Winter Solstice Iranian Style! December 21st is the Winter Solstice — the longest night of the year — and it has been celebrated by Iranians for millennia. The festivity is essentially rooted in an appreciation of nature and despite various religious movements in Iran, including the present Islamic one, this […]
Yalda – Shab-e Cheleh – Shab-e Yalda

Yalda – Shab-e Cheleh – Shab-e Yalda Shab-e Yalda Yalda, a Syric word imported into the Persian language by the Syric Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the “Shab e Cheleh Festival” a celebration […]
Sheema Kalbasi
From Zayandeh Rud To The Mississippi” by: Mahnaz Badihian
Read few poems from the book of”From Zayandeh Rud To The Mississippi” and book reviews by: Marvin Bell(American poet)- Ehsan YarShater-Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)- and by Jennifer Langer ————– Reviewer: Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) – See all my reviews The verse of poet, writer and dentist […]
for your doubts by Alina Rizzi return to your time without turning to you find again convinced the death calm that you loved Alina Rizzi – for your doubts was last modified: November 21st, 2006 by mahvand sadeghi

The Stage of the Meeting. project About us Teatro dell’Argine is a theatre company of 3 directors, 3 playwrights and about 20 actors and theatre teachers. Our 220 seats Theatre, ITC Teatro, is located just outside Bologna. There we carry out our own productions, house performances of other companies, and […]
Terrorist ( This poem was born after reading a captured suicide bomber’s interview ) You have changed the smell of our land The color of our flowers You changed my name My new name is terrorist Terrorist- by: Mahnaz Badihian was last modified: November 15th, 2006 by mahnaz badihian
the Saccharinist – Most Adults Are Bad
We saw this article in: https://saccharinist.blogspot.com/index.html This blog came into existence because the Saccharinist was fatigued with all of the horrible news in the world and the complete lack of honest evaluation of it on a regular basis by anyone in any mainstream or even off-the-cuff-mainstream media. Everyday the news, […]
External Links
Here are some links MahMag find’s interesting, enjoy! External Links was last modified: November 10th, 2006 by mahvand sadeghi
Mariella Bettarini
From the book by Mariella Bettarini “Balestrucci. Un racconto in versi” (Firenze, Edizioni Gazebo, 2006) Here come the eggs – here come they are five also this time – in the tender – in the warmth – (…) and therefore together they raise to flight a morning – together they […]
