Take One

2003-05-12T05:16:00.000-07:00

Good News : Sina Motalebi , an Iranian Journalist and Blogger , is just relesed from the Prison.
Cheers ! â€¦How great ! I think we must open champain bottle for it !

2003-05-11T05:29:00.000-07:00

MAMA, I'LL SING ONE SONG FOR YOU
By Shel Silverstein

I've sung my songs on dusty roads
And dirty city sidewalks,
To sweatin' hard-eyed brakemen,
In the rail yards I rolled through.
I've sung in blue wallpapered rooms
To girls I played at lovin'.
Now Mama... I'll sing one song for you.

Mama, let me tell you that I've never lost the mem'ry
Of the tender things you told me,
And the gentle things you'd do.
And though I've grown away
And other arms reach out to hold me,
Mama... I'll sing one song for you.
......

Tomorrow I'll be movin' out
On them dusty country backroads.
Some sweatin' hard-eyed brakeman
May hear a tune once or two.
And the girl in the blue wallpapered room,
She'll ask where I been hidin'
And I'll tell 'em I stopped and sang one song for you.

for my Kind and Beautiful Mum ,

2003-05-11T05:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Motherâ€™s Day
Today is The Motherâ€™s Day around the world , but cause Iran is out of this strange world, you should not be surprised that Iranian Motherâ€™s day is Different .
Iranian Motherâ€™s day is in the Fatimaâ€™s birth day .of course Fatima was one of the great women of Islam , and I love her personality but Iâ€™m more agree with its International day . I donâ€™t know why !

Any way ,We have a singer â€œ Habibâ€� who is always shouting in his songs , an he has a interesting song about mother , which has a great influence in me .
I couldnâ€™t find link of it, but I find a flash file of this song . take a look at it , itâ€™s present to all kind mothers around the world .

2003-05-08T23:07:00.000-07:00

Tehran Book Fair

Tehran Book Fair has increased the traffic of Tehran , especially on that part of Tehran ( west-north ) . as I know in many countries this kind of fairs , is in out of city . Surly ,Tehranâ€™s traffic is high normally , and itâ€™s took a year to going home , we donâ€™t need more .

In this book fair , which is just 10 days in the year & always has people Ovation , You can see all kind of peoples there , Student , Teacher , Worker , Mullah , Thief & â€¦. and as I know 90% of them arenâ€™t there for Buying books !

They have also created a saloon for selling foreign books with showing special cards to University students & masters , cheaper .University Students Can buy books in this section 4 or 5 days after its opening , so when you go to this Saloon you see all of the important books are sold . another nice thing there is their Art of book selecting . when I were searching art books I found a book about Casino Designing , I were so surprised how we can use this book in Iran where we have no Casino !

2003-05-08T08:10:00.000-07:00

Iranian Judiciary is going to control Internet in Iran .
when you canâ€™t see the satellite channels by their noises , and newspapers write as they want , and your Public TV channels are quite Governmental , you have no media except Internet .
Now they are going to filter it too , and as I heard many Famous Persian Websites & also many Weblogs will be Filtered .
Itâ€™s quite bad news .

2003-05-08T04:32:00.000-07:00

Really , many important Iranian governments donâ€™t know whatâ€™s the real meaning of democracy and freedom ?
Huh â€¦ our dear (!) president Mr.Khatami in his speech in first day of Tehran book fair had said that newspapers just could write as our Islamic law wants . newspapers canâ€™t write something that may make any danger for Iran ( surly he means regime !) .

You see how funny we are !

2003-05-08T03:25:00.000-07:00

what should I do ?

Music , the just thing that makes me Peaceful . the Iranian Music from 30 years ago to 2003 â€¦ of course in this days , Iâ€™m quite dreamer , & I donâ€™t think itâ€™s good for a Bashful and Affright Lover as me .
Sometimes in this days I think how stupid I am , and sometimes i say to myself It is last time that Iâ€™m trying to say it â€¦. But still Silence , just a big hard silence .
Really I donâ€™t know , what should I do ? could you help me ?!

