To MY Dear Beloved Bicycle Thief My dear beloved bicycle thief, I do hope and pray that this will reach you at your best possible condition of health. Last night, after finishing work at 7:30, I went down with lots of hope to ride my bike home; it was missing. I searched the whole neighborhood […]

Memory Denial

Memory Denial   Characters: Adorna (Doctor) David (Father) Fatima (daughters) Leila (mother)   Act 1. Doctor’s office (The scene shows a doctor’s office. The Doctor is sitting behind a desk and checking her medical devices. There is a knock on the door. A young girl and an old man, bent over with a walking stick, […]

The Smile of Bethune

The Smile of Bethune   This event happened on March 30, 1987 – the day my daughter, Dorna, was born.  We were hopeful when her mother was pregnant with Dorna.  But then 9 months passed and she did not get labor pains.  We were both extremely anxious.  We went to our gynecologist, a woman in […]

Beirami Rock

Beirami Rock   By Ezat Mossallanejad   I will never forget a winter night in Jahrom (Iran) when a stranger knocked on our door. I was a 7-year-old boy.  My father asked me to go to the other side of the yard and open the gate. I dragged the doors half open; I was dreadfully […]