POWERFUL

Ensaniat

Song by Jadugaran (Feat Changeez, Taymoor, Deev)

19-May-2011 (10 comments)
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POETRY

انتقاد از ترجمه فروغ

دو نگاه به یک شعر

18-May-2011 (65 comments)
به جرأت می توان گفت که فروغ فرّخزاد اوّلین شاعریست دردرازنای تاریخ شعر فارسی که شعرش از جنسیّت او و از دلیریش در بر ملا کردن این امر خبر می دهد. ما زنان ایران همگی وامدار این بانوی دلیر در شعر فارسی و پیشقدم در رهائی و آزادی زنان هستیم. در شعر پروین اعتصامی که فقط ۲۵ سال یعنی حدود یک ربع قرن پیش از فروغ می زیست با همه صلابت و فخامتش، خوانندۀ ناشناس به شعرهای او نمی تواند جنسیّت شاعر را گمانه زند و براحتی می توان بجای پروین یک اسم مردانه زیر شعر گذاشت>>>

ART

Extreme Characters

Extreme Characters

Drawings & illustrations

by Sotoodeh Yarmahmoudi
16-May-2011 (4 comments)

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POETRY

ضیافت در رواق ِ بی‌ چراغی
16-May-2011
شب بی‌ قرار هنوز و من بیدار
و در این بزم پُر ملال
همسرایی ِ دف‌‌ و گیتار
همچنان در کار >>>

STORY

نیمه پنهان ماه

ویروس ایمان به قدرتی که زور بگوید همیشه با ماست

14-May-2011 (6 comments)
شناختن ایرانیها در هر جای دنیا کار سختی نیست. فرمول قدیم من هنوز ردخور ندارد. اگر صفحه ای از سر شانه های ایرانیها به موازات زمین عبور دهی در اغلب موارد سر ایرانیها بالاست. یعنی دقیق تر بگویم چانه آنها با افق زاویه ای حدود ده درجه میسازد. یعنی آنها سر به هوا هستند و بیشتر در نخ این و اون و اطرافیانند تا خودشان. چه زن و چه مردان ایرانی، حتی اگر عینک های ضخیم آفتابی هم زده باشند در حال سوکیدن این وآنند>>>

STORY

One Who is in Love Always Prays

Two short stories

12-May-2011 (2 comments)
The man was sitting on a wooden chair, wearing his wool jacket and drinking tea, much oblivious and relaxed. The teacup, however, was full of memories as if it was telling the story of the tea farm and its teenaged farmer girl, with her charming smile, the twinkle in her eyes, her tired hands and the flower patterns on her skirt. The tea was very tasty which means the farmer girl must have been in love when she picked the leaves>>>

POETRY

کاسه مجنون
12-May-2011 (6 comments)
خلق  توئی  خالق و  مخلوق  تو
عشق توئی عاشق و معشوق تو

عشق تو گر در دل مجنون  نبود
از غم لیلی جگرش خون  نبود
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POETRY

 بوتیمار
12-May-2011 (4 comments)
همچون بوتیمار که
بر لب دریا می نشیند
و هرگز آب نمی خورد
از ترس آن که
آب دریا
تمام شود >>>

PERFORMANCE

Ascending Bird

Siamak Aghaei; YouTube Symphony Orchestra

11-May-2011 (3 comments)
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HERITAGE

Sasani Warrior

Sasani Warrior

Photo essay: Ancient soldier brought to life

by Ardeshir Radpour
11-May-2011 (18 comments)

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MUSLIMS

Fighting Ignorance

Attacking Muslims seems to be the popular fashion

10-May-2011 (49 comments)
While reading War on Error by Melody Moezzi, I was overcome by awe for a young Iranian-American woman who is brave enough to take a chance and defend a topic that has caused much animosity. This may be the most difficult time for Muslims around the world to raise their voices, but it’s ten times more so for those in the US. In the words of one interviewee, “It has just become such a Pavlovian response in this country: if terrorism, then Islam.”>>>

STORY

The Bloodstain

Why are you biting your nails all the time?

10-May-2011 (2 comments)
On a Wednesday at noon, three people are sitting at a round table in a restaurant. The restaurant has red tablecloths and red velvet chairs. A woman and a man of almost the same age, and a teenage boy. The man is the owner of the restaurant. The boy looks at the woman and says, ‘For fifteen years, he’s been saying he’s gonna take me to a resort in the North>>>

POETRY

Temptation
10-May-2011 (2 comments)
An appointment with a perceived destiny,
Stumbled upon a crossroad of
Devastation and misery, instead.
Against the stretch of time,
“Why me, and if that…..,” I asked >>>

ART

Beauty in Balance

Beauty in Balance

Calligraphy & fashion designs

by Sasan Nasernia
08-May-2011 (7 comments)

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POETRY

Confusion
08-May-2011
If you decide to forgive me
I will make it easy for you
I will tell you, how for so long
I was trapped in my soul.>>>

THE VISITOR

The American Reality

Why not stay in Iran and fight for liberty in my own land?

07-May-2011 (10 comments)
The Visitor was released in 2008. I was reminded of it after President Obama announced that photographic proof of Osama Bin Laden’s body would not be released to the public. A small circle of insiders who supposedly know what is best for the country made the decision. This elite circle tells us that lives may be lost to terrorism if the photos are made public. As though fewer lives are lost to terrorism when only the elite have access to information and make the decisions>>>

POETRY

نیویورک
07-May-2011
امروز
نیویورک خم شد
و در آبهای اطلس گریست  
از زخمی بزرگ می نالید
روی تیره ی پشتش >>>

POETRY

New York
07-May-2011
Today
New York bent down
And cried
In the Atlantic waters >>>

POETRY

The green lantern
07-May-2011 (7 comments)
As a boy it might be
the stance of a holy knight,
a Jesus of power, heralding
Arcadia.
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Vancouver on Fire

Vancouver on Fire

Photo essay: Kooch band’s dramatic musical

by Nazy Kaviani
06-May-2011 (one comment)

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