The Light Volume 01 Issue 05, 1st Oct 2007

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The L i g ht
Literary, Cultural and Social
A Publication of Iranians of Western Australia
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I S S UE 05
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Academia/Science
Siavash Alamouti, C T O B r oad B an d an d I N T E L f e llow , in ve n tor of Alamouti C od e , c od e - c ommun ic ation e n g in e e r
N ima Ar k an i- H ame d , p hy sic ist f r om H ar var d
M in a B isse ll, sc ie n tist an d b iolog ist, L B L .
H amid D ab ashi, H ag op K e vor k ian P r of e ssor of I r an ian Stud ie s, C olumb ia U n ive r sity in N e w Y or k .
N ad e r E n g he ta, P r of e ssor of E le c tr ic al an d Sy ste ms E n g in e e r in g at the U n ive r sity of P e n n sy lvan ia.
N ar iman F ar var d in , P r ovost of U n ive r sity of M ar y lan d
Ali H ag han i, P r of e ssor an d C hair man , D e p ar tme n t of C ivil an d E n vir on me n tal E n g in e e r in g , U n ive r sity of
M ar y lan d .
Ali J avan , p hy sic ist, in ve n tor of g as lase r , P r of e ssor E me r itus of P hy sic s at M I T .
M e hr an K ar d ar , p hy sic ist, M I T .
Ahmad K ar imi- H ak k ak , F oun d in g D ir e c tor of C e n te r f or P e r sian Stud ie s, U n ive r sity of M ar y lan d .
Ab b as M ilan i, D ir e c tor of I r an ian Stud ie s P r og r am, Stan f or d U n ive r sity .
P ar viz M oin , D ir e c tor an d Se n ior Sc ie n tist, Stan f or d U n ive r sity .
R ox an a M osle hi, D C E G p ost- d oc tor al f e llow at N ation al C an c e r I n stitute , ad j un c t assistan t p r of e ssor at G e or g e
W ashin g ton U n ive r sity .
H amid M ow lan a, D ir e c tor of the D ivision of I n te r n ation al C ommun ic ation at Ame r ic an U n ive r sity in W ashin g ton
D .C ., an d f or me r P r e sid e n t of the I n te r n ation al Assoc iation f or M e d ia an d C ommun ic ation R e se ar c h.
H amid O mid var , M on tg ome r y C oun ty G ove r n me n t C hie f of P lan n in g & D e sig n , Ar c hite c t, AI A
F ir ouz N ad e r i, N ASA d ir e c tor of M ar s p r oj e c t.
M aj id M . N ain i, c omp ute r sc ie n tist, f or me r P r of e ssor at U n ive r sity of P e n n sy lvan ia, R umi e x p e r t.
Se y y e d H osse in N asr , p hilosop he r , G e or g e W ashin g ton U n ive r sity .
Ali N ay e r i, T he or e tic al P hy sic ist, H ar var d U n ive r sity .
Se p an d ar K amvar , c omp ute r sc ie n tist, Stan f or d U n ive r sity .
C amr an N e z hat, D ir e c tor , Stan f or d E n d osc op y C e n te r f or T r ain in g & T e c hn olog y .
K ave h P ahlavan , P r of e ssor of W ir e le ss N e tw or k s, W or c e ste r P oly te c hn ic I n stitute .
M an uc he hr Shahr ok hi, C r aig F e llow / P r of e ssor & E d itor of G lob al F in an c e J our n al C alif or n ia State U n ive r sity ,
F r e sn o. E x e c utive D ir e c tor , G lob al F in an c e Assoc iation .
H e c hmat T ab e c hian , E x e c utive D ir e c tor of R oc he ste r Ac ad e my of M e d ic in e U n ive r sity of R oc he ste r .
V ahid T ar ok h, L e ad in g c ommun ic ation the or ist H ar var d U n ive r sity .
C umr un V af a, Str in g the or ist in H ar var d
E hsan Y ar shate r , H ag op K e vor k ian P r of e ssor E me r itus of I r an ian Stud ie s, D ir e c tor of C e n te r f or I r an ian Stud ie s,
C olumb ia U n ive r sity , F oun d e r an d E d itor of g r an d p r oj e c t E n c y c lop ae d ia I r an ic a.
