Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

This year for us Iranians living outside of Iran is unique. On the one hand we ate in mourning for the loss of so many lives who are bring murdered by the Islamic regime,...

Biography

Rouhi Shafii, is a social scientist, writer and translator. She worked in various managerial positions before the 1979 revolution. After the revolution she engaged in translating and writing. She has published the following books:...

The Tragedy of the Middle East

The tragedy of the Middle East began with the 1979 revolution in Iran and the coming to power of a fundamentalist Islamic regime which not only destroyed the fabric of the Iranian society but...

Gender Apartheid Inquiry

An inqiery into the situation of women in Afghanistan and Iran conducted by a parliamentary panel and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. The aim of the inquiry is to: 1- Consider the...

In my solitude

In my solitude, I write your name on a blackboard and wipe it out immediately.In my solitude,I write a poem for you,On the corner of this wine bar.In my solitude I cry my longings...

I want to kiss your lips

with the scent if lemon in my mouth, as I just passed through a lemon bush and picked up the one which was ripe and lemony. I want to kiss your sleepy eyelashes just...