I am searching
through the crowded streets. Someone is waiting for me. Someone who speaks my language. Someone who I didn’t have to explain where was I before now? Before I got lost and never found my...
Today of all days
in this grey, chilly day, I went past the street which was once shared by me and you, and the children of course. Those lovely souls, who are children no more. The hum of...
Symposium on the situation of Afghan civil society activities after the Taliban take over
Arts in Dark Times: Endangered in Afghanistan Kabul wall mural: ArtLords Saturday 13th November 2021 from 2 to 5.30 pmKhalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of LondonThornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (tube: Russell Square) with Dr James Caron (academic), Reza...
Solidarity statement of 25 Iranian Women Organizations with Women in Afghanistan
We, independent Iranian women’s organizations declare our solidarity with women of Afghanistan in their struggle against Taliban’s resurgence and their taking control of Afghanistan. We deeply share the pain and suffering that is imposed...
It is so interesting that history repeats itself.
At the start of the Iranian revolution in 1979 the clergy who were about to hold on to power targeted women and the restrictions on women in every aspect of life began to show...
Roundabout of Love
Take root. Look inside my heart, that was once beating with thunderous joy. Now, A strand of a grey hair here, wrinkles under the eyes there. The feet that no longer run swiftly as...
A Brief History of Aviation and commercial airlines in Iran.
A Brief History of Aviation and commercial airlines in Iran Written by Rouhi Shafii Table of contents The early years of aviation in Iran Arrival of first aircraft Arrival of the first commercial aircraft...
Don’t Know
Don’t know when did we become strangers? or why or how? All that is registered in my clouded memory is the smile whithered, the door shut, and the memory of closeness faded into the...
Afghanistan, A country lost to the forces of Darkness
These days all attention was diverted to Afghanistan as the US and other western countries pulled out of the country, leaving it to the Taleban, an ultra extremist Islamic group that won over the...