2003-05-07T09:19:00.000-07:00

Lover Streets
Today was another nice rainy day for Tehran , really you could hear the song of wind and rain in Tehran streets .
And as walking in wet streets I were thinking about an important decision . it is very hard to do some works , to say some things , you need to be brave .
I decide , but I donâ€™t know Iâ€™m now brave enough for Confessing to hard thing as love â€¦

2003-05-07T08:33:00.000-07:00

Many greetings to Lady Sun for her new English weblog .
She is editor of a Persian Electronic magazine called cappuccino and also one of the most popular Persian bloggers .

2003-05-06T09:04:00.000-07:00

The song of wind and rain
By Shafii Kadkani

You are kinder than a leaf under the kisses of rain
The wakefulness of stars in the eyes of streams

The mirror of your eyes the unity of morning and shore
Your rare smile a star-pouring morning

Come back, cause in your absence, my silent insanity
Made the mountainous rocks scream

You running brook, don't run from this shadow leaf
Since this opportunity has been missed by so many

The wall of life has been painted with memories
By many before you and me

You said : "Love has set in my heart over time," I said:
You can not strike it out even by time

Till remains in the world the song of wind and rain
Our love melody will remain after you and me .

Just for me and my current feelings ...

2003-05-06T07:33:00.000-07:00

What are the people saying about â€œThe Beloved is hereâ€� the latest album of Dariush , Ramesh & Faramarz Aslani ?

2003-05-06T07:26:00.000-07:00

Gagging the bloggers
Sina is still in prison after his arrest on 20 April. The authorities have given no indication of what he is accused of or whether he will be released soon, creating an atmosphere of fear and worry among Iran's estimated 10,000 other bloggers.

2003-05-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

Still no news about Sina Motalebi , in Iranian Medias .
& It is more than two weeks that he is in jail .
Donâ€™t Forgot he isnâ€™t a thief or Felon , he is just a journalist and a blogger .
Yeah , Iran is where you go to Jail , just for your words .
What we can do? Really I donâ€™t know .
if you havenâ€™t still sign Petition , here is where you can help him .

Free Sina Motallebi

2003-05-05T08:29:00.000-07:00

Khavaran in Tehran

Khavaran is a yard as large as a sport stadium which half of them is bahaeian ( a religion ) Cemetery and Another half is Cemetery of political prisoners .

7Sang , Persian E-Magazine has an article about khavaran in Farsi with itâ€™s photos .

2003-05-04T07:53:00.000-07:00

No News Is Good News â€¦
Some days , when you wake up in the morning your heart is booming , you wear your nice clothes and when you are out you can see the sky bluer and the rose redder . you have some feeling in your mind that is destroying you for nice thing â€¦ I think that feeling name is something near Love , and maybe tomorrow will be like this for me .

Sorry I have no special news about my country today , but as a idiom No news is good news ...

2003-05-03T01:20:00.000-07:00

Shahyar Ghanbari , talked for minutes about my weblog In his weekly TV program â€œDoostatdaramhaâ€� ,which is broadcasted in an international Iranian ( Farsi) TV , Shoma TV .
Shahyar said Iranian weblogs are now as a great media against the Governmental Censorship .
Itâ€™s great that Take One is English cause itâ€™s the time to speak with the world , and itâ€™s the time that world should see Iran without Mask â€¦.

I always honor that we have a poet , songwriter and singer as a Shahyar who had made my past memories . thanks to Shahyar and all of my friends who give me a credit with their links to my post about Shahyar and his latest album .

2003-05-02T23:19:00.000-07:00

SARS in Iran
I have heard 3 people who were Bedfast in Imam-Khomeini hospital in Tehran are death from SARS . but until now there is no official news about it in Iranian Medias .
It is quite natural â€¦ maybe they are frightened to publish this news ..
SARS has comes to Iran , it is what I sure and wish to be wrong .

2003-05-02T21:15:00.000-07:00

Fear in Persian Bloggers
After Sinaâ€™s arrest , thereâ€™s bad fear of controlling weblogs by governments in Persian bloggers .
Also Iranian judiciary has published no reason for arresting Sina Motalebi since he is in his 13th day in jail . and we donâ€™t know really they want to judge him for his writing in his weblog .

Now , we have a hard silence in Persian weblogs about Sina , just two or three weblogs which their writers are living out of Iran , are posting about him .

