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Majid Naficy: Ezzat’s Last Will & A Memory of Ezzat

I want only to say that life’s beauties are never forgettable.

January 9, 2024 · 8 Comments

Majid Naficy: A Witness for Ezzat

I want to know what happened
On January 7, 1982
Half past one in the afternoon
In Evin Prison

February 1, 2022 · 2 Comments

Majid Naficy: Censoring Love

Suddenly, I remember Ezzat
Who was shot in Evin Prison
And buried in the Cemetery of the Infidels
In a mass grave without any gravestones.

November 24, 2020 · 2 Comments

Majid Naficy: Great Feast

Death, like a weary actress
Has gone behind the stage
To take off her black dress
And put on her lounging gown.

July 16, 2019 · Leave a comment

Majid Naficy: Ezzat’s Last Will

The Will Room in Evin Prison Has two ways out. Alas! One cannot take both. Thus, she writes that life Is beautiful and desirable And puts down the date of … Continue reading

October 26, 2017 · Leave a comment

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