوق را دو نویسنده و استاد مجرّب از دو دانشگاه معتبر و معروف آمریکا برشتة تحریر در آورده بودند. ایندو که تاکنون کتابهای متعددی در زمینه های مختلف سیاست بین الملل بچاپ رسانده اند، اینبار به شرح تاریخچه و وسع گسترش نفوذ لابی اسرائیل در آمریکا بطور اخص پرداختند و برخی از سیاستها و خط مشی های سیاست خارجی آمریکا در دفاع بلاشرط از دولت اسرائیل را در این گفتار زیر سؤال بردن>>>

POST-REVOLUTION

The comfortable generation

My generation of course isn’t blowing up a mall, but we don’t really do anything about anything

by Kevin Shahroudi
20-Jan-2008 (17 comments)
My generation doesn’t understand social justice. Not in the same unified or practical way your generation did. We are scattered around the world and our daily acts of organized or individual charity doesn’t go any where. And for the most part, we don’t care, I’m being honest. It doesn’t bother us that giving some old clothes to Salvation Army doesn’t do much for anyone. We don’t mind what is going on in Iran (talk in mehmoonis, or blogs on Iranian.com don’t count). We do nothing practical. We don’t organize. We’re too busy with ourselves>>>

MONEY

Boom & bust

President Bush's economic mirage faces the real test of markets

by Mehrdad Emadi
20-Jan-2008 (10 comments)
The new economic stimuli of President Bush is not likely to produce the promised effects in terms of preventing the further slowing down of economic growth and negative structural adjustment in the U.S. economy. Though reduced growth is a given, we may even see negative growth in the next two years in the U.S. economy and greater falls in the long term value of the dollar. The reasons for this inefficacy are>>>

MIDDLE EAST

Model women

In the past decade the balance of power has changed

by Azar Majedi
20-Jan-2008 (11 comments)
The Islamic Republic's first directive was to order women to wear the veil. It happened on 8 March 1979, one month after it came to power. This started a whole new women's movement, a movement that has increasingly become more vibrant, dynamic, expressive and resilient. The women's rights movement in Iran is very large and widespread. I believe it is at the moment the most active and strongest women's movement in the world. It has deep roots in the society and not only among women but men as well. I am certain that this movement will have a great impact on the situation of women in the Middle East. Its fight against political Islam will cross the borders and influence women's struggle in countries under the rule of Islam>>>

ELECTIONS

انتخابات آمريکا و انتخاب های ما

جامعهء آمريکا را می توان «آزمايشگاه تاريخ» دانست

by Esmail Nooriala
20-Jan-2008 (29 comments)
در روزگار ما اگرچه ممکن است اکثريت بالائی از مردم آمريکا حاضر نباشند به زنی يا سياه پوستی يا اهل مذهبی اقليتی رأی داده و او را به رياست جمهوری انتخاب کنند اما، در عين حال، هيج کس نمی تواند آن زن و آن سياه پوست و آن مرد مذهبی را از اعلام نامزدی و تبليغ برای جمع آوری آراء بسود خود باز دارد. بی شک برای اينکه آن «اکثريت مردم» به روزگاری برسند که جنسيت و رنگ پوست و مذهب رئيس جمهورشان تأثيری در تصميمشان نداشته باشد وقت لازم است، اما اگر قانون همچون موتور محرکهء راهپيمائی بسوی «ناکجا آباد بی تبعيض» عمل نکند و جامعه را در اين شاهراه به پيش نراند زمان رسيدن جامعه به نخستين سرمنزل های راه نيز بسيار ديرتر اتفاق می افتد؛ اگر اصلاً چنين امری ممکن شود >>>

NUCLEAR

Here to stay

A new vision is required; one that sees the world for what it is

by Fathali Ghahremani
18-Jan-2008 (4 comments)
The problem at the heart of the current controversy over the Iranian nuclear issue is not one of knowledge but of regulation. Believe it or not, at exactly 08:15 local time, August 6, 1945, “Little Boy” opened Pandora’s box of nuclear knowledge and all hell broke loose over Hiroshima. The world woke up to a new technology; steam and internal combustion were old; “fission” and “fusion” were the new buzzwords. The mysterious “unknown” atom had become “known” and engineers everywhere started looking at its potential utility and destructive ability. Now, some 60 years later, some people think that they can turn back the clock to that pre-Hiroshima era of mystery. It cannot be done.>>>

E-TIQUETTE

Modern maturity

My friends, if you have something reasonable to say, say it politely

by varjavand
18-Jan-2008 (35 comments)
We should be grateful to the publishers of this journal for providing this public forum so that fellow Iranians and others can express their opinions and post their comments. We should certainly be able to do that with outmost respect for each other and no verbal harassment. Those who responded to my article with their thoughtfully crafted comments, I appreciate your sincerity. Those who were agitated by my arguments and made hostile remarks merely revealed a lack of analytical capacity to engage the topic. I intentionally didn’t respond to individuals because I didn’t want to legitimize their ad hominem attacks>>>

CONVERSATION

یک اسرائیلی ویک ایرانی

گفتگوی رویای صلح خاور میانه

by Nahid Husseini
18-Jan-2008 (11 comments)
در نوشته (من دلم فرار میخواهد)، درد دلهای مشکلات و مسائل خاورمیانه را با یاد راشل زرگریان، دوست یهودی دوران کودکی ام در میان گذاشتم. 35 سال پیش قبل از اینکه دست سرنوشت مارا ازهم جدا کند، ما یار ودوست و همکلاسی دوران کودکی هم بودیم. من فقط این را میدانستم که اواز ایران رفته واحتمالا در اسرائیل زندگی میکند. اما او بطور اتفاقی نوشته مرا در سایتی اینترنتی میخواند و بلافاصله در جستجوی من از اسرائیل با من تماس میگیرد و باهیجان و اشتیاق غیر قابل وصفی برای دیداری با من درلندن، بار سفر میبندد.>>>

IRAN

Good old days

We envied the people who lived in the west, especially the United States

by Abarmard
17-Jan-2008 (122 comments)
I don’t remember problems when I lived in Iran during the Shah. I remember that we were not wealthy but had everything that we wanted. I guess the reason was that Shah took care of the government employees. My father was a teacher. We lived in a one bedroom apartment, four of us. The school was about 10 minutes from our apartment. At the time I thought that we are living in a backward nation. I thought if we had such happy life in Iran, how life would be in the west, especially in the United States. I envied the kids that were born in the west. To me, going to the west was an impossible dream>>>
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