Ar t s /E nt er t ainment
O mid D j alili, C ome d ian
O mid Ab tahi, ac tor
Shohr e h Ag hd ashloo Ac ad e my Aw ar d - n omin
D an Ahd oot, stan d - up c ome d ian
J on athan Ahd out, ac tor
C ame r on Alb or z ian , mod e l ( I r an ian f athe r , E n
R e z a B ad iy i, tv d ir e c tor
C athe r in e B e ll, ac tr e ss
N ad ia B j or lin , T V / soap op e r a ac tr e ss
C y r us K ar , f ilm d ir e c tor
An d r e K hab b az i - ac tor , se mi- p r of e ssion al te n
R osie M ale k - Y on an , ac tr e ss, author , d ir e c tor ,
L e y la M ilan i, mod e l " D e al or N o D e al"
ate d f ilm/ te le vision ac tr e ss
g lish mothe r )
n is p lay e r
an d d oc ume n tar y f ilmmak e r
T he L ight, V olum e 01 , Issue 05, 01 / O c tober/ 2007
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Society
Famous Iranian Personalities in USA
Ar t s /E nt er t ainment
H amid M osle hi, M ic hae l J ac k son ' s f or me r main vid e og r ap he r / p hotog r ap he r
Amin N az e mz ad e h, ac tor
C y r us N ow r aste h, sc r e e n w r ite r an d d ir e c tor
B ij an P ak z ad , n ote d f ashion an d f r ag r an c e d e sig n e r
Ad r ian P asd ar , ac tor
Sar ah Shahi, mod e l an d ac tr e ss
B ahar Soome k h, ac tr e ss
T ami Str on ac h, d an c e r , c hor e og r ap he r , ac tr e ss
B ob Y ar i, Ac ad e my Aw ar d w in n e r f ilm p r od uc e r
B u s ines s /T ech no l o g y
An oushe h An sar i, f ir st f e male sp ac e tour ist, le ad in g te le c ommun ic ation e n tr e p r e n e ur , an d n ame sak e of the X P r iz e
M ik e E b r ahimi, P r e sid e n t/ C o- C E O of I d e a L ab z , I n c . P r e sid e n t/ C F O of V e g as M usic C on f e r e n c e , I n c .; C oF oun or an g samad id e r / C E O of B ald w in E n te r p r ise s, L L C .
H osse in E slamb olc hior an g samad i, AT & T ' s C hie f T e c hn olog y O f f ic e r an d the P r e sid e n t of B e ll L ab s.
V ar tan G r e g or ian , P r e sid e n t of T he C ar n e g ie C or p or ation of N e w Y or k .
O mid K or d e stan i, Se n ior V ic e P r e sid e n t of G oog le
M an n y M ashouf , F oun d e r an d C hair man of b e b e stor e s
B e hz ad M osle hi, F oun d e r / C E O , C hair man of the B oar d of D ir e c tor s, I F O S® ( I n te llig e n t F ib e r O p tic Sy ste m)
M e hr d ad N ik oon ahad , F oun d e r & C E O , N ik oo T e c hn olog y , I n c .
P ie r r e O mid y ar , F oun d e r of e - B or an g samad iay .
Sin a T amad d on , Se n ior V ic e P r e sid e n t of Ap p lic ation s f or Ap p le C omp ute r .
Shahr am D ab ir i, I s the L e ad P r od uc e r r e sp on sib le f or the massive ly multip lay e r on lin e r ole - p lay in g g ame
( M M O R P G ) W or ld of W ar c r af t.
