Eskimos and Iranians

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Eskimos and Iranians
by Niloufar Parsi
13-Feb-2010
 

People make strange decisions. Imagine the first people way back in history, not sure when, migrating across continents to find an ideal place to settle down in. A group or more of these came across the areas around the north pole and decided to settle there. Why did the Eskimos’ ancestors do that?! I guess the grass seems greener on the other side. If there is grass on the other side, that is. These guys obviously didn’t care much for grass. And they had their reasons, and quite possibly were very happy with their area. I certainly don’t know.

We made a decision to migrate too. The grass seemed very enticing. And once we got to the green pastures, it became clear to us that not only we had found the answers, those left behind also wanted it. All of them. Not just our circles. And they need our help to get it. And those who speak otherwise are sell-outs. We know what our people want and need to do and we will talk ourselves into a frenzy and set revolution target dates and reason will surely prevail in a greener direction.

What’s more, everyone else on this side of the fence, their media and their predominant discourse agree with us. The chorus is so harmonised and overpowering that it sounds like the whole of humanity is speaking with one voice against this ‘anti-green regime’. This is no more a single country’s issue. It is a human calling.

But then the set date came and went without a whimper. Perhaps Eskimos and Iranians are the same in that they are not in so much of a hurry for greenery yet? perhaps there is a psychological factor pushing us to try to bring our country to us? are we realistic? Too early to know the answers for sure. but is there hope?

a true iranian reform leader of no particular velvet colour or election period, shirin ebadi, is performing a marvellous act by taking the case against the iranian government to the united nations as a human rights issue. a recognized and respected iranian leader with huge popularity in iran is taking on the iranian government using international law. nothing to do with israel or usa or nuclear energy. the un is the only legitimate body that such a human rights case can be taken to. i wonder if we can find effective ways of supporting her. publicity for the case is one possible area. any suggestions?

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Salam Abarmard!

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nice to see you again :)

mostafa: nicely put! 


Abarmard

Hello Niloufar Parsi

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Nice to see you. No suggestion, just wanted to say hi. And hello to Dokhtar e Iran who had disappeard for a long long time :)

Happy Monday 


mostafa ghanbari

I am not cryptic; I am misty and heavy and funny

by mostafa ghanbari on

mg

Hi again Nilloufar

I became misty and heavy when I noticed the sun was shining on my face exactly in the  same way  that it was shining on a piece of dung. I got wondered and asked the sun to see if she saw any difference between my face and the dung! She looked at me for quite  a log time and then replied, ''Are you OK?! And then the sun had gone and I was left cold and alone,misty , heavy, daft and lost. Then it was night and darkness, hallucination , fever and desolation.

Years later, I tried to take on  some  rather positive and concrete attitudes towards my life. So therefore I became a poet and in an amazing journey of revelation I was sunk into the depth of love and wisdom.Thereafter, it was the sun, , glowing in my heart. But it did not last long.

years later I run into the God in the middle of a remote desert . I noticed, quite accidentally, that he was looking at my face  exactly in the same  way that he was looking at a piece of dung. I got wondered and asked him to see if he saw any difference between my face an the piece of dung. He looked at me and then looked at the dung, and he did so all over again and replied: '' No, no difference at all'' And since then I have been reading the 'Blind Owl' and chatting nonsense. Since then I have been, on every Friday,with two sandwiches of feta and basil in my pocket, going to the nearest mosque to damn the sun and worship the God of darkness.

Thank you.


Niloufar Parsi

truthseeker

by Niloufar Parsi on

nice to see you back! i will get back to you soon re the book.

on the question of opportunistic imperialists, believe me it eats me up inside every time i write something like this. what if they turn the human rights case into something they will use for attacking iran on top of the nuclear issue?

i don't know truthseeker. we are living through strange times. am sure kharmagas, q or jaleh will turn up soon and tell me off for this piece!

but we have to take a stand at some point and i trust shirin's judgement. also, i have a feeling that a nuclear deal is about to made to put this whole saga to rest. they have been v close to a deal for a while now. fingers crossed!


Niloufar Parsi

mostafa khan

by Niloufar Parsi on

 u r as cryptic as ever, yet fun to read!

they say a week is a long time in politics. i tend to agree with that sentiment. things can turn around faster than expected, but expectations that are raised outside the country by us or others are unlikely to show results within iran. such external expectations are mere notions but not quests - as you would probably put it (if i have understood you right). i think that is the lesson of 22 bahman.


Niloufar Parsi

Quebeqi

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i wonder if we might get a comment from our Inuit hamvatans... that would be something :)


truthseeker

An interesting piece

by truthseeker on

a interesting piece niloufar. i like it. do u think there's anyway us, uk, FRANCE and israel can be stop from getting to iran when that's why they "failed" in iraq. with their endtimer masters wanting to set the world on fire within a generation for their ratpure. so they can hang out with jesus. a arab man. who by todays standards and racists double talk was himself a terrorists.

p.s get back to me if u can. read that book u said good book!


mostafa ghanbari

color blind!

by mostafa ghanbari on

mg

Hi Nilloufar

Sometimes people get color blind and consequently lose their interests towards other things and then gradually get misty and heavy in mind. In that they get exposed to the diminishing feelings of boredom,indifference, and exasperation and finally get badly affected by a  severe sense of ressentiment which  would verge them to a suicidal state of being...

Dear Niloufar, to whimper or to whisper for freedom and dignity we have got a lot of time! We have only wasted as much as 150years! Is that too much?! No! that is not too much! No rush!Let's dash to the streets and chant for God and his sons!


Quebeqi

Shirin Ebadi's latest Declaration has reached the Québécois

by Quebeqi on

If you know French, visit this Québécois Secularist association where you will find a translation of Dr. Ebadi's message:

www.cciel.ca/

 

I don't know if our Inuit (The Eskimos) hamvatans are following the events in Iran, but I would not be surprised if they do. :)


IRANdokht

My dear NP

by IRANdokht on

It's been a tough and hectic few weeks... I really haven't had a chance to read much on the net, even here :(

but it's finally long weekend here! I was happy to see your new blog since reading your contributions is always well worth the time :o) 

IRANdokht


Niloufar Parsi

Thank you ID jan

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where you been? missed you around the place lately :)


IRANdokht

I don't have a suggestion

by IRANdokht on

I don't have a suggestion, just a hope that we (the revolutionaries in exile) set aside our ambitious goals of "victory" and refrain from radical and violent measures, rally behind Dr Ebadi and help her spread her message. Human rights are the most important cause and she's again on the right track.

Thank you Niloufar jan for this thought provoking piece.

IRANdokht


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