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16-May-2012
من تنها کوشیدم نشان دهم که بسیاری از مفسران دینی ما در نیم سدهی اخیر، با تزریق مفاهیم خودخواسته به کتاب های مقدس چون قرآن و اوستا، به سوءاستفاده ی آرمانی از این متون دست زدهاند. من اگر چه در کار پژوهش، "تحلیل" علمی و اندیشه ی انتقادی را بر تعبیر و "تأویل" شهودی ترجیح میدهم، ولی مخالف تفسیر متون ادبی، دینی و فلسفی نیستم>>>
BOOK
19-Apr-2012 (3 comments)
The poems I have selected for this anthology represent the young, the old and the ancient. Although this anthology is divided into six sections, each a complete nugget, I suggest you read this collection from front to back because each poem is a musical note carefully sequenced so that by the time you finish the last poem you can hear the powerful symphony of the poets’ voices>>>
IDEAS
26-Mar-2012 (4 comments)
Recently I finished a book by Ali Gharib. The name of this book was “Istadeh bar armaan” The writer in this book attempts to give an accurate account of events leading to the 1979 revolution and Khomeini becoming a leader. Then he goes on to quote from the memoirs of people like Banisadr, Bazargan, Yazdi, Soroosh and many others as to how Khomeini betrayed all of them along with Iranian nation and diverted their revolution into the path that it was never supposed to take >>>
DECLINE
14-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
Rudi Matthee finished his BA in 1975 in the Netherlands in Arabic and Persian language and literature, and subsequently spent a year in Iran as an exchange student, studying and traveling to various places in the country. He has authored three books and co-edited as many; all on the subject of Iranian history. His latest book, Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan, was just published. Rudi speaks fluent Persian and Arabic and reads in both languages>>>
HEDAYAT
13-Mar-2012 (3 comments)
The aim of this translation is to provide an accurate and updated translation based on the definitive Bombay edition. My method began with a translation very close to the original Persian to preserve each sentence and its meaning. Next, repetitive proofreading and editing were undertaken to improve the flow and bring the text closer to the center. The result is the retention of untranslatable Persian words (with footnotes), the use of atypical English words and phrases to convey the Persian, and the use of the dash as it appears in the Bombay edition>>>
NOVEL
10-Mar-2012 (one comment)
"Veiled Romance", features a strong female protagonist who risks all for love, unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of Tehran during the first months of Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution, and is inspired by my personal experiences and observations being in Iran during that time period. Simon Ebrahimi was born and raised in Jewbareh, the Jewish ghetto of Esfahan, Iran. He studied management and finance in England before returning to Iran, where he was a partner with an international accounting firm>>>
SHAHNAMEH
06-Mar-2012 (2 comments)
What do you get the little people in the family for Norouz? Tradition says mint banknotes but these days that will just help buy a mobile phone or a killing-spree game. One friend suggested Shahnameh – the latest retelling by British author Elizabeth Laird. It’s a book children will enjoy or, if focus beyond 140 characters is a problem, pass on to other kids: “I tried to hit my brother with this but it’s too big”>>>
TRITA PARSI
25-Feb-2012 (21 comments)
On one side we have war advocates attacking the book because the minimalism of their populist message is threatened by the political complexity described in Parsi’s writing, and on the other side we have anti-war advocates attempting to discredit the information and analysis contained in the book out of concern that it could muddy the anti-war narrative, making it less convincing in elite policy circles>>>
HERITAGE
21-Feb-2012 (4 comments)
Iran is a nation-state which until the early twentieth century was known to the world as Persia. In the West, the name Persia often invokes images of a world imbued with mystery, decadence, and luxury, images that persist from the time of classical Greek authors to that of the Victorian travelers. Persian carpets, Persian cats, and Iranian caviar, among other commodities, are images associated with Persians and Iran>>>
BOOK
19-Feb-2012 (3 comments)
من پُشتِ هم جیغ میکِشم
من پُشتِ هم گوشهای تو را
میگیرم وَ جیغ میکِشم...
دنیا گناهِ من است ای لکّههای بیهدف!
دنیا گناهِ من است ای خندههای بیشمار!
>>>
من پُشتِ هم گوشهای تو را
میگیرم وَ جیغ میکِشم...
دنیا گناهِ من است ای لکّههای بیهدف!
دنیا گناهِ من است ای خندههای بیشمار!
>>>
BOOK
15-Feb-2012 (4 comments)
A unique look at modernity as not only advances in industry and economy but also advances toward an open, intellectual discourse on sexuality. Exploring the life and times of Shahrzad, a dancer, actress, filmmaker, and poet, "Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran" illuminates the country's struggle with modernity and the ideological, traditional, and religious resistance against it. Born in 1946, she performed in several theater productions, became an acclaimed film star in the 1970s>>>
MOSSADEGH
08-Feb-2012 (110 comments)
Mohammad Mossadegh — Iran’s charismatic Prime Minister—and the coup that brought him down in 1953 stand at the center of modern Iranian history. British journalist and writer, Christopher de Bellaigue, has written a new book on this remarkable figure titled "Patriot of Persia", which counts as the first real biography of Mossadegh in English. De Bellaigue, who is married to an Iranian artist and who has lived in Iran, has written about the country and the wider Middle East >>>
BOOK
21-Jan-2012 (one comment)
Farah sat in the study with ImAn on her lap soothing and comforting as her little girl’s crying had now ceased and the comfort of the antibiotic ointment was calming the nerve endings in her slightly brushed cheek. It was apparent to Amir almost immediately that his daughter had come very close to being seriously hurt. The housekeeper wanted to stay before leaving for her errands incase Farah still needed her for ImAn, but it seemed that the little girl had gained her composure as she slowly released the hold on her mother and regained confidence in her surroundings>>>
BOOK
17-Jan-2012 (3 comments)
"چهل مَتل از کودکی" نام کتاب تازه ایست از خانم فرشتۀ کوثر. طنز شیرین خانم کوثر در این متل ها هم همچون دو کتاب دیگرش خود را چنان که باید، می نمایاند و از ظرافت فکری، نازک اندیشی وخوش ذوقی نویسنده حکایت می کند. طنز کوثر در این کتاب یک جمله یک سطری نیست بلکه آن را می توان دربافت و رابطه داستانها واشخاص مختلف با یکدیگر یافت>>>
IDENTITY
11-Jan-2012
An immigrant's arrival in America has a distinct physical beginning marked by the landing of one's plane. But there's another arrival, the cultural one, that's incremental, perpetual. Of these latter sort of arrivals, the most memorable for me occurred nearly 20 years ago. I was still a new refugee, my heart's gaze fixed upon all that I'd left behind — upon Iran and the beloved language which, to the fledgling poet in me, meant everything at the time>>>
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