Thursday, December 9, 2010
The whole problem with the world!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
My Homeland (Vatanam)
Injured but tall and straight, she is long-lasting like a huge mountain.
Alexander went, but she remained; stony lion broke but the deer remained.
Although Arab cruelly ruined her Bistoon, Taq-i Kisra and Ctesiphon; to wipe out any sign of Iran
But she came out of the soil again, like a flower; my homeland, this pure clean water.
Many centuries have passed, and she’s still alive; my homeland has drunk the life water!
“Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh”
Zakhmi amma boland ghamat o raast
Mesle koohi setorg pabarjast
Raft eskandar o be ja ou mand
Shire sangi shekast o ahoo mand
Gar che ivane bistoonash ra
Taghe kasra va bistoonash ra
Kard tazish ba setam viran
Ke namanad neshani az iran
Baz rooyid chon goli az khak
Vatanam in zolale abiye pak
Gharnha raftast va oo zendast
Vatanam abe zendegi khordast
“Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh”
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Google Seach, Why Are ...?!
You must have noticed if you enter some words in Google search box, it tries to guess what you’re actually looking for based on the previous searches made by other people.
I put “why are french” and autocomplete results were:
“
why are french fries called french fries
why are french called frogs
why are french people so rude
why are french women so beautiful
why are french women thin
why are french women so skinny
why are french fries bad for you
why are french bulldogs expensive
why are french people so skinny
why are french people arrogant
“
The same way for “why are iranian” resulted in
“
why are iranian women so beautiful
why are iranians white
why are iranians not arabs
why are iranians called persians
why are iranians protesting
“
For “why are persians”
“
why are persian women so beautiful
why are persians rich
why are persian rugs expensive
why are persians so rich
why are persians so rude
“
And for “why are americans”
“
why are americans so stupid
why are americans afraid of dragons
why are americans so fat
why are americans so ignaorant
why are americans called yankees
why are americans afraid of socialism
why are americans so religious
why are american eggs white
why are americans obese
“
Interesting, huh?!
You might want to try searching other countries or expressions!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
No-Pub City!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Forough Farrokhzad
The talk is not about the weak link between the two names
Nor the embracing in the old pages of a book
The talk is about my lucky hairs
With your kisses that are like burnt poppies
And intimacy of our bodies, in imposture
And the shine of our naked bodies
Like the fish scales in water
La conversation n'est pas sur le lien faible entre les deux noms
Ni s'embrasser dans les anciennes pages d'un livre
On parle de mes cheveux heureux
Avec tes baisers qui sont comme des coquelicots brûlés
Et l'intimité de nos corps, dans l'imposture
Et la brillance de nos corps nus
Comme les écailles de poisson dans l'eau
سخن از پیوند سست دو نام
و همآغوشی در اوراق کهنه ی یک دفتر نیست
سخن از گیسوی خوشبخت منست
با شقایقهای سوخته ی بوسه ی تو
و صمیمیت تن هامان ، در طراری
و درخشیدن عریانمان
مثل فلس ماهیها در آب
Saturday, June 19, 2010
The Kids of Iran
Kids, This part is called Asia
Shape of a cat seems familiar here
This cat’s eyes are looking for you
Kids, This cat is our Iran...
Kids, this lovely homeland
Has many enemies in ambush
Has sadness in heart and in brow
She’s been called Great Persia since ancient times
She's the pure souvenir of the Aryan people
Kids, this beautiful flag
The flag of green, white and red
Has both the signs of peace and war
A pain in the hearts of jealous enemies
Our honor to it is endless
Kids, this is the home to our ancestors
It has been destroyed; eager to improve
Tired of dictatorship lash
Remedy to its problems is FREEDOM
Remedy to its problems is FREEDOM
Kids, this is your future job
This, is your future job
Song: Dariush
Words: Hadi Khorsandi
Translation: me!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Iranian Identity; No Lie!
“Iranians take pride in their pre-Islamic culture and their ancient civilization. The Islamic Government had tried during the past 30 years to subdue the importance of this great heritage. At the early years of the Islamic Republic, they even wanted to destroy Persepolis and any sign of praise for pre-Islamic Iran was condemned. Today, people once again emphasized on their old culture and their ancient glory. Many people carried placards with references to the glory and the humanity of Cyrus the Great, the Achmaneid King who redeemed the jews from Babylon and who is mentioned in the Old Testament. He is also famous for the first human rights charter in the history of mankind. His human rights charter guarantees freedom of religion, freedom of belief, freedom of speech for all the 25 nations in his vast empire considered to be the largest world empire ever. The national epic of Ferdowsi (Shahnameh) was also present with the stories of Kaveh and Fereidoun and their fight for freedom and justice which symbolises the conditions of today Iran. Samples included the statement narrated from Darius the Great which says: " May God protect this land from lie and draught and enemy". The fact that Ahmadinejad proved to be a liar made people so furious as lying is the ugliest moral vice in the Iranian culture.”
I copied the article above from the web page of French daily “Liberation” and enjoyed the realistic viewpoint. I tried to find the complete prayer of Darius the Great and here it is,
“The great ORMAZD, who is the greatest of gods, has instated DARIUS as a King; he has given to him the royalty. By the grace of ORMAZD, DARIUS is King.
DARIUS the King says: This Persian land, which ORMAZD granted to me, is noble, rich in horses and men. By the grace of ORMAZD and of me, King DARIUS, it does not fear from the other.
DARIUS the King says: May ORMAZD bring help to me, with all the gods. And may ORMAZD protect this land from devastation, from scarcity, from lie. May the Other not invade this country, nor devastation, nor scarcity, nor lie.
This is the prayer which I address to ORMAZD with all gods. This may ORMAZD grant to me with all gods”
ORMAZD or Ahura Mazda is a divinity in Zoroastrianism (the old Iranian religion). Darius the Great puts lie in a row with devastation by enemy and scarcity caused by drought!!!