tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post4475669645986285754..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Najhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-87371996082509498732007-07-04T18:06:00.000+01:002007-07-04T18:06:00.000+01:00On Ancient Iran:http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/fron...On Ancient Iran:<BR/><BR/>http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/frontpage.htm<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-85529109151557703832007-07-04T17:04:00.000+01:002007-07-04T17:04:00.000+01:00But it did ask me to login. and I tried their comm...But it did ask me to login. and I tried their common user account, and then the whole thing went belly up! :)<BR/><BR/>I should drop them a comment about the bug perhaps. Will look at the new post soon. Thanks Pen.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37871334728145221662007-07-04T16:47:00.000+01:002007-07-04T16:47:00.000+01:00naj:You do not need to logon to read the books.Her...naj:<BR/><BR/>You do not need to logon to read the books.<BR/><BR/>Here is another site for Persian Dari poetry:<BR/><BR/>http://www.persopedia.com/<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-26546259360997528722007-07-03T21:43:00.000+01:002007-07-03T21:43:00.000+01:00aargh, like most "flash"y web sites from Iran this...aargh, like most "flash"y web sites from Iran this killed my firefox too, and repeatedly so!<BR/><BR/>Just wonder, these people do not have a mission/affiliation statement page? I wonder they are affiliated with any of the great Islamic encyclopedia organizations?<BR/><BR/>Hey, don't you think it is funny that a government funds two independent institutions to work on two encyclopedias about Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-84098473264610530592007-07-03T21:29:00.000+01:002007-07-03T21:29:00.000+01:00Pen this is great; thanks.I'm trying to figure out...Pen this is great; thanks.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to figure out how to login.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-90099039664519099642007-07-03T21:26:00.000+01:002007-07-03T21:26:00.000+01:00In case you did not know:http://library.tebyan.net...In case you did not know:<BR/><BR/>http://library.tebyan.net<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-24715217360947808392007-06-29T22:38:00.000+01:002007-06-29T22:38:00.000+01:00Kilroy was here!Thank you, Naj!<A HREF="http://peoplesgeography.com/2006/12/13/kilroy-was-here/" REL="nofollow">Kilroy</A> was here!<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Naj!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-10195052691564160712007-06-29T06:17:00.000+01:002007-06-29T06:17:00.000+01:00thanks Naj for introducing us to this poet from Ir...thanks Naj for introducing us to this poet from Iran <BR/>he reminds with the 1960s Egyptian and Arab leftist poets and their suffering under the different regimes , the dark view of life thanks to what he saw and what he sees now in the world<BR/>it reminds with the dark view of the famous Egyptian poet Salah Jahin <BR/>Naj by the way I am quite a fan of Persian Pop Music and singers like Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-19469509709101984162007-06-28T18:07:00.000+01:002007-06-28T18:07:00.000+01:00But not everything that Ferdowsi has is madihe sor...But not everything that Ferdowsi has is madihe sorayee! (Although most of it is. Guess why? He was COMMISSIONED to write it that way! I realize, however, that the most epical works of art in the world are those comissioned by kings or churches; which are your favorite establishments; and not mine!)<BR/><BR/>No I do not like EVERYthing that comes out of Hafiz, Ferdowsi or Shamloo, only because it Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5429411818038593342007-06-28T15:23:00.000+01:002007-06-28T15:23:00.000+01:00naj:The so-called "Madihe-sorayee" that I quoted w...naj:<BR/><BR/>The so-called "Madihe-sorayee" that I quoted was from Shahnameh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37097487876740850762007-06-28T15:13:00.000+01:002007-06-28T15:13:00.000+01:00I don't like Madihe-sorayee does not equal to I do...I don't like Madihe-sorayee <B>does not equal</B> to I don't like Ferdowsi and Hafiz.<BR/><BR/>But I don't think you are in a position to decide what is right or wrong with any picture.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-70929306803260302972007-06-28T15:04:00.000+01:002007-06-28T15:04:00.000+01:00naj:So you don't like Ferdowsi, you do not like Ha...naj:<BR/><BR/>So you don't like Ferdowsi, you do not like Hafiz, but you like Shamlou.<BR/><BR/>Hmm....<BR/><BR/>What's wrong with this picture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64141322522089290302007-06-28T14:47:00.000+01:002007-06-28T14:47:00.000+01:00Pen=========================================I am s...Pen<BR/>=========================================<BR/>I am sure you won't be surprised if I told you that what you sent me did not quite satisfy my poetic likings. Madihe sorayee, I think, is somewhat provincial too. Don't you think?<BR/>But thank you for sharing. <BR/>Because it is very long, and in Persian, I won't post it.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-44541594998933828722007-06-28T03:02:00.000+01:002007-06-28T03:02:00.000+01:00You have to understand something about the people ...<I>You have to understand something about the people of EU and US: that they think somehow we Muslims are in a dead-end of history, that we are intrinsically backward, and must be brought back to the right (post-Modernist anyone?) path and enlightened.</I><BR/><BR/>the Postmodern Foucault, and the postmodern Jameson, and post modern Baudrillard, disagree with you! <BR/><BR/>I think muslims have Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-72264892592152409092007-06-27T22:32:00.000+01:002007-06-27T22:32:00.000+01:00Naj,I had a friend who was an artist. She needed ...Naj,<BR/><BR/>I had a friend who was an artist. She needed freedom to work on her art. I occasionally write poetry. If I thought about the "right way" to do it, I would never find joy or release in doing it.