February 2012
130 posts
Anonymous asked: from a post-colonialst stand point, one which i think we share, these posts which if im not mistaken are glorifying 'liberal' pre-islamic revolution iran, are somewhat iffy. sure, the current clerical rule is homophobic and abbhorantly sexist (only the tips of the iceberg of oppression), but aren't these pictures you're posting lamenting the loss of a very western brand of...
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“Always use the word ‘Sand’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Whispers’ in your title. Subtitles...”
– How to Write about the Middle East is such a brilliant, hilarious read that it passes off as a good, fine beating-of-the-ass for “opinion makers” like Thomas Friedman and Co. This part is even better:
In your text, treat the Middle East as if it were one country, and constantly refer to it as...
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“Learn to love solitude – to be more alone with yourselves. The problem with...”
– Andrei Tarkovsky
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“i sit on my throne in crimson red
no shame in my shoulders
for i am worthy of...”
– Crimson red, Baharak Sedigh
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“Last night in the garden I offered you my youth’s foaming wine.
You...”
– Lover’s Gift XIII: Last Night in the Garden, Rabindranath Tagore
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“But this is what young people are so often and so disastrously wrong in doing:...”
– Letters to a Young Poet, Letter Seven, May 14, 1904, Rainer Maria Rilke