L it er at u r e
R e z a Aslan , w r ite
M ahn az B ad ihian
F ir ooz e h D umas,
R oy a H ak ak ian , w
R osie M ale k - Y on
Az ar N af isi, w r ite
M aj id M . N ain i, w
V ali N asr , w r ite r ,
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, p oe t
w r ite r of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
r ite r
an , author of T h e C rimson Fiel d
r
r ite r , sp e ak e r
sp e ak e r
M edia/J o u r nal is m
C hr istian e Aman p our , C N N C hie f in te r n ation al c or r e sp on d e n t
D avar Ar d alan , N P R p r od uc e r of M or n in g E d ition
R ud i B ak htiar , F O X n e w s an c hor , f or me r C N N le ad an c hor
Alir e z a J af ar z ad e h, F O X N e w s C han n e l F or e ig n Af f air s An aly st
Ar ash M ar k az i, j our n alist, Sp or ts I llustr ate d
Az ad e h M oave n i, j our n alist, T ime M ag az in e
Asie h N amd ar , C N N n e w s an c hor
M u s ic
L ily Af shar , f e male c lassic al g uitar ist
Shamou, p e r c ussion ist an d me mb e r of L oop in
P ouy an Af k ar y , sy n the siz e r music ian , me mb e r of Sc ar y K id s Sc ar in g K id s
Ax iom of C hoic e , w or ld music g r oup
R ic har d D an ie lp our , music ian
D e e p D ish, d an c e music g r oup
L e ila B e la, Avan t- g ar d e music ian , ac tr e ss, w r ite r an d f or me r me mb e r of P ig f ac e
Society
P o l it ics
Sp o r t s
G oli Ame r i, R e p ub lic an c an d id ate of U .S. H ouse f r om the 1 st d istr ic
U n ite d N ation s C ommission on H uman R ig hts
H ushan g An sar y , f or me r I r an ian M in iste r of F in an c e an d C hair man of
C he n e y 2 0 0 4 C amp aig n
J immy D e lshad , V ic e M ay or of B e ve r ly H ills, C alif or n ia
G e or g e D e uk me j ian , f or me r g ove r n or of C alif or n ia
R oss M ir k ar imi, M e mb e r of San F r an c isc o C ity C oun c il f r om the G r e e
D avid Saf avian , d isg r ac e d f or me r C hie f of Staf f of the U n ite d State s G
t of O r e g on , U n ite d State s d e le g ate to
N ation al F in an c e C ommitte e of B ush-
n P ar ty .
e n e r al Se r vic e s Ad min istr ation
An d r e Ag assi, te n n is p lay e r
Shaw n D aivar i, p r of e ssion al w r e stle r an d man ag e r , b e tte r k n ow n b y his stag e n ame s of K h osrow D aiv ari or
simp ly D aiv ari
Ale c k o E sk an d ar ian , soc c e r p lay e r , U n ite d State s n ation al te am
An d r an ik E sk an d ar ian , f or me r soc c e r p lay e r
Af shin G hotb i, soc c e r c oac h, c ur r e c t assistan t c oac h of K or e a R e p ub lic n ation al f ootb all te am
T . J . H oushman d z ad e h, N F L p lay e r ( f athe r is I r an ian )
K in g K amali, I F B B p r o b od y b uild e r
Ali K hosr oshahin , H e ad C oac h of the U n ive r sity of Southe r n C alif or n ia w ome n s soc c e r te am
G e or g e M ale k - Y on an , I r an ' s " C hamp ion of C hamp ion s" in T r ac k & F ie ld an d P e n tathe lon
M ic hae l Shab az , te n n is p lay e r , 2 0 0 5 W imb le d on b oy s' d oub le s c hamp ion ship
San az Shahb az i, mar tial ar ts c hamp ion
L e ila V az ir i, T he c ur r e n t w or ld r e c or d hold e r of the 5 0 m w ome n ' s b ac k str ok e
K hosr ow V az ir i, r e tir e d p r of e ssion al w r e stle r , b e tte r k n ow n b y his stag e n ame of T h e Iron S h eik
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Copyright (c) 2007 Morteza Tabatabaee.
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B y A min
Sep eh ri, Poet &
M ov ah edi
Painter
T h e W a t e r ’ s F o o t f a l l , is a truly amazing poem written by a well known Persian poet Sohrab
Sepehri. T his poet’ s poem is a true ind ic ation of the artistic way of putting W estern and E astern type
of poetry on the paper. Sepehri was born in K ashan on 1 9 2 8 . H e was a well ed uc ated person who
lov ed art and poetry f rom the young age. H e grad uated f rom high sc hool and began his stud ies at the
F ac ulty of F ine A rts at T ehran U niv ersity.
Sepehri is known around the world , in the east and the west f or his remarkable work. H e trav eled the
world f rom I ran to I nd ia, E ngland , F ranc e, B razil, J apan and U SA j ust to name a f ew. H e held
ind iv id ual ex hibitions in galleries and international painting f estiv als were he got lots of prizes and
earned spec ial d egrees. H e published six poetry books in his short lif e whic h was the hard work of
putting lif e, nature, lov e, heav en and hell into d iv ine word s.
