In Iran I used to have a friend which I will call Ghasem. Ghasem used to
see this girl (let's call her Sakineh) riding the minibus every night
and of course she had noticed him too. Unbeknownst to Ghasem Sakineh had
a lover in the Azari neighborhood whose name was Esmail. To Esmail
Sakineh was a possession like a jewel on his crown. With each ride that
passed Ghasem and Sakineh's story continued and eventually Ghasem took
Sakineh's heart. So one day she looked him in the eyes and said they
couldn't meet again. Meanwhile the word was out on the streets that
Sakineh was messing with someone. As a result Esmail began looking for
Ghasem with a vengeance and a gun. We kept telling Ghasem he better run
and that he was playing with fire but to no avail. One night as time
stood still Ghasem met with Sakineh on a rooftop in the night but they
couldn't hear Esmail coming until he had them both in sight. A shot ran
out like thunder and the blood was on Sakineh's hands with nothing won.
The moral of the story is when someone lies there dying lovers finally
understand.
With the patchy information released we never quite understood who shot
who. Sakineh was taken into custody so we initially thought she shot
both Ghasem and Esmail but there was only one body bag. Another theory
was that Ghasem and Esmail each shot each other. If that was the case
then they both died because of Sakineh.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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