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Waiting

3 April 2012

The seat in front of him was empty. When, finally, the candle on the table was burned out, the last flames disappeared in its melting figure, the darkness made him realize that she won’t be coming. She had said decisively and undoubtedly: “Won’t ever be coming.”

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صندلی روبه‌روی‌اش خالی بود. وقتی، سرانجام، شمع روی میز به انتها رسید و آخرین شعله‌های‌اش در جسم مذاب شده‌اش خاموش شد؛ تاریکی به صرافت‌اش انداخت که او نخواهد آمد، او قاطع و بی‌تردید گفته بود که: «دیگر هرگز نخواهد آمد.»

Golshifteh Farahani’s original picture featured in Madame Figaro magazine

10 March 2012
Golshifteh Farahani's original picture in Madame Figaro magazine

Golshifteh Farahani's original picture in Madame Figaro magazine
A few weeks ago the publication of a half-naked photo of Iranian actress Goldshifteh Farahani in Le Figaro magazine led to strong reactions among Iranians. Untruthful comments written under the image were the cause of public misconception. To provide clarity, scanned image of Le Figaro magazine with the placed text in French and also translation in Farsi and English is available. Ms. Farahani now resides in Paris.

In French

Golshifteh Farahani 29 ans, nominee pour «si tu meurs, je te tue», de miner saleem
L’actrice iranienne, mise a I’index dans son pays pour n’avoir pas porte le voile sur les tapis rouges hollywoodiens, vit desormais en exil a Paris. On la retrouvera cette annee dans « lust Like a Woman », de Rachid Bouchareb, aux cotes de Sienna Miller, et dans « Syngue sabour », de I’Afghan Atiq Rahimi, qui adapte son roman couronne par le prix Goncourt en 2008.
Bague Liens, en cemmique noire et diamants, Chaumet.

In English

Golshifteh Farahani, 29 years old, nominated for «Si Tu Meurs, Je Te Tue» by Miner Saleem

This Iranian actor, put on the index in Iran because she didn’t wear a hijab when she walked the red carpets in Hollywood, now lives in exile in Paris. This year, she plays with Sienna Miller in «Just Like a Woman» by Rachid Bouchareb, and in «Syngue Sabour» by the Afghani Atiq Rahimi, who adapted his Prix Goncourt winning novel (2008).

Bague Liens, in black ceramic with diamonds, Chaumet

In Farsi

گلشیفته فراهانی ۲۹ ساله، نامزد جایزه‌ی (سزار) برای فیلم «اگر بمیری می‌کشمت» ساخته‌ی منیر سلیم شده است.
این بازیگر ایرانی، که اکنون در تبعید در پاریس به سر می‌برد، پس از نپوشیدن حجاب هنگام راه رفتن بر فرش قرمز هالیوود در لیست سیاه (در ایران) قرار گرفت.
امسال او همراه با سی‌ینا میلر در فیلم «درست مانند یک زن» ساخته‌ی ریچارد بوچارب بازی دارد، و همءچنین در «سنگ صبور» فیلمی ساخته‌ی عتیق رحیم برگرفته از رمان خودش، برندهءی جایزه‌ی ۲۰۰۸ جایزه‌ی کنکورت، بازی کرده است.

Permanent images

6 March 2012

By Mostafa Azizi
Translated to English: by Sima Tajdini

The image is ever-present in my mind’s eye these days. We are strolling and stepping over the old, pale, fall leaves besides a shallow river and you keep crying out cheering with a childish joy each time you see something. It makes me wonder if you’ve actually seen ‘Vincent’ behind the old walnut tree in front of us. A squirrel heads down the tree, stares at us, and keeps cracking a nut with no fear… It starts to rain, not a drizzle, but a heavy downpour. I say, “It seems a lost ocean is passing through the sky”. You respond, while seeking shelter under a walnut tree, “Don’t stray on the path of the lost things or you’ll be lost too”.

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