By Abbas Djavadi, Bruce Pannier Across much of the non-Arab Muslim world, people are celebrating Norouz, the festival that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year. The pre-Islamic holiday with roots in the Zoroastrian religion… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Languages
صبرسیز
بیر گوُن بوخ، ایندی ایندی ایستردیم سنی یانیمدا نه آختارماغا طاقتیم قالیب نه گوُزله مگه فرصتیم بیر یاندان دا اولدوزلار اولدوزلار آخیر آسمانیمدا
Threatening Ethnic Conflicts in Iraq, Turkey, Iran
(Reprinted from June 25, 2009. Not much has changed meanwhile that would prove the general approach of this analysis wrong. Maybe on the contrary: the US troops› withdrawal seems even to have strongly confirmed concerns of a disintegration or at… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Xatire: 20 Yanvar 1990
Abbas Cjavadi – 20 janviye (Bakı’da dedikleri kimi 20 yanvar) 1990 günü başlamamışdan 3-4 saat qabaq menim teyyarem Mosko’ya getmeliydi. İki ay ondan qabaq aldığım bilet ele idi, yoxsa elbette men bilmirdim 20 janviyede ne olacaq. Axşam çağı Xalq Cebhesi’nin… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Ein Mensch Als Präsident: Zwischen Wollen Und Können
Es wäre übertrieben, von einer Politikverdrossenheit des Präsidenten zu sprechen. Aber was man in Jodi Kantors wunderbar erzähltem und mitreissendem Buch «Die Obamas» liest, ist eigentlich eine Bestätigung dessen, was man hier und da schon gelesen hat und zu wissen… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Now Reading: «The Obamas» by Jodi Kantor
«Die Obamas» is the title of the German version of «The Obamas,» by Jodi Kantor, that was published January 10 simultaneously in English (Little, Brown & Co.) and German (Droemer). That’s what I have started to read now. The Introduction… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Ankara 2002
Abbas Djavadi – 10 yıl önce Türkiye hatıralarının devamı. Şimdi de Ankara… Bu şehirde altı yıl kaldım. Ankara 20 küsur yıl önce bıraktığımdan, sonra birkaç defa gördüğümden veya duyduğumdan daha modern, temiz, düzenli, sakin ve yaşamak için elverişli. Hiç olmasa… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Bu Şehr-i Sitanbul…
Abbas Djavadi – 26.12.2011. Bunlar, neredeyse 10 yıl önceye ait İstanbul ve Ankara hatıralarıdır. Bu 10 yılda hele Türkiye’de çok şey değişmiştir. Ama zannedersem o zaman gördüklerimi kaydetmek ilginç olabilir. 22-31 Nisan 2002 Önce: Bu Şehr-i Sitanbul… Boğaz ve Marmara… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
این لغت های ترکی آذری را می شناسید؟
عباس جوادی – سال ها پیش وقتی من به دبیرستان میرفتم اول کلکسیون تمبر دااشتم. بعد عکس های هنرپیشه ها را جمع میکردم. بعدا هم به سرم زد که لغت های جالب و نادری را که ما آن وقت ها… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Now Reading: Die Konkubinenwirtschaft
Now reading: Die Konkubinenwirtschaft: Warum westliche Unternehmen in China scheitern und die Chinesen an die Weltspitze stürmen. by Frank Sieren; published by Hanser (Germany). Costs around $20.25 at Amazon. Fascinating stories on how some German businessmen failed or succeeded in… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
پاسداری شده: My Own Family Tree
هیچ چکیده‌ای موجود نمی‌باشد زیرا‌این یک نوشتهٔ پاسداری شده است.
بایاتلایان اؤچ شعر
عباس جوادی – او گون ائله بو سایتین کهنه پست لاریندا تاپدیم. ایللر قاباق یازدیغیم اؤچ شعر. پایلاشماق ایسته دیم. ساغ اولون.
