The silence from Iran is too loud. Until phone call from Iran — my friend has been threatened and is in hiding. Dear international community: help!
Archive for July, 2009
7/17/09 Shiraz update
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, Uncategorized, tagged global movement, police brutality, police intimidation, rage, resistance, Shiraz on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
7/16/09 Dust Wave
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Tehran, tagged breath, depression, dust storm, Iran air quality, Iraqq, restless, tehran times, tehran update, Youth on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Youth expressing boredom, restlessness, stuck inside the home because of a huge dust wave as well as worry for their safety outside.
July 15: New York: A Conversation with Cohen, Esfandiari, Sadjadpour Tonight
Posted in Events Outside Iran, Uncategorized, tagged 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Haleh Esfandiari, July 15 Iran Update, Karim Sadjadpour, New York, PENAmerican Center, Roger Cohen, Shaul Bakhash, The New York Review of Books on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
PEN American Center, The New York Review of Books, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center present IRAN: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ELECTIONS, PROTEST, AND THE FUTURE With Shaul Bakhash, Roger Cohen, Haleh Esfandiari, and Karim Sadjadpour Wednesday, July 15, 2009 New York City—Only one month following the start of [...]
THIS IS WHO WE ARE
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized, tagged dance on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t let the pain define us. Don’t let the darkness and struggle define us. We are: good. We are: fun-loving. We are: polite and sneaky all at once. We are: dance.
7/12/09 Good News
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Tehran, Uncategorized, tagged civil disobedience, good news, mother, resistance, street, tazohorat, Tehran, tehran update, traffic on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spoke to my mom this morning. She says that the traffic is better in Tehran now. Actually, she was joking. But now, when someone is going the wrong way on a one-way street, or backwards on the highway, other drivers raise a hand and scream in happiness: YES! BREAK THE LAW! BREAK THE LAW! [...]
7/11/09 Depression
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, Uncategorized, tagged Alive, censorship, civil rights, civil society, dance, depression, freedom, head-scarf, hope, Iran, michael jackson, people screaming, police brutality, women on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the past few days, I have been fighting an old friend. The one who makes me feel like I can’t breath when I read about the Iranian government using facebook pages and contacts to identify people and find their contacts. The one who makes me feel like dying when I realize that my written [...]
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