A moment Brushing your hair tenderly Tiny rubber bands to control the chaos While you sleep. Grandparents nearby. Nature around. Silence allows this moment. – Dec 28 in Iran, watching Gaza bombings on CNN, taming my daughter’s curly hair with gratitude
Archive for June, 2009
Poem from 12/28/2008.
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Essay I wrote December 2008 in Tehran
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized, tagged Alive, Children, dance, diaspora, family, Fathers, future, hope, Iran, Iranian-American Experience, mother, Mothers, nature, protest, resistance, togetherness, Warriors, Who We Are, women, Youth on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have often heard Americans wonder why the people of Iran (usually the women) are not protesting in the streets if they are really in disagreement with the government. This is a question asked by people who take freedom of speech for granted. It is a question asked by people who have not been intimidated [...]
6/25/09 Memorial for Neda and “all other Martyrs” in Iran at Iranian Muslim Association of North America in Los Angeles
Posted in Events Outside Iran, tagged Alive, Children, civil disobedience, democracy, diaspora, Emam Jafar Saddegh, energized, freedom, global movement, hope, Separation of Church and State, solidarity, streets, students, tazohorat, togetherness, Youth on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A friend in Los Angeles describes they have been active day and night, all over Southern California, in front of the Federal Building. Also Orange County, Irvine, San Diego, Glendale (where there lives an Iranian-Armenian community). These large demonstrations are usually pro-democracy, often student-led mostly slogan was strictly related to solidarity with Iranian students and [...]
6/28/2009: Shiraz Update, “The Verdict Is In”
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, Uncategorized, tagged Alive, Basij, Baton, blame, colors, denial, different faits, diversity, eye witness, family, Guardian Council, hope, I remember, Iranian State TV, Karroubi, Khamanei, Persian Carpet, poor, Radicalized, shameless, suffocating, uncertain future, we are one fabric, zoroastrian on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Iran today: An hour and a half ago the Guardian Council announced that the election results stand. What an anti-climax – but no surprises there. Now we have to see what happens in the country in the next few days, weeks and months. Yesterday Khamenei tried to patch things up by warning people not to cause splits [...]
6/27/09 Shiraz Update: The Rage Runs Deep
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, Uncategorized, tagged Alive, brutality, Children, Iran, police brutality, rage, resistance, rooftop, Shiraz, street, tazohorat, togetherness, violence, women on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My mother-in-law called tonight to check if we were ok. We are all fine for now. The kids are kids and play nonstop with their friends. We talk about what they have seen and heard and what is going on in the country: they seem to be doing alright through the ordeal. My husband seems [...]
6/26/09 Tehran Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conspiracy, Iran, rooftop, street, tazohorat, tehran update, Youth on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My sources, who are not youth, say people are starting to tell eachother not to go to the streets. Up until yesterday, the daily routine was – live your life as usual until 4pm. At 4 pm, hit the streets (entire families from elderly to young) until about 10 pm when you would go on [...]
On Michael Jackson and Iran
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized, tagged dance, Iran, michael jackson, Off the Wall, Youth on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear MJ – With your passing, I am reminded to be thankful for the delicate, complicated things in the world. Like coral reefs, like rainforests, and like a musical genius. Off the Wall is the frequency of human joy. When it plays, humans resonate with joy. I am reminded to be thankful, mindful of delicate [...]
6/25/09 If you like Ahmadinejad so much, why don’t you take him
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized, tagged brutality, Egypt, internet, Iran, Lisa Mullins, media, NPR, PRI, Sara Khorshid on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PRI’s the World and Lisa Mullins interviewed Sara Khorshid today. Sarah is a journalist in Cairo who has been criticizing Western media coverage of the events in Iran. Dear Sara Khorshid, You criticize the “western media” for relying on “Twitter,” and the “internet” and sources that are “not credible.” You go on to say that the [...]
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