Kehkeşanda Alma Qurdunun Sevdası
Azeri Turkish, My Mother’s Language
By Abbas Djavadi — February 21 is the International Mother Language Day and, again, I think about my own mother language, Azeri Turkish. Half of the world’s 6,700 languages are in danger of disappearing before the century ends. «A language… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Reading Persian Classics In Iran
By Abbas Djavadi — «Do you have the original edition of this book?» It’s a question many Iranian booksellers are confronted with as customers seek out some prominent Persian classics. From the 14th-century satirical poet Obeyd Zakani to Forugh Farrokhzad,… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Beginning Of Post-Islamism
By Abbas Djavadi — People around the world have been making comparisons between the situations in their countries and those in the Arab lands in revolt. Will Saudi Arabia follow the path of Egypt? Is Azerbaijan like Tunisia? Such comparisons… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
A Turkish Role Model For Iran
By Abbas Djavadi — «It’s so pleasant here in Turkey,» says Kaveh, a 40-year-old Iranian from Tehran who’s visiting Istanbul, just as he has many times over the last 20 years. «You feel free leaving Iran for a week or… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Turkey At A Crossroads
By Abbas Djavadi — As Turkey heads toward a historic referendum on September 12 on proposed changes to its constitution, two opposing pictures of the country are emerging. One is of a country capable of peaceful progress and reform; the… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
After Green Movement, Iran’s Conservative Factions Turn On Each Other
By Abbas Djavadi — Last year’s crackdown on Iran’s opposition Green Movement united the various factions of the country’s ruling establishment. Recently, however, there are signs of conflict among these competing groups, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seems to… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iranian Small Business Squeezed By Ahmadinejad’s Policies
By Abbas Djavadi — Even as the latest UN, U.S., and European Union sanctions against Iran create new hardships for the country’s economy, most Iranians outside the government seem to place the blame for the situation on President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran’s Ethnic Azeris And The Language Question
By Abbas Djavadi — Call it discrimination or even chauvinism: Millions of Iran’s ethnic Azeris have no right of education in their mother tongue. But, surprisingly, it appears the majority of them don’t care much about this inequality. Over the… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Middle East Is Watching Iran’s Nuclear Program
By Abbas Djavadi — Will Iran’s uranium-enrichment work, which has provoked much alarm that Tehran could be seeking to build nuclear weapons, trigger a nuclear-arms race in the Middle East? So far, the answer is no. Since 2005, more than… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
A Trial In Tehran: Their Only ‘Crime’ — Their Faith
By Abbas Djavadi — Of the hundreds of political prisoners in Iranian jails, there is one group, probably the only one, who have been tried and imprisoned not for attending demonstrations and not for writing and speaking publicly against the… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
With Disappearing Subsidies, Iran’s Annual Inflation Rises To 50%
By Abbas Djavadi, Arash Hassan Nia — A recent pronouncement by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appears to have settled a long-standing row between President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s government and parliament on how to reduce and gradually eliminate government subsidies… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan
By Abbas Djavadi — Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year’s feast, to her home in western Tehran when I called her on Saturday. It was after 9:02 p.m. when «tahvil,»… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Whoever Is «Waging War Against God» In Iran
By Abbas Djavadi — How did Mohammad Amin Valian, a 20-year-old student from Damghan, land in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps› (IRGC) infamous Special Detention Center No. 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison? Valian comes from a religious family and is… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
After Elections, Iran Remains A Major Player In Iraq
By Abbas Djavadi – On March 7, millions of Iraqis «made their mark» and participated in the country’s second, generally fair and democratic post-Saddam Hussein parliamentary elections — an event that is exemplary for Iraq’s Arab and Iranian neighbors. Among… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran’s Fears And Hopes As Iraqis Vote
By Abbas Djavadi — Imagine the following: The de facto independent Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq declares independence, secedes from Iraq, and inspires Kurds in Turkey and Iran to join a «Greater Kurdistan.» Shi’ite Arab parties in Iraq follow… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Shi’a Islam Vs. The Islamic Republic
By Abbas Djavadi — Recently, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s highest Shi’ite authority, urged voters to turn out for that country’s March 7 parliamentary elections. He warned that that failure to do so would «allow some to achieve illegitimate goals.»… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran: No News Is Bad News On Mother Language Day
By Abbas Djavadi — After Tehran’s massive state show of power during the February 11 celebration of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution and the harsh crackdown on all protests since the disputed presidential election in June, it would require… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Zahra And Millions Like Her
By Abbas Djavadi — Zahra is a nurse working at the Beheshti Hospital in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Both Zahra and her husband, Arash, a physiotherapist, work hard, with a lot of overtime, to provide for their two… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
A New Radio for Pakistan’s Pashtuns
By Abbas Djavadi — In the last three months, I have attended job interviews with 40 Pashtun journalists from Pakistan to work for Radio Mashaal, a new service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, RFE/RL, for Pakistan’s Pashtu-speaking people, especially in… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Ashura of My Younger Years
