Jun 11th, 2010 by pedestrian
No, I haven’t forgotten that tomorrow is June 12th. That day. That glorious, hopeful, horrendous day.
Tomorrow, the streets of Tehran will be eerily quiet. There will be traffic, there will be noise, there will be pollution and people shouting swear words out of frustration just like any other day. But for many of us, time will stop and the world will go dark. Memories will take us away, one by one.
And the world might look down and declare: “look, it’s only been a year, and already they’ve forgotten.”
But we haven’t forgotten and never will. You might not see it, but who are you to judge?
Tomorrow the streets of Tehran might look like they do any other day. But if you look closely, if somehow you could force that black, archaic veil off that city for just a moment, you’d see a very different sight indeed. You’d see millions of people whose hearts are beating like mad, whose sweaty palms almost gives them away. You’d see people in mourning and celebration, because June 12th is all of those things.
June 12th isn’t just the day we died, but the day we chose to live.
For my generation, from now ’till forever, the world will be divided into two chunks: before and after 22 khordaad 88 (June 12th, 2009).
Something happened that day, and we might spend the rest of our lives trying to figure out what it was exactly. But even if that’s what it takes … so be it.
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……………..it reminds me of a forest of thorns – completely impenetrable……..which one day blooms into roses and opens up……..one day….it WILL happen…… one day………guns and violence will be replace by tolerance and peace.
Listening to the rooftop chanting last night…..the voices coming out of the dakness……sent shivers up my spine….so so inspiring…….V…..
So basically, if nothing will happen, you have an excuse?
Everything is normal. If it sounds normal, walks normal, talks normal, then its normal, and none of your excuses will change anything.
what excuses? b/c people would rather live than die underneath a militia car, they are making “excuses”?
Go figure.
Kate, the chanting last night was breathtaking. So haunting and beautiful.
Were all those security forces out normal, M. Ali?
How about, the Interior Ministry grant permission for constitutionally sound dissent? how about it be done without Neanderthal goons beating them?
How about we see what is normal then, m’kay?
The Green Movement was a fraud from the beginning. When Israel takes out the nuclear facilities, that will set off a chain reaction of protests that will bring down the Islamofascist regime.
beautiful text
Ped; yet for many many people, 22 Khordad was just another natural outcome of a regime, that since inception on 22 Bahman 1357, has been a lying cheating brutal fascist dictatorship! In other words, it’s all a continuum. And I keep telling you this; that what is happening now is by no means worse than what took place during Mousavi’s premiership some 25 years ago. Right now; they are killing each other, so be it! Many IRanians in fact cheer this moment and celebrate the Khordad crack!
Ped, I hope everything is okay. I write this after checking for updates.
shame…you haven’t been posting for a little while….hope everything is ok…………………………..
…..so I’ve had to search around and I stumbled across this person, whose illustrations I love…and also her husband who takes some cool photos of Iranian life. Hope you like her too… http://www.shirinadl.co.uk/me.htm
hey beautiful lady …
where are you , its almost been a month … dont mean to p but you okay ? just a bit worried … i know you have a life which IS outside this blog but you know, when you get used to something and then its gone … hope you are well
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Hey, why aren’t you writing anymore?
Hi– I miss your entries. I hope everything is ok!
I’ve been travelling! … I will return to regular posting schedules very soon. I can’t thank you enough for sending me “where r thou?” notes!
Love,
-p