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A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet
Sa'di of Shiraz, a 13th-century Iranian poet, was a man for all seasons. Distinct among his peers for a rare poetic talent and a sharp humor, he was a traveler, teacher and master ghazal writer all in one. But, above all, he loved to tease and to question. In a most serious love poem, he warned the beloved: "I was ruined by your love. I will not go to others to get well." And lest the beloved get all the credit for uniqueness, he added: "Broken gold vessels cannot be repaired with glue."
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Post DispatchHelp get Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz's op-ed on Post-Dispatch most-read articles list.
A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet
By Fatemeh Keshavarz
Below is the link to the story.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/st...
Dr. Keshavarz is an Iranian-American who has taught as Washington University since 1990. She spoke at the "Women in Global Action" forum held by the Gateway Greens earlier this year. about what the blanket bombing of Iran would mean to someone born in that country.
Post-Dispatch's Mayer on Our Grand Ole Victory
In a recent post on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's "The Platform", intern Alex Mayer refers to the recent Daily Show interview with Lara Logan,
where Logan describes how difficult it is to get coverage of Iraq and
Afghanistan into the mainstream media lately. He notes that Logan's
claims are supported by a recent article in the New York Times that shows that coverage of the war in Iraq has dropped precipitously in recent months.
This is all fine and good reportage, but check out the next doozy from Mayer:
The reason for this? I'd be willing to bet that the
correlation between the drop in violence, insurgent attacks, and U.S.
casualties in Iraq and a drop in news coverage is by no means
coincidental.
