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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
Waiting and searching among the crowd for a face that is not like any other face. Conversation flows and flies from every corner. Words jump around and paint the memory of yesterday or today,...
A black bird opened its wings which were white underneath and let me read the message sent by the high winds which gushed through the valley. Do not cross roads with me. I am...
The sound of water from where it comes, to where it runs. Heaving as it passes under the bridge. Murmuring in the brook on the green. Roaring as it falls down from the height....
