It must engage in face-to-face dialogue with Iran. Distant criticism and transoceanic discourse make both sides lose credibility, fashioning a wild west stand-off out of what should be diplomatic talks. Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now/ Shirin Sadeghi was last modified: June 15th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Prop 8 as a denominator of human rights / By:Mahnaz Badihian
Instead of denying our rights, we need to spend energy to perfect our rights I can share my love With wind With roses With thorns With whoever makes me Feel in love I ask the wind, “will you blow my kisses To the other side of the river To the […]
2 poems by Lauren Mendinueta
SHIRIN A film by Abbas Kiarostami
Based on a 12th-century Persian poem, the film-within-the-film is a story of star-crossed love as well known in modern-day Iran as Romeo and Juliet is in the West. Shirin, a beautiful Armenian princess, falls madly in love with a portrait of Khosrow, a young Persian prince, and sets out on […]
CERTAIN SOMEBODY CALLED: LTD WAS STANDING OUT THERE SOUND AND SENSIBLE . LTD / FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI was last modified: June 4th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Photos by Iranian Artist on Display in Dubai Gallery
Diane di Prima as 5th San Francisco Poet Laureate

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934, Diane di Prima lived and wrote in Manhattan for many years, where she became known in the Beat movement and other experimental post-World War II literary and art movements. Diane di Prima as 5th San Francisco Poet Laureate was last modified: May 27th, […]
the woman who terrified the British Empire / By Jerome Taylor
Rafal Olbinski, a surrealist artist

watch the video of his art work Rafal Olbinski is a surrealist artist, who has become world famous for his posters and designs. Rafal was born in Poland, and originally trained as an architect in Warsaw. In 1981 he emigrated to the US, where he worked as a painter, illustrator […]