By Abbas Djavadi — December 27 is Ashura, the 10th day of the month Muharram of the Islamic calendar. It is commemorated to mark the day of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, in the year 61 of… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Iranian Regime Would Do Anything to Survive
(In Czech language) Pro své přežití udělá íránský režim cokoli. Nedá se mu věřit Pohřeb ajatolláha Alího Montazerího, na němž v pondělí protestovaly desetitisíce Íránců, byl poslední ukázkou, v jak vratké situaci se letos íránský režim ocitl. Sporné volby, radikalizace… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran Is Likely To See A Harsher Crackdown
By Abbas Djavadi – There are fears that the Iranian regime may intensify the crackdown on the opposition in the next few weeks. Six months after a rigged presidential election wherein Mahmud Ahmadinejad was hastily confirmed the winner, the resistance… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
My Personal Experience With Blogging and Facebook
(In Persian) تجربه یک ساله من با وبلاگ و فیس بوک .حدودیک سال پیش من وب سایت — و یا طوریکه میگویند بلاگ و یا وبلاگ — شخصی خودم را باز کردم، همین که الان باز کرده و میخوانید …. به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Two More Old Poems
Two more poems I wrote back in the 1980’s in Azeri Turkish: Kehkeşanda Alma Qurdunun Sevdası Bir kehkeşan düşün, Kehkeşanda bir dünya. Dünyada bir ölke, Ölkede bir baxça. Baxçada bir ağaç, Ağaçda bir alma. Almada bir qurd, Qurdda bir sevda:… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
“Turkey’s Kissinger”
During a recent televized discussion on foreign policy, six former Turkish foreign ministers recently rated Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s performance with eight out of a maximum of 10 points. The six included some harsh Social Democrat critics of the current… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
“Turkey’s Kissinger”
During a recent televized discussion on foreign policy, six former Turkish foreign ministers recently rated Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s performance with eight out of a maximum of 10 points. The six included some harsh Social Democrat critics of the current… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
What Was That Voice?
… و الیه راجعون Last Friday, our dear colleagues Amir Zamanifar and Rosa Ajiri were flown to Tehran (from there to Rasht) and Los Angeles, respectively, to be left to rest in peace. On September 29, they were killed in… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran: The Media Can Make It
Speaking at a conference of Islamic countries› national radio and TV networks, Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad recently said that the media are the main tool Western powers use to overthrow other governments. «Nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons are just a… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Rosa and Amir
از خون جوانان وطن لاله دمیده They were young and vibrant. Optimistic and hopeful. Open and lovely. Smiling and fun. Hard working and helpful. Educated and dedicated — to their families, friends, their country and to freedom. In the morning… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iranians And Jerusalem
By Abbas Djavadi – This coming Friday, September 18, is the «Day of Jerusalem» in Iran. Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in chorus with some other Islamic countries and organizations, declared the last Friday of… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Iran’s Khamenei On Crash Course
For the past couple of months, we thought some kind of spring was coming to our beloved Iran. We deserved it, we thought, finally, after so many years of un-freedom, state-ideological one-way-turbo-course, and international isolation and humiliation. But after the… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
An Electoral Coup in Iran
By Abbas Djavadi – It was a night of fundamental change of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was, however, not the change the overwhelming majority of the electorate indicated to be producing with their real votes yesterday, but a… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Ahmadinejad For Four More Years?
Abbas Djavadi – The uncertainty over whether or not conservative forces in Iran will throw their support behind incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s bid for a second presidential term is dissipating. On April 25, a coalition of 14 conservative and clerical parties… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Ahmadinejad — An Embarrassment for Iran
By Abbas Djavadi – In a first reaction to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the UN conference in Geneva, Ahmad Moussavi from Iran wrote on Radio Farda’s Facebook page: «I am ashamed as an Iranian. And I don’t know what… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Turkish-Armenian Thaw And Azerbaijan
President Obama’s recent visit to Turkey gave it a big boost. But a Turkish-Armenian rapprochement was in the works even before Obama was elected U.S. president. Now, Baku is upset that Ankara and Yerevan are about to make a deal sidelining… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
The Turkish-Armenian Thaw And Azerbaijan
By Abbas Djavadi – President Obama’s recent visit to Turkey gave it a big boost. But a Turkish-Armenian rapprochement was in the works even before Obama was elected U.S. president. Now, Baku is upset that Ankara and Yerevan are about to… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Ergenekon, AKP, And Turkey’s Local Elections
By Abbas Djavadi – On August 13, 1994, a helicopter landed in the Kurdish village of Kirkagac, near the town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey. Men in camouflage fatigues stormed houses and took away six men, leaving behind their wives,… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
Landing In Jail for Treating Political Prisoners
By Abbas Djavadi – Dr. Hessam Firoozi (photo, left), a physician who has treated dozens of political prisoners in Iran including Akbar Ganji, Ahmad Batebi (photo, right), and dissident Ayatollah Borujerdi, was sentenced to one year in prison and sent… به خواندن ادامه دهید ›
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