Chillingly refreshing.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
A friend wrote to me today:
"I think that's the part you should focus on: trying to show the world the real image of us not the things they used to show on their tvs."
Then another friend sent me a link to this video. I think friend 2's link answers friend 1's suggestion
See for yourself.
One of the most powerful videos to come out of the turmoil in Iran is of a woman reciting a poem from the rooftops of Tehran at night. Recorded on the eve of the first wave of violent crackdowns against protesters, the poem gives voice to the inner turmoil of a people coping with a sudden and potentially violent revolution and struggling with a new conception of their homeland. Behind the poet's shaking speech--which seems more full of heartbreak than fear--you can hear cries of "Allah-o Akhbar" and feel the tension in the air.
"I think that's the part you should focus on: trying to show the world the real image of us not the things they used to show on their tvs."
Then another friend sent me a link to this video. I think friend 2's link answers friend 1's suggestion
See for yourself.
One of the most powerful videos to come out of the turmoil in Iran is of a woman reciting a poem from the rooftops of Tehran at night. Recorded on the eve of the first wave of violent crackdowns against protesters, the poem gives voice to the inner turmoil of a people coping with a sudden and potentially violent revolution and struggling with a new conception of their homeland. Behind the poet's shaking speech--which seems more full of heartbreak than fear--you can hear cries of "Allah-o Akhbar" and feel the tension in the air.