Sepehri’ s poems hav e a uniq ue f orm of struc ture and style. H is poems are
struc tured in f ree v erse. I n W ater’ s F ootf all he starts writing about when
he was a teenage boy to when he was head ing toward s d eath. H e talks
about lif e being a pleasant c ustom and d eath not being the “ end of a
pigeon” . H e c learly ind ic ated that lif e was pleasant and enj oyable f or him
and d eath won’ t make any d if f erenc e to it. H e tells us that d eath might be
the end of us in this world , but this d eath is a new beginning. H e mentions
“ D eath goes in the mouth with a bunc h of grapes. I think it means d eath
is not bitter in reality it is as sweet as grapes. H e uses the f ruit metaphor,
the grape. G rape is the f ruit of heav en, it is the f ruit whic h makes the c lean
and holly wine.
I t is not v ery d if f ic ult to imagine the plac e that he was while he wrote
this poem or other ones. I c an imagine him seating d own und er a tree
somewhere nic e and q uite and writing this poem. Some resourc es
say the Sepehri gav e this q uote, he says: “ F or a poet to write a perf ec t
poem he need s the f ollowing: H e need s something to write with and
something to write on. H e then need s to be in nature away f rom
tec hnology and its reliability. H e was v ery ex ac t and the emotiv e
language f orms this poem. T here are lots of similes used in his
poems whic h make a better und erstand ing than ex plaining it in
word s f or instanc e “ d eath sometimes pic ks basils” this part points
out that d eath d oesn’ t nec essary c hase you all the time. H e says “ T he
lungs of pleasure are f illed with the ox ygen of d eath” this part means
that ox ygen is a great thing bec ause we breathe it in to surv iv e, but
it c ould also be sev ere and d angerous bec ause we are reliable on it
theref ore without ox ygen we would d ie. “ D eath sings in the larynx
of the red throat” these all spec if y that d eath is with us all the time
we c an’ t esc ape or run away f rom it.
C u l tu r a l
Soh rab
Sep eh ri, Poet &
C u l tu r a l
Soh rab
Painter
H e c ommunic ates well with
his read ers through his
emotion and ex perienc es.
H e brings lots of word s
whic h are hard to translate
to E nglish f or instanc e
K aaba,
whic h is a build ing at M ec c a, the M uslim H oly of H olies,
c ontaining a sac red blac k stone whic h is a pre_ I slamic granite
and marble shrine shape like an irregular c ube of about
twelv e to f if teen meters, said to hav e been c onstruc ted by
A braham upon d iv ine c ommand . T his is a v ery good ex ample
of some word s that c an’ t be translated not only to E nglish but
to the other languages. M ost of Sepehri’ s poems d on’ t
nec essary mean the same thing that is written. Sometimes
you hav e to translate it in your way so you c an hav e a better
und erstand ing of the poem.
I t is v ery engaging to und erstand the poet’ s personality and
his way of thinking throughout the poem. F or instanc e one
line he talks about lif e and a line af ter he talks about d eath.
O ne line he talks about horses being noble animals and one
line af ter he talks about people keeping v ultures as their pets.
I t might seem a bit wired but his poems are prof essionally set.
H e liked to rev eal his good and bad times through his poems.
I n some of his other poems he is j ust not und erstand able at all.
I t is sometime hard to pic k up his styles and meanings unless
we get d eep to his poem’ s style and meaning.
W a t er' s F o o t fa l l
I c ome f rom K ashan.
M y lif e' s not too bad .
I piec e together wit and bread
with a spic e of c olour and metre.
M y mother is f iner than new leaf ,
my f riend s than running water.
A nd a G od liv es nearby
among c ommon gillyf lowers
at the base of that tall f ir.
T his G od swims on the mind of water,
asc end s the ontogeny of plants.
I am a M oslem. T he tools of my prayer
are a rose, light, a spring of water.
T he wid e plain is my mat.
W ind ows throb as I c leanse myself .
I n my prayer the moon c irc ulates
with the earth' s magnetic f ield .
A ll my praying has bec ome c lear:
a stone c an be seen through it.
I begin to say the word s
only when the wind ' s azan
has sung f rom the tips of c ypresses,
when the grass has c horused its praises
and the sea' s wav es hav e stood upright.
M y M ec c a is here by the water,
und erneath the ac ac ia tree:
like a passing breeze it v isits
orc hard af ter orc hard , c ity af ter c ity.
Sunlight in the gard en is my blac k
kissing- stone.
I ' m a K ashani - and a painter.
F rom time to time I build you a c age
of c olours and of f er it f or sale
to rekind le your lonely spirits
with the pent v oluntaries of poppies.
I t' s a d ream, only a d ream, I know!
