Majid Naficy: A Little Girl’s Rebellion
At seven o’clock in the morning
As I pass by a green house
An automatic sprinkler
Suddenly goes off
And wets me head to toe.
Majid Naficy: Corpse of the Revolution
I do not wait for poetry
But go in search of it
Because my wings are broken
And I am left far from my nest…
Majid Naficy: George Habash Sandwich
We returned from a Trump protest
And wanted to walk in Golden Gate Park.
We stopped at a sandwich shop
Which smelled like Tehran.
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.
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Majid Naficy: A Return to the Garden of Goethe
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Kareem Tayyar: Tempests
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Kareem Tayyar: Andy Warhol in Iran
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Majid Naficy: Calabrian Fig
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Medea Benjamin: Who Will Stop Trump from Tweeting Us into War with Iran?
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Majid Naficy: Nightmare at Dawn
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Majid Naficy: The Last Story of Borhan
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Video: Scent of Geranium
. There’s no denying that we’re living in a defining cultural moment. A war of ideas is taking place on many fronts and fundamental principles once considered secure are being … Continue reading
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