2003-05-02T05:13:00.000-07:00

I have a bad cold â€¦ cold not that hating SARS .
Last night I was watching digital satellite channels , a channel was showing some victims of SARS . this picture made me very sad . how a cruel world we have !
Now some children have lost their parents in war in Iraq , some people are suffering from SARS around the world & SARS is still growing , and many are in fear from earthquake â€¦.
Really how a cruel world we have .

2003-05-02T04:52:00.000-07:00

Iran-Air to cancel flights to Japan, South Korea
Tokyo, May 2, IRNA -- Iran's national flag carrier Iran-Air said here
Friday it will temporarily cancel its two weekly flights to Japan and
South Korea via Beijing due to dwindling number of passengers and
increasing cases of SARS virus infections.

it sounds good...

2003-05-02T04:38:00.000-07:00

Farnaz ghazizadeh ( Sina Motalebiâ€™s wife ) in her weblog has invite all to be Quiet about Sina . she has also Refute all of the news which is Ascribe to her about Sina .
I think this silent is first bad for Sina . cause when is silence governments can do what they want with him . but if Farnaz use her weblog as a media to talking about truth news it may be very useful for Sina .
And in another view , these notes of Franaz , donâ€™t let Abuse the news by some Iranian political Faction who are out of Iran for their self . and itâ€™s what Sina wants .

2003-04-30T07:44:00.000-07:00

Rewind Me In Paris

After I wrote a bit about Rewind Me In Paris , I sent an email to Shahyar and after introducing Take One I asked him about his new English-French album , and he write for Take One readers about his latest album as well as ever .

â€œ REWIND ME IN PARIS will be heard ,sooner or later.

it's about truthfulness . it's about the artists who have created PARIS.

The poets , the painters , the filmmakers , the musicians , the songwriters ,
the dancers...you name it.
The angels ..not the politicians .....The angels , from Marcel Proust ,
Jacques Brel, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso , Samuel Becket , Albert Camus to :James Joyce ,Paul Eluard ,Jean-luc Godard ,Luis Bunuel ,...
It's about these eternal questions:
- what's the weather like inside of you?
-What time is it within you?
-Where are you going to?
It's about : waiting for beauty , with or without GODOT.......
It's about :still dreaming......It's about:
-WHERE is POETRY?
I am a poet from RUMI's ROOM , RUMI's land ,and I love PARIS ,as I love
the whole world. But PARIS is a WOMAN.
Listen to it and do not forget :
When you remember your PAST, you become a POET.
So,please pay attention,to my IMAGINATION.
REWIND ME IN PARIS,now.

SHAHYAR GHANBARI, or as my friend call me :
SHAYAR....
April 28th, 2003...in front of the PACIFIC ocean. â€�

2003-04-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

Shahyar Ghanbari has released his latest album â€œ Rewind Me In Paris â€� in this days .sadly , I found no article or any news about his new in any Persian website .
itâ€™s very baleful for us , itâ€™s the first English-French Album which is released by a great Iranian poet , but cultural work is not important for many Iranians .
Any way , Iâ€™m going to talk more about â€œ Rewind Me In Paris â€� .

Update : you can buy it here online .

2003-04-28T07:50:00.000-07:00

Saddam's body parts for Iranians leaders ! ( From Iranian )

Heard from Niki A.:

My aunt in Tehran told me this joke: Saddam wrote a will before the Americans attacked. His wish was, "When I die, give my hand to Khamenei, my moustache to Rafsanjani and my balls to Khatami." ( thanks to hoder )

2003-04-28T07:39:00.000-07:00

Tehran has a great weather , when you think today should be sunny , you must sure you will have a rainy day !

2003-04-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

No News About Sina
It is very funny . itâ€™s five days that a journalist is arrested but itâ€™s no news about him in Iranian medias. you canâ€™t found a word about him in Television and newspapers . I think newspapers are so frightened , cause maybe writing about sina may get them closed . they just wrote a little lines in the first day of his arresting news about him.
And our TV channels are Governmental too !

But Sina Motlebiâ€™s wife , Farnaz Ghazizadeh has a weblog , which write there about their little son Mani . Farnaz has a great media to talk about real news , cause she is nearest person to sina . but this days she is on a big silence , I donâ€™t know maybe she is frightened too .
And as I think this silence is not good for Sina .

