Month: April 2016

  • Thom Yorke and the manly dance

    Thom Yorke and the manly dance

    I had always had a passion for dancing. However, I used to turn into a tough hard body as soon as I started to move my sculpture. There were no accompanying between my body’s stupid movements and the music playing. I could say it was because of the way I was grown up as a…

  • If you are the Prince, I would be your persian Princess

    If you are the Prince, I would be your persian Princess

    I was running late to work as usual, on the morning April 21st. Jumped in the car and started the engine. The radio got on and frustration suddenly rushed into my mind. “Stupid radio, Just be quiet” My hand was right on the switch to turn it off and suddenly I heard:”Prince was found dead in his…

  • I’m not your girlfriend honey, just be fast

    I’m not your girlfriend honey, just be fast

      The door bell rang and the boy ran to the door monitor and picked up the phone with no hesitation. Right before, he hit the table beside the wall and the vase fell down on the floor. He bent down, grabbed the vase and put the artificial flowers back inside, while answering the phone.…

  • My mother had no idea what "feminisim" means

    My mother had no idea what "feminisim" means

    I was only six when me and my mother walked through the mountains for the first time, to get to our ancestral village in northern Iran. I was so excited, cause my mother promised to buy me a goat to play with, while we were spending the short time there. My annual trips to the village were…

  • A brief history of Iranian cinema

    A brief history of Iranian cinema

    To best understand the roots of Iranian cinema, one must perhaps travel back to the early 20th century, when the Qajar monarch Mozaffareddin Shah was shown cinematographic footage during a visit to France. The cinematograph, invented in 1892, was the successor to the kinetoscope that granted viewers the ability to watch quality, illuminated images on…

  • I am still *mesmerized*

    I am still *mesmerized*

    It was midday, almost noon. I was at the office and dad called, wondering about my plans for lunch. And I talked about not being able to make it home in time. Dad suggested I’d go to his place and join him for lunch. “I got some calf liver”, he said, “and I’ll barbecue some…