M y c anv as is lif eless and the pool
of my art without a single f ish!
.
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L iter a r y
Silenc e in Fiv e Ac ts
S aied T ab at ab aee
T h e h o u se
was hushed and the woman,
asleep; d reaming? D reaming of a panther rac ing
af ter her c ar through the green mead ows of
A f ric a. O r maybe d reaming of an airplane c rash.
O r of lov emaking in the d ark of a c hilly c av e.
W as she sleeping, or f eigning it, listening to the
tic king of the c loc k, reminisc ent of the f ootsteps
of a man.
She c ould hate him, or lov e him. She c ould
worry ov er his c oming home, or ov er his not
c oming bac k. She c ould lov e him and hate him at
the same time. She c ould be d reaming of him, or
she c ould be d reaming of herself f eigning sleep,
waiting f or him.
T he house was hushed and the woman asleep.
T here wasn’ t any man there, and no man was
going to be there. N ev er had been, nev er would be.
She was who she was, but she thought that without
a man in her lif e, being a woman was meaningless.
B ut she was there, asleep, and she was d reaming.
D reaming of d ying, of d eath, of a man’ s d eath.
She was d reaming the male of a spec ies of spid ers
or sc orpions whic h would be eaten by the f emale.
She was d reaming and f eeling the taste of human
f lesh und er her teeth, and on the length of her
tongue; f eeling the hard , and at the same time,
sweet meat of the man who was also sleeping.
T he house was hushed and the woman asleep.
A nother woman was also asleep, in another plac e:
the woman she lov ed . T he woman she wished to
hold in her arms. She wished f or the house to be
not so d eep in silenc e, but f illed with the woman’ s
moans. She imagined her being asleep and , in her
mind , she took of f the woman’ s d ress. She
c aressed her all ov er, took of f her own d ress and
still touc hed her and c aressed her, her mind
j ammed with long and short shrieks.
T he house was hushed , the woman asleep.
M aybe not. M aybe the man she lov ed had killed
her in a moment of mad ness and sunk the house
into silenc e. M aybe the woman killed the man,
and lay on his bod y, trying to sleep d eeply so he
remains in his eternal sleep. M aybe the man she
still lov ed was in her arms; maybe she had yet to
kill him.
T he house was hushed , the woman asleep, but
maybe asleep in another man’ s arms, not her own
husband . M aybe that was why they were both
d ead . M aybe the woman was d ead bec ause the
wif e of the man she was in bed with sud d enly
walked in. O r maybe she d reamt it all and this
d ream was the seq uel to the d ream about the c av e
and the panther. M aybe a man had arriv ed and
killed her f or no reason. She d reamt of being d ead ,
and at times, d reamt of being a R agged y A nn d oll.
She saw in her d ream that the man was satisf ied
by her d eath, satisf ied with the c otton balls f rom
her insid es f illing the whole of the room.
T he house was hushed , but there wasn’ t a woman
to be asleep and not a man, either. T he house was
empty. T he bed was d isturbed , the c losets messed
up and j umbled c lothes all ov er the plac e, books
piled on the f loor, f lowers withered . T here was no
man, and no woman. T he house was empty, there
was only silenc e. . .
Translated by Saghi Ghahraman
T ran s l at ed b y M ort ez a T ab at ab aee
One day, Sarah’s mother asked her to bring her storybook and read for
her. I al w ays l ike you read you r books for me. H er mu m said.
Sarah w as hap p y and w ent to her room to get the book, how ev er she c ou l dn’t
find it. She l ooked ev eryw here. I n the bookshel f, inside the toys box , ev en
among her c l othes, bu t the book w as not there.
Sarah c ame bac k to her mother and said. M u m, I c an’t find my book. H av e
you seen my book somew here?
M u m said: N o! T hink and try to remember w hen and w here w as the l ast time
you hav e read you r book. H av e you l ended you r book to one of you r friends?
Sarah thou ght and thou ght. She remembered that yesterday she
w as sitting in the bac k yard reading that story.
Sarah ran tow ard the yard and
saw her book. F irst she bec ame
hap p y that she fou nd her book,
how ev er w hen she reac hed and
p ic ked the book u p her smil e
tu rned to l ou r. T he book’s c ov er
w as w et and some p ages w ere
dirty.
Sarah w as sad, bu t w hat she
c ou l d do?
She thou ght and then made a
v ery good dec ision.
D o you know
made?
w hat dec ision she
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