Iranian Reader's blog

What have you done?

Iranian Reader — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:42:58 +0000

This is a continuation of my previous blog, Black Blood.

Black Blood

Iranian Reader — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:24:50 +0000

Black Blood

Those of us who were around in the 1980s are reliving those days. I go back to the summer of 1986, when I went to Iran after my cousin Marjan was released from Evin.

Iran, A Reflection: Shot in the heart

Iranian Reader — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:01:49 +0000

In response to Nazy Kaviani's Iran: A Reflection:

So what’s with this being shot in the heart?

Allaho Akbar

Iranian Reader — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:49:34 +0000

I went to the demonstration against the Ghaza massacre in San Francisco last Saturday. My nine-year old son became so troubled by the images of the slaughtered children at some point that my husband took him home. An old high school friend and I continued with the march down Market and Mission streets. A group leading the march was carrying a bullhorn, yelling out slogans that other marchers echoed: “Free, free Palestine,” “No justice, no peace,” etc. Periodically, the bullhorn cried out “Takbir” and the group broke into “Allaho akbar. Allaho akbar…”