I struggle with my family. I struggle with my dad being gone. i struggle with my sister growing up without a father to be loved by. I struggle with my brother living without a father, a role model. I struggle with my sister not feeling loved or cared for. I struggle with my brother’s blurry dreams. I struggle with trying to live up to my father’s expectations. I struggle with my mother not having a companion. I struggle with her loneliness and sadness. I struggle with her believing she is not deserving of joy. I struggle with her half-hearted smile and her crinkled eyes. I struggle with her hopeless tears, her desperate pleads, her isolated screams. I struggle with her aging, with her fading, with her leaving. I struggle with the idea of death, the same one that ate my grandfathers and my father, the same one that has caught my mother. I struggle with my family. I struggle with this empty hole in our family.
I struggle.
If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.
They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran's Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.
The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout "Death to the dictator" and "Allah o akbar." They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university's faculty have resigned in protest.
Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.
For more information:
PICTURES:
here and here
NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post
ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @IranElection09, @persiankiwi, @NextRevolution, @Change_for_Iran
دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election
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one_hoopy_froodwhy does shit have to happen? how can somebody justify two young children having their parents taken away like that?
who would've thought, when i talked to her mother five years ago, that she wouldn't be here today? life is too precious to be cut short. so why does it have to be? and so unexpectedly, too?
don’t forget you.
some people just need reminding.PEOPLE WHERE ARE YOU??
YOU GUYS NEED TO START UPDATING YOUR ELJAYS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
i miss reading them ;(
YOU GUYS NEED TO START UPDATING YOUR ELJAYS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
i miss reading them ;(
WHY THE HELL DID I NOT WATCH THE MATCH???????????????????????????????????
I'M GONNA GET A CAT AND NAME IT OLIVER.
:D
It was good. Therapeutic. Things are a little bit clearer now.. no more mixed signals :)
I lose to him.
YUCK.
I am turning 18 so soon.
*weeps in dark corner*
I would actually not wear this, but its SUPER CUTEEEE.
MY SHOPPING CRAVE IS BAAAAACK!!!
Arghhh superficial superficial superficial...
Saturday May 18th 2002
My dad and I went to watch the planets and stars tonight. It was cool. My dad said the next time I would ever see it would be in 38 years' time. I told him I'll be 50 then and he said he won't be around anymore. That hit me. In the heart. Right in the middle.
:(
:)
Thank you Bapa, thank you Babu.
I'm sorry Bapa, I'm sorry Babu.
ONE QUICK QUESTION!
Should I dye my hair...
BLACK
(as in, dye the brown parts black)
or
(as in, dye the brown parts black)
or
BROWN?
pleasetag and letmeknow!
Just here to tell you guys I've dug around in my closet and found a few items I'm willing to sell, since I'm short of dough.
Clothes come mainly from Singapore, Malaysia, UK and Australia.
Prices are reasonable and negotiable :).
Anyone interested, do email me at nadie124@gmail.com, I shall email you back ASAP.
Thanks yalls :D
i need my best friends.
i'm finally in it!
tomorrows my exam. have no clue when and where it is. today i'm...
..gnna go buy shoes :).
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