2003-04-25T02:04:00.000-07:00

Iran , Forbidden Land
I have many emails which asked me about full text of Forbidden .
Iâ€™m very happy that my readers are interested in it . Iranians can touch this poem whit their souls , cause in our land all things are forbidden : Your dress , eyes, music, books, newspapers, poets, movies, Love , voice, thoughts, & mine! Even you & I are forbidden !
Yeah ! as Shahyar said :
You are forbidden, I am forbidden!

Today I have putted full text of forbidden in Take One . Enjoy It !

2003-04-25T02:01:00.000-07:00

Forbidden
By Shahyar Ghanbari

Blue of the sea is forbidden
The desire to see, is forbidden
The love between two fish is forbidden
Alone & together is forbidden

To have a new love, you should not ask permission
To have a new love, you should not ask permission

Whispering & murmuring is forbidden
Dancing of the shadows is forbidden
Discovering the stolen kisses,
In the middle of your dream is forbidden

To have a new dream, you should not ask permission
To have a new dream, you should not ask permission

In this homely exile
Write the simplest poems
Say what you have to say
Say long live life,
Say long live life

To write a new poem, you should not ask permission
To write a new poem, you should not ask permission

To write about you, is forbidden
Even to complain is forbidden
The fragrance of a woman, is forbidden
You are forbidden, I am forbidden!

To start a new day, you should not ask permission
To start a new day, you should not ask permission

2003-04-25T01:58:00.000-07:00

Weblogs Unite to Protest Detained Iranian Blogger
â€œâ€¦But this time, the detainee, Sina Motallebi, is different. His roots are in print journalism, as a film critic, later covering politics for a reformist paper Ham Mihan, and the arts for Hayat-Ã©-No (subsequently shut down). Most recently he gained fame with his popular Farsi-language Weblog, Webgard (meaning "Web surfer"). And now the Persian blogging community, surprisingly strong, has linked up with top American bloggers to promote an online petition to ask for Motallebi's release.â€�

2003-04-24T08:39:00.000-07:00

â€œBlue of the sea is forbidden
The desire to see is forbidden
The love between two fishes
Alone and together is forbiddenâ€�

A part of Forbidden by Shahyar Ghanbari .

Do you think could we Deliver Forbidden land â€œIranâ€� ?

2003-04-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

â€œWe believe them because the face we see of the Arab in
the
Arab world is an ugly, screaming mob, burning flags, cheering bin
Ladin,
supporting Saddam, and killing Americans. You will NEVER get America's
sympathy as long as you continue to present that face.
â€¦ â€¦
What has Israel, for example, got to
do
with Iran? The lives of Saudi youth are not affected by Israel at all,
but
they spend their time bitching about Israel, instead of getting a job.
Understand that you, the Arab street, are being played for the suckers
that
you areâ€¦â€�

a part of a Dave Francisâ€™s radio show ,which is done in Russia . he had sent full text of it for me and Take One .

2003-04-23T01:01:00.000-07:00

Actress faces lashing for kiss
â€œA PROMINENT Iranian actress has been handed a suspended sentence of 74 lashes for publicly kissing a male film director during an awards ceremony, a report said.

The Hambastegi newspaper said the court in the central city of Yazd suspended the sentence after Gohar Kheirandish, a veteran star of Iranian cinema, apologised for her public show of affection.â€�

It is very hard to believe it for a westerner , we are living in 21st century but in a part of world kiss is Forbidden .
she was as old as my mother , and that boy was as her son .
This news is very baleful for me , because she was one of my favorite players , I could never forget her kind and real playing in Films and TV series .

2003-04-22T22:29:00.000-07:00

Another journalist and website editor arrested
"Reporters Without Borders today deplored the arrest of Sina Motallebi, editor of the news website www.rooznegar.com and formerly a staff member of the banned reformist daily Hayat-Ã©-No, and called for his immediate release.

"This is the second journalist arrested this year for running a website," said the organisation's secretary-general Robert MÃ©nard. "It comes as the UN Human Rights Commission is due to put out a report on Iran. Whatever the report says, the Iranian regime should know that sooner or later it will have to answer for all its arbitrary arrests of journalists," he warned, calling for the release of 9 other jailed journalists."

