“Naghbi on the conflict between censorship and writers in Iran/ Benjamin Abbasi”

“Censorship” is the nightmare of every artist, writer, and thinker. This nightmare is present in the realm of “literature” and is a subject of conflict between Iranian writers and it, which is the topic of this writing. In our country, censorship, deletion, and distortion of the works of artists and intellectuals have been systematically and […]...

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A Dog Has Taken My Head – A Poem by Parsa Golshani

A dog has taken my head along with all its thoughtful worms   that squirm and bite   Yes! You — O thousand-year-old rusted robe — they nailed you to the wall and entrusted the endless delirium of your out-of-tune nights to the sun, so that its shadow, deep in your darkness, would become the […]...

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“Suspended Pieces; Short Story: Mehran Hamidi, Painting: Pegah Salimi, Poetry: …!”

Short Story: Reflection in the Mirror, written by Ramin Hamidi. سلام دوست عزیز Hello dear friend. Painting: “Family” by Pegah Salimi. سلام، چطوری Hello, how are you? Poetry: The Writers’ Association of Iran. Baktash Abtin Reza Khandan Mahabad Keyvan Bazjan Club Address: Evin Prison....

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Suspended Pieces; Short Story: Hamid Karimifar, Painting: Farzaneh Faraji, Poetry: Baktash Abtin

Short Story: Escape from the Gathering, written by Hamid Karimifar. Mr. Basharat had arrived with a saddle, a green orc, and a pair of Kauchu glasses. Before anything else, he gave himself the right to be the first to bring out the food, to be the first to eat, to warm his head a little, […]...

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Four poems for the peace of slaughter – Bakhtash Abtin

1 Complexity is complicated, borders are complicated, geography is complicated, the world is complicated. اقیانوس The third of the oppressed, poor, and rough! It is complicated, the mass suicide of whales in the ocean. The coast is simple, but the suffocated passports of immigrants on boats. “Third world, the sacrifice! Bread and death are cheap […]...

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