Although they do occupy a portion of your imagination in the days before a rally, death, being beaten or getting arrested, are not the most frightening thoughts. The worst thought, always, without exception, is whether people are going to show. On 25 Bahman, we – a group of eight – took off toward Enghelab Square [...]
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I suffer from sexism in some of my behavior I admit. Take for example my visits to government or business offices. Be it an ISP, or the telephone company, the first thing I do when I walk in is to look for the women working there. If none exist, which has yet to happen, I’d [...]
Call it legalized prostitution, male chauvinism, a loophole in Islamic Shari’a, sick, a solution to the problem of Iran’s youth, hypocrisy, or anything else you like. I could not help but see Hafezoon as Hafeze Oon or “the protector of ‘it’”. I ran into the website a little while ago, when the domain was still [...]
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I paid a visit to a pawnshop this week. That’s one effect sanctions have on the lives of ordinary people. Fortunately, my trip wasn’t for pawning anything, although such a day may just be around the corner, but it was the end of a long quest to find a way to get paid by a [...]