2003-04-22T22:23:00.000-07:00

We are receiving very bad news from Iranian Journalists .
Sina Motalebi , Iranian Journalist and also great Persian blogger now is in prison .
I think we can just Sign the petition and hope for the better tomorrows .

2003-04-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry for these days I havenâ€™t write here â€¦ I had no internet account and no time and no money to buy new one ! .. this month I were so spendthrift , and itâ€™s not good for a young university student .
anyway , Take One will be ok from tomorrow .

2003-04-15T22:08:00.000-07:00

Film Threat / Merle Bertrand: â€�Takes a while to get rolling, but builds fairly well once it finally does. Part of the problem, no doubt, is Shokrina's decision to have the dialogue rapidly alternate between English and (presumably) Persian, with subtitles. This is a highly disorienting distraction.â€�

America So Beautiful , which is directed by Babak Shokrian , Starring Mansour ( Iranian Pop Singer ), Diane Gaidry, Houshang Touzie , now in L.A Cinemas .
The film is about a large group of Iranian who had left Iran after revolution ,and are trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis .

The film has a Official Website , and you can read also Michelle Langford interview with babak shokrian .

2003-04-15T06:35:00.001-07:00

Today was a real bad day for me .
And now after fighting with many Friends in university , and an argue in, now Iâ€™m hungry and alone in my room , and maybe going to sleep â€¦itâ€™s soon but better than Awaking alone, tired and hungry .

2003-04-15T06:35:00.000-07:00

U.S. needs Iran , by Afshin Molavi

2003-04-14T09:10:00.000-07:00

Shahrooz Nabati , has a photo exhibition from 12-22 April in Laleh art gallery ( Tehran ).
I like his photography . he has took many good Architectural photos with interesting Black and white tunes from Iran , Italy and Germany in this years .
You can see his Biography and some of his photo in his website .

2003-04-13T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Wind Will Take Us
by Forugh Farrokhzad

In my small night, ah
the wind has a date with the leaves of the trees
in my small night there is agony of destruction
listen
do you hear the darkness blowing?
I look upon this bliss as a stranger
I am addicted to my despair.

listen do you hear the darkness blowing?
something is passing in the night
the moon is restless and red
and over this rooftop
where crumbling is a constant fear
clouds, like a procession of mourners
seem to be waiting for the moment of rain.
a moment
and then nothing
night shudders beyond this window
and the earth winds to a halt
beyond this window
something unknown is watching you and me.

O green from head to foot
place your hands like a burning memory
in my loving hands
give your lips to the caresses
of my loving lips
like the warm perception of being
the wind will take us
the wind will take us.

2003-04-12T23:53:00.000-07:00

The todayâ€™s weather is quite interesting . the cloudy sky , which make you waiting for rain , and reading Forugh poems .

2003-04-12T22:53:00.000-07:00

The noises witch influences Satellite Frequencies now has created again , by unknown people ( I think itâ€™s a Adjudge ) .
With them in many parts of Tehran , people canâ€™t see some Satellite Channels as 6 Persian political channels ( broadcasted from L.A , U.S ) , BBC News , euro news and a lot of others .
Satellite dish is forbidden here , but cause of our stupid governmental programs , many people have it.

2003-04-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

I hadnâ€™t see , but on reports of Radio Farda , Iraqis who are living in Tehran after hearing the saddamâ€™s fall news , they divided sweets and cookies between Iranian people in the streets.
also yesterday about 200 happy Iraqis who were in Demonstrate against Saddam and U.S , had attached Iraqâ€™s Embassy in Tehran .
you see , Tehran is getting dangerous now !

2003-04-10T23:32:00.000-07:00

Powell: US won't invade Syria or Iran
"We believe that all of these nations - Syria, Iran, others - should realise that pursuing weapons of mass destruction, supporting terrorist activities, is not in their interest," Powell told The Los Angeles Times in an interview.

"That doesn't mean that war is coming to them, it just means that the world is changing," he added.

2003-04-10T21:50:00.000-07:00

Liar TV

Yesterday was a hard day for Iranian TV channels . when all news TV channels around the world were showing celebrating Pictures of Iraqis people , their dancing and singing with U.S flags on their hands , Khabar TV , Iranian international TV was showing Desultory news .

