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“What is it, Dad? Why are you not watching TV? Is this too painful for you?” I want to ask him but the words don’t leave my mouth. It is all in my head.
During the last couple of weeks, I have gone from cloud nine to the pit of the earth, from being an ultimate optimist to an absolute hopeless soul. I have felt all my dreams and wishes for my birth country secure in my hand, so accessible I could easily taste them, only to have them snatched away from me. Words such as absolute devastation wouldn’t even begin to describe my state of being. I am a fool, I tell myself. I should have known better. After all, this is not my first time facing such calamity.
I look at dad again, still no sign of him being interested in what is on the screen. My heart drops, for him it has been at least one additional time, I remind myself! And unlike me, witnessing the events from the other side of the globe, he was there, not only in the streets, but there, right in the center of it all. He never talked about it though. My grandmother mentioned it once or twice, but back then I was too young to really understand it. I wonder if I can ask him about it now, as it seems that the history is toying with us once more. But that would be selfish of me and unfair to him – so much pain, so much despair, a sea of lost hopes.
Tehran 1953
Tehran 1953:: Somethings never change!
Tehran 2009 :: They just get bigger
Tehran 2009 :: ... and bigger.
Seems like the modern Iran has been in quest for its own brand of democracy for a very long time. It has lost the best of her children to this quest constantly and in huge numbers every 10 or so years. Oh and yes, Iran is female, the same way that sun and moon are female. ————————————————————————————————————————— I just saw this and realized I have to share it with all of you. This is the first Iranian National Anthem (rearranged), in use from late 1800’s to 1933. Thanks to Darya Dadvar. Here is more about the Anthem including the lyrics in both Persian and English.
Notice the lines: “All with one name and symbol, With different colors and languages” —————————————————————————————————————————