POETRY

Citizen of the world
07-Aug-2007
Walking in the flatness of this world,
listening to the same old abrupt sound.
What if our memories hadn't been lost
and our ancestors claimed the laces of our roots?
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POETRY

Ode To #148240
07-Aug-2007
those eyes deserve a home
that glare and the stare
should fall on eyes
that reflect back >>>

POETRY

American ideals
07-Aug-2007
It is as if we are
In a horrific dream
What has happened to us?
Is this what we are about? >>>

POETRY

Azizam, Azat Motenaferam
07-Aug-2007
You arrogant prick!
Thinking of you makes me god damn sick.
How could I, the strong one, be so easily deceived?
You crawled in, little by little, inch by inch...
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POETRY

Mystic, misfit
07-Aug-2007
lover of longing's songs
and whispered promises
born exile,
homeless at last >>>

POETRY

L= The Markov Chain
07-Aug-2007
It was an evening in June
When like a monsoon
Liberation came (with the capital L)
With a single name (for which I fell) >>>

ART

Big apple in the sky

Big apple in the sky

Paintings

by Sohrab Leilaji
05-Aug-2007

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CHOMSKY

Get serious

Chomsky has always condemned the undemocratic nature of the IRI and its violations of human rights

05-Aug-2007
Chomsky’s claim that wild statements made by Iran’s leadership are mistranslated is absolutely correct. That is very easy to check for yourself. And Chomsky would know that because, well, he’s a linguist to put it lightly! He knows where to find the resources for translating it. It should also be mentioned that while Chomsky has pointed out the inaccuracies of the translations of such statements, he has always condemned the nature of these statements. Peyvand Khorsandi gives the impression that Noam Chomsky is pro-Islamic Republic. This is categorically false. Chomsky has always condemned the undemocratic nature of the regime and its violations of human rights. I challenge Mr. Khorsandi to find one example to the contrary.>>>

MACABRE

Death with a smile

This summer season’s nationwide public execution tour has a strange new twist to them

05-Aug-2007
A strange trend is unfolding in the Islamic Republic of Iran. True, it would have to be incredibly strange phenomena to be considered as strange in the context of the Allah-land. And yet there it is in color photographs, even in professionally produced videos alongside the grainy mobile phone-video variety from different parts of the country... The advent of a new uniformed “Morality Corp” tasked to oversee populace’s adherence to heavenly prescribed mode of conduct which includes dress code barely worth’s the mention. It is none of those or a laptop full of other listed oddities that are modus operandi for the Islamic Sultanate.>>>

POINT

Post-Sept-11 neo-con mentality

It is not the Muslim who is blind from hatred

05-Aug-2007
To narrow down all Muslims as sheep, and implying that all Muslims do is concern themselves with hatred of Jews and Baha'is, and which hand to use to wash themselves is not only ridiculous, but if it was about Jews it would be slammed down as downright anti-Semitic. I, a practicing Muslim, have both Jewish and Baha'i friends, and even if the myth was true about concerning myself of which hand to use to wash myself (which is not a concern of a Muslim), I would say that it is ridiculous to think that somehow any of this would blind site me of the realities around me.>>>

LAUGHS

Sheiky baby, I love you

Howard Stern interview with the Iron Shikh, the "Shah's bodyguard"

05-Aug-2007
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LIFE

Buying cucumbers

Finally I found the fruit and vegetable section

05-Aug-2007
The day I arrived in Paris from Iran, my older sister sent me to buy cucumbers. She told me that I needed to learn to be independent and mature. I was 23 years old. I had never before bought cucumbers. In Iran, I never shopped in grocery stores. Being the youngest daughter still living at home, I was spoiled. I never cleaned my room. I never helped my mother with any chores. I never bought anything for my father. My father was a retired mathematics teacher. He wasn't old in years , but the day he learned he had to retire, a few months after the Revolution, he suddenly became old. He stayed at home and grew bored. I was doing the same thing at that time--nothing! I was accepted to attend the university, but universities were closed.>>>

STONING

Adultery vs. savagery

Let's learn from Europe's mistakes

05-Aug-2007
Stoning is a form of human rights violation, it is torture. Even based on Iran's Islamic Penal Code, it should happen in very special circumstances, almost close to none. Jafar Kiani who was stoned to death, well, not in a progressive manner, did not have a fair trial. None of the Penal Code conditions for stoning applied to him. Can you imagine for a second, how it is to be killed that way? Can you imagine the lives of the 2 men and 9 women who are now in prison, nightmaring their life, waiting to be stoned one day?>>>

ART

Inclusion / Exclusion

Inclusion / Exclusion

Art show in southern California

by R. Falahi, S. Rahbar and A. Faulwell
05-Aug-2007

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OBSERVER

Reality in contradiction

Reality in contradiction

Photo essay: Life in Iran

by Laléh Larijani
05-Aug-2007

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