It seems This channel like saddam more than Arab channels . it is not their crime , The poor Iraqis people ( from their view ,__ who were Innocent up to yesterday ! __) are celebrating with American Soldiers â€¦ is it important ???
Itâ€™s not good for Iranian people . itâ€™s Unallowable !

Huh ! they think itâ€™s Neanderthal time â€¦ witch take a year to communicate .
Iâ€™m sorry for our stupid governments .

2003-04-10T00:35:00.000-07:00

From news , It's easy to guess now saddam is on his last days .
Here , many are thinking about U.S next target . Iran , Syria or North Korea. which of them ??!

2003-04-09T23:14:00.000-07:00

Blog sky is a new online weblog management tool which is made by Iranians after good experience as a Persianblog.com . I havenâ€™t test it but it seems good and powerfull . especially it has a comment service and itâ€™s without Ad Banners in top of the pages . I wish luck for them .

2003-04-09T01:00:00.000-07:00

The Beloved is Here , Now Available Around the world.

Dariush , Ramesh & Faramarz Aslani , three Legends in Iranian music now for first time are together in "The Beloved is Here" .

â€œ "The Beloved is Here" or Maashough Haminjast is one album you cannot afford to miss. "The Beloved is Here" masterfully fuses the spiritual poetry of Rumi (1207-1273) with contemporary sounds and exotic rhythms. It merges the past and present together by seamlessly blending different styles of music, from Rave to jazz and ethnic grooves, while reintroducing us to this great poet's universal vision within a whole new contemporary musical framework.
â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.
The Beloved is Here also incorporates several purely instrumental pieces as well as selections of the spoken word, performed by accomplished actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and Alireza Meibodi, a world-renowned writer and Rumi scholar. Coupled with the unique musical interpretations of Farhadi , these spoken pieces round out an album of distinctive vision creating a listening experience to be enjoyed for years to come "( From Dariushâ€™s Official Site )

For Ordering Information , You Can visit here .

2003-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

Forget Old Days
How hard is watching pictures of war in news .
it remembers all old Iranians as my father the war days in Iran .
these are that Iraqis people , which celebrate after destroying Iranian cities and killings Iranian young people. these are that Iraqis people who abuse women and children in war . but , these pictures donâ€™t make us happy . how we can be happy for killing of People .
I don't mean that evil man â€œ saddam Hosseinâ€� .
I think itâ€™s the time to think about future , forgetting old days and hopping peace for the world .

2003-04-07T05:55:00.000-07:00

So you're leaving
In the morning
On the early train
Well I could say everything's alright
And I could pretend and say good bye

Got your ticket
Got your suitcase
Got your leaving smile
I could say that's the way it goes
And I could pretend and you won't know
That I was lying

Cause I can't stop loving you
No I can't stop loving you
No I won't stop loving you
Why should I

We took a taxi to the station
Not a word was said
I saw you walk across the road
For maybe the last time, I don't know

Feeling humble
Heard the rumble
On the railway track
And when I hear the whistle blow
I walk away and you won't know
That I'll be crying

Cause I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
No I won't stop loving you
Why should I â€¦

Itâ€™s really wonderful love song â€¦ With great music and warm voice of Phil Collins . unfortunately I have heard just this track of his latest album "testify". because itâ€™s very hard in Iran to find this kind of music . hope to find it soon !

2003-04-06T01:50:00.000-08:00

Kaveh Golestanâ€™s last moments , by his Colleague , Jim Muir .

2003-04-06T00:02:00.000-08:00

I think at least %60 of Iranians are agree with war . Many Iranians who are living in Iran are very happy and proud that saddam is going to die !
Sure , Iraq needs democracy and freedom . if bush didnâ€™t attack Iraq , we donâ€™t know how many people would saddam kill in this year , it is the fact that , we canâ€™t say exactly saddam would kill less than bush or not?

I hope one day , have a real democracy in Iran , when we can say all we want .

2003-04-05T22:27:00.000-08:00

â€œ Life is perhaps
a long street through which a woman holding
a basket passes every day

Life is perhaps
a rope with which a man hangs himself from a branch
life is perhaps a child returning home from school.

Life is perhaps lighting up a cigarette
in the narcotic repose between two love-makings
or the absent gaze of a passerby
who takes off his hat to another passerby
with a meaningless smile and a good morning . â€œ

Part of â€œAnother Birthâ€� by forough Farrokhzad .
You can read full text , here .