<BR/><BR/>:) :)<BR/><BR/>Gar to behtar mizani, bestan bezan!<BR/>"If you play it better, go ahead!"<BR/><BR/>I like it. <BR/><BR/>I usually tell people "If you can do it better, and you nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-86057448984659852382007-06-27T20:38:00.000+01:002007-06-27T20:38:00.000+01:00naj:I do not consider myself better than anybody e...naj:<BR/><BR/>I do not consider myself better than anybody else - morally or as a human being. Europeans and North Americans do. I know this from first-hand experience with them.<BR/><BR/>I am not going around the world telling people how to live their lives. I am not running seminars selecting targets for bombing in other countries. I do not go and talk about a policy of carrots-and-sticks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-63763858778974988902007-06-27T20:33:00.000+01:002007-06-27T20:33:00.000+01:00Nunya------------I don't know how artists see them...Nunya<BR/>------------<BR/>I don't know how artists see themselves and the world. If an artist can communicate an emotion or a concept to me, by means of his form, style, technique, I seek "myself" in his/her work, and thus I come to an understanding of him/her through <B>my</B> window.<BR/><BR/>If he/she cannot communicate anything to me, I just leave the discussion/understanding of his work to Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-71203021567533598822007-06-27T20:23:00.000+01:002007-06-27T20:23:00.000+01:00Anti-clerical?!!!Well, I guess clerics who issue d...Anti-clerical?!!!<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess clerics who issue death Fatwahs because of works of FICTION, do not provoke much respect and sympathy?<BR/><BR/>The EU and the US is also AGAINST people such as George Bush and their binarist utopianism concerning GOOD OR EVIL.<BR/><BR/>Nietzsche's Philosophy of Power ... hmm may I remind you of what you mentioned a few minutes ago <B>yourself</B>?<BR/><B>Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-31265330518077739792007-06-27T19:51:00.000+01:002007-06-27T19:51:00.000+01:00Naj, I think I understand what you are trying to s...Naj,<BR/> <BR/>I think I understand what you are trying to say regarding artists, but perhaps it's just my observation of them.<BR/><BR/>My understanding of artists is that the way they see things, and attempt to share their perceptions are flexible, and colorful, and they don't have problems with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_area" REL="nofollow">grey area.</A><BR/><BR/>Some peoplenunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-48948855265659518332007-06-27T19:27:00.000+01:002007-06-27T19:27:00.000+01:00naj:They (US & EU - government & people) are anti-...naj:<BR/><BR/>They (US & EU - government & people) are anti-clerical to the core and for them an Islamic Republic is an affront to their sense of natural order of things.<BR/><BR/>And almost half of them think themselves superior to us - humility is not their strength.<BR/><BR/>They have internalized the Philosophy of Power expounded by Friedrich Nietzsche.<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64890662926607745772007-06-27T19:17:00.000+01:002007-06-27T19:17:00.000+01:00Id it is===================Yes your comment is her...Id it is<BR/>===================<BR/>Yes your comment is here, and it generated a long protracted argument between Pen Name and I! :)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Pen<BR/>====================<BR/>I disagree about EU and US disliking us. I TOTALLY disagree with that notion.<BR/><BR/>Re experimental nature of modern works: This is called post-modernity! We (the whole hhuman society) will get over that in a Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-63498909582803194312007-06-27T18:57:00.000+01:002007-06-27T18:57:00.000+01:00naj:I am old but not yet ossified.The modern Persi...naj:<BR/><BR/>I am old but not yet ossified.<BR/><BR/>The modern Persian poets of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tadjikistan are experimenting with form, language, content.<BR/><BR/>As experiments they are all right - some of them I even enjoy.<BR/><BR/>But they are not great works of art.<BR/><BR/>It is true that EU & North Americans do not like us; which I really do not care one way or another. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-10202219066300644382007-06-27T18:44:00.000+01:002007-06-27T18:44:00.000+01:00I distinctly remember putting in a comment here ye...I distinctly remember putting in a comment here yesterday!...???Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-48228804688279499732007-06-27T18:39:00.000+01:002007-06-27T18:39:00.000+01:00the only "reason" (and not so good one) for the ne...the only "reason" (and not so good one) for the new poets being unknown in the world, is because Iran (and it's modernism) is cut out of the world, grace to the Islamic republic of Iran, and the hostage taking incident, that shut the doors of curiosity on Iran, except in some middle-eastern ploitical science departments, or some Islamic studies departments, that naturally focus on Persian Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-88072954019842554032007-06-27T17:11:00.000+01:002007-06-27T17:11:00.000+01:00naj:Plato's writing was beautiful - just read the ...naj:<BR/><BR/>Plato's writing was beautiful - just read the last days of Socrates.<BR/><BR/>To writ epoetry that lives you have to have intellectual depth.<BR/><BR/>That's why poetry in the West id dead - academics write it and read it but it is not alive.<BR/><BR/>In Greece, in Iran, among the Arabs, poetry is alive.<BR/><BR/>About Khomeini, as you know he was a human being and he made mistakes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com