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The flux
I had it
August 16, 2007

Amercian ideals
Once we were, champions of human rights
August 6, 2007

Tea
Nothing is as refreshing
June 29, 2007

Aung San Suu Kyi
Following your path
May 30, 2007

Ham is OK
So much work for the other world but never learned to live life here
May 9, 2007

Blurred identity
In 1985 my mind was far away from Iran
May 2, 2007

Quince jam
I prepare the quinces by washing them good
April 22, 2007

"They live" & "People and books"
For books
April 8, 2007

Time is going by
We are afraid to defend our rights
March 8, 2007

Iranian Hot Spots
Jafar panahi's "Offside" in Rotterdam film fest
February 14, 2007

Camel Jockey
Inspired by and my reworking of the song "Colored Spade" from the musical "Hair"
February 6, 2007

Civility
I value diversity and dissent
January 12, 2007

Shiraz poems
"Shiraz my beloved" and "Remembering summers in Shiraz"
December 8, 2006

Solitude
Poetry
October 28, 2006

Let's get out now
Withdrawing from Iraq
October 23, 2006

Four things to know
Inspired by a poem from Attar
October 22, 2006

History's burden
Photo essay: Concentration Camp Vught
September 20, 2006

They are from Persia
Poetry
August 20, 2006

In the temple
Poetry
August 14, 2006

Rumba, samba, and calypso
Photo essay: Rotterdam Summer Carnival
August 2, 2006

You are a promise
Take a dive then into the depths of your mind
July 22, 2006

I got that Angola feeling!
Photo essay: A day in Leipzig photo essay
June 23, 2006

I made it to Frankfurt
Photo essay: Iran vs. Portgal
June 18, 2006

A football pilgrimage
Photo essay: My adventure on the way to Nurenberg
June 15, 2006

Shopping again
Poetry
May 29, 2006

Every color you can imagine
Photo essay: Keukenhof flower garden, a genuine Dutch treat
For my cousin, Affsoon
May 9, 2006

Spring poems
The sight of wild flowers
May 8, 2006

Chameleon
He conforms to those around him
May 3, 2006

Despair
I am having the same nightmare / The one I had after 9/11
April 18, 2006

The whole town was partying
Photo essay: Breda Carnival, Netherlands
March 7, 2006

The forgotten generation
"The Fish Fall in Love" and "The Gaze" International Rotterdam Film Festival
February 19, 2006

They are pretenders
They swear that Hafez is the one, but...
February 12, 2006

Life in diaspora
Realigning the past with the present
January 1, 2006

What do you believe?
Poem: Death is death, And there is nothing beyond
December 8, 2005

A World Cup winning formula
And three other poems
November 20, 2005

The departure
Poem
July 29, 2005

Blasphemy
Poem
April 25, 2005

Judging Bolton
Reply to Fereydoun Hoveyda
April 25, 2005

The knock out punch
Poem
March 7, 2005

The heirs of wars
Bahman Ghobadi's "Turtles Can Fly"
February 8, 2005

Quarrels and lamentations of Iranian lovers
Sex, sexuality, and relationships in Mania Akbari's "Twenty Fingers"
January 28, 2005

Fallujah
Poem
January 12, 2005

Tomorrow will come
Poem
October 14, 2004

It is honky-dory, my friend
Poem
October 21, 2004

No use hiding
Iranian-American revisited
April 29, 2004