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Hadani Ditmars visits the Iranian part of Vancouver, Canada
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Hadani Ditmars visits the Iranian part of Vancouver, Canada
Islamic mysticism from the Sufi tradition is experiencing a renaissance in Iran – much to the irritation of the Mullahs. In recent years, tensions between Sufis and the orthodoxy have escalated into tangible enmity. By Elisabeth Kiderlen
Both in public and underground, Iranians are debating the legitimacy of the Islamic state that Khomeini built. Students challenge the notion that Islam has all the answers but evince pride in an Iran free of the shah and under no foreign master. The religious and secular elites are increasingly willing to contemplate pluralism and openness to the world, though most makers of the revolution remain obdurate and appeal to anti-Americanism to stir up the masses. Washington needs to listen to the new voices of Iran.
هنر در هفته ای که گذشت، به همت بی هنران گیج بود، در عذاب کرونا مانده، حیران دولت جدید، با نگاهی به همسایه همزبان و زنان آن سرزمین و هنرهاشان. هنوز طالبان وارد ارگ نشده دستورشان این بود که فعلا زن ها از خانه بیرون نشوند تا مقررات اعلام شود. هنوز نسیمی نوزیده دبیرستان دخترانه سوره در تهران هم بسته شد، صدای آهو خردمند از طایفه هنر، از آ...