2003-04-04T22:17:00.000-08:00

Nikahang Kowsar , well-known Iranian editorial cartoonist , has created a Website .
He has worked for the most popular Iranian newspapers as Hamshahri , Iran News and many others. To read his bio and experiences as a cartoonist click here . ( thanks to Hoder )

2003-04-04T21:17:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of work after this long 15 days holiday ( 13 days new year holiday + 2 days weekend ) .
How soon it finished ! â€¦ so from today , I go university everyday . Iâ€™ll describe my university and my life there , soon .

2003-04-03T21:28:00.000-08:00

Judy Bloch : "They were laughing when they drew their last breath": The culture of martyrs is about the only thing that survived the Iran-Iraq war, sprouting from its many graves. Fundamentalism is everywhere in Iran, but it is one of many strands that make up Iranian society, and from which veteran filmmaker Thierry Michel weaves an astonishing tapestry. "Michel is one tough filmmaker, unafraid of taking on subject matter that is not so much controversial as explosive," notes the Film Society of Lincoln Center. â€œ

Iran, Veiled Appearances , is a Documentary film about Iran and itâ€™s revolution witch is directed by Thierry Michel , with music of Shahyar Ghanbari ,great Iranian Poet , composer and Singer .
Itâ€™s one of the best documentaries of year .
Read the information in Sundance Film festival guide , and also google search about the film .

2003-04-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately , Kaveh Golestan ,an Iranian cameraman who was working for BBC , has been killed in Iraq.
See Some of his photos here .

2003-04-02T20:44:00.000-08:00

What people are saying about Madonnaâ€™s new single ?

2003-04-02T20:21:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was 2nd of April and 13th Farvardin ( Persian month ) .
So, our Iranian holiday finished ! how soon !
Yesterday me with my family went to a green park to have a friendly picnic ! itâ€™s a tradition â€¦ yeah ! all Iranians in 13th of Farvardin went out to Parks our green land , with all members of family â€¦ children play together â€¦ older people play chess â€¦ also all people eat their launch out . we call this day Sizdah-be-dar .
I think itâ€™s very nice treadition , it makes all members of family together after a year .
So you can imagine how crowded was Tehran parks yesterday !

2003-04-01T20:41:00.000-08:00

Village Voice / Michael Atkinson : Bani-Etemad's generational melodrama observes a blue-collar dynastic collapse worthy of Lillian Hellman, but stays steadfastly fixed on the quotidian of Tehran life.
Under the Skin of the City , an interesting Iranian movie directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad , now in U.S cinemas .
I have seen this film few years ago , it s about a working class family in Tehran . with a great directing and nice playing .
Read the reviews about Film .

2003-03-31T21:49:00.000-08:00

We have a international TV channel called khabar ( means news ) in Iran .
In this days khabar TV seems more Iraqi to Iranian …it’s news are full of good news for Iraqis …. I don’t know .. maybe Iraq has attacked U.S and Britain !
how they can do this ! , I’m talking about changing or selecting this news or showing some lies which in the next days will be known ! this sharply supporting Iraq I think isn’t good for a Iranian channel .
Anyway , today we are in 13th day of our Iranian new year festival ( Nowrooz) , and I have done nothing …. Hey reza ! college days are coming hurry up !

2003-03-31T03:17:00.000-08:00

How a Warm and Sunny spring we have here in Tehran ,
Wish I were north , near Caspian sea , then I could have a great holiday !

2003-03-30T22:17:00.000-08:00

In fact , Iranian people could not have a anti-war protest . Sadam is who used chemi-bombs in war with Iran . is who killed thousands of Iranian people . is who destroyed many cities of Iran .so, now is very normal that nobody wants to support this hateful man .

2003-03-30T04:13:00.000-08:00

Hi, this is my first weblog .
Weblog is not very popular in Iran , but now there are lots of Iranians who they write weblogs . but most of them Write in Farsi , and people of another parts of world can't read them . so , after good weblogs like Notes of an Iranian girl , I decided to have a weblog to write about Iran and my life in Iran . because I think there are many wrong ideas about people and lifestyles in Iran .
Of course , my English is not well , but I'm sure you are interested to know how life is going here ... so stay tuned !