Morteza Abdolalian's Personal Blog

" Chieko's Voice From Nagasaki " is my new book about the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki . This book is about the storey of a young girl by the name of Chieko , a collection of two stories and my own activities in Hiroshima and Tokyo in Japan...on the 72nd years after the drop of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August of 1945 by US ....

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

ما « نیم وجبی ها » ..........

. کلاس هشتم در دبیرستان علمیه تهران ( فروزانفر ) پشت میدان بهارستان

همکلاسی های من از جمله دوستانم سیامک ( زبل ) و سیاوش ( فرامرز ) روئین فر

برادران دو قولویی که سالهای پیشتر در فیلم « نیم وجبی » با کارگردانی وحدت

. بازی کرده و این فیلم در سینماهای سراسر کشور بنمایش در آمده بود

یادم می آید من و برادرم برای ادامه تحصیل که از شهرستان به تهران آمده بودیم اطاقی در طبقه دوم خانه ای در محله ظهیر الاسلام - شاه آباد کرایه کرده بودیم . هر روز صبح که بیدار میشدم در مسیر دبیرستان اول به خانه سیامک و سیاوش که در صفی علیشاه قراداشت میرفتم . پدرشان که یک افسر نظامی بود هر روز با لباس نظامی ، تر و تمیز آماده بود و بمحض اینکه مرا می دید آنها را صدا میزد که بیایند، و می آمدند و ما سه تایی بسمت دبیرستان علمیه براه می افتادیم . در راه از میدان بهارستان می گذشتیم و به مدرسه میرسیدیم . در مدرسه یا فوتبال بازی می کردیم و یا سر کلاس بودیم . موقع برگشت همین مسیر را البته آهسته تر ، و بندرت با گرفتن عکس و گاهی هم با بازیگوشی در خیابانهاپرسه میزدیم و چنانچه گرسنه می شدیم با جمع شدن دور فروشنده لبو و ...یه چیزی میخوردیم و دست آخر هم
هر کدام بسمت خانه مان میرفتیم . این عکس ها مال آنزمانهاست .
یادش بخیر

ادامه دارد ...

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Our Journalism Class in 2007 - Sheridan College

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Oakville event of the book launch :
On Saturday March 21st at 2:30 -4:00 pm the book launch “ Written From The Heart “ by Morteza Abdolalian ( Mori) took place at CJ's Organic Cafe in Bronte - Town of Oakville with the presence of Oakville Mayor Honorable Rob Burton and Town Councilor Ralph Robinson from Ward 1 and local residents.
The event started with beautiful song and music by Katherine Lynn Chasty who have sang the song and played guitar . Then Derik Hawly the organizer of the event spoke few words introducing the Author , then Mori began speaking his life experience and talked about his poetry and read a few poems . He also read some of his going to be published English satire which made audience laugh .
Then Honorable Mayor Rob Burton spoke a few words and Mori presented his book to the Mayor .

The event continued with Book signing and ended as scheduled .

The Toronto Event of the book launch :

Will be organized and announced later .

Written from the Heart

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Book Launch Saturday 2:30-4 March 21st,

2015

at CJ's Cafe in Bronte

Oakville writer Morteza Abdolalian
(Mori) has

published his first book. Written in English and Farsi he
shares

his perspective, emotions and ideas to a wide audience.
By

making his experiences both human and approachable, he

has added to the richness of our cultural and literary
community.

Morteza Abdolalian is a journalist, blogger, human rights advocate,

and board member of Canadian Journalists For Free Expression

(CJFE). He has participated in projects with Pen Canada and other

writers groups. He has appeared on Canadian radio and television,

and in newspapers and magazines.

Written From The Heart

by Morteza Abdolalian

The sky will become bright

From this long and dark curtain

And our return from this exile is certain

Oakville's writing tradition is enriched by the whole community.

Mori has participated actively through various writer's groups

Former President of the Inkwell Writer's Group, Derik Hawley,

observed.

Mori came from a different culture, cultures actually, than

the rest of us. Yet through his sharing we could understand,

and by sharing his understanding he made us and our writing

richer.This is what poetry is for.

His poetry explores life in Canada from his unique perspective,

his love of language and its power to express experience shows

through as observes the world around him.

A word froze to death

On a freezing winter day,

A diction came to my mind,

As I was about to write it on a paper,

It froze to death.

Kerr Street & Lakeshore Road

Oakville, Ontario, Canada. 1997

His work goes beyond his Canadian experiences. Mori has traveled

extensively, and lived in Iran, The Philippines and Japan. His writing

shares these experiences in a way that makes it both human and

approachable.

Occupant of soul

In a surprise moments

The wave that slammed on my eyes

Went through

Washed my brain

Landed in my soul

Another permanent resident

“Tsunami”

Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Dedicated to the victims of Tsunami in Japan,

Thailand and Indonesia...

Mori is also active as journalist. Much of his work is available online.

www.moriab.blogspot.com

www.abdolalianmorteza.blogspot.com

www.tarikroshan.blogspot.com

Monday, September 22, 2014

Journalists in Exile: CIGI panel to discuss the fight for free expression worldwide

Event: CIGI-CIC Waterloo Region Branch Annual Media Panel: Journalists in Exile: The Fight for Free Expression
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location:
CIGI Campus
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, Ontario Canada

About the Speakers:

Michelle Shephard is the National Security Reporter at the Toronto Star and author of Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone (2011) and Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr (2008). Shephard’s journalistic contributions have won her the Governor General's Michener Award for public service journalism and the National Newspaper Award, three times. She is a strong advocate for journalistic freedom and sits on the Board of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

Luis Horacio Nájera is a Visiting Fellow at The Citizen Lab and the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the University of Toronto. During his career as a journalist, Nájera bravely covered the drug cartels in Mexico. Following an assassination threat he obtained refugee status in Canada.

Aaron Berhane is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Meftih Enterprise. After fleeing arrest in Eritrea for publishing a letter critiquing the Eritrean government, Berhane sought refuge in Regina, Saskatchewan. He later moved to Toronto where he founded Meftih, an Eritrean-Canadian newspaper for the Eritrean diaspora in Toronto.

Morteza Abdolalian is an Interpreter and Translator for the Ministry of the Attorney General. During his journalistic career in the 1980s, Abdolalian was persecuted in both the Philippines and Iran for his reporting. Over the last several decades, he has been a strong advocate for human rights and free expression. He currently sits on the Board of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and manages the blog, Iran Watch Canada.

Maryam Aghvami is a Reporter and Web Editor at Voice of America. Previously the President of Journalists in Exile, Aghvami worked as a translator in Iran and in the Reuters bureau in Tehran. Due to her contributions to journalism and free expression, she is not able to return to Iran.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.885.2444, ext. 7238, Email: kdias@cigionline.org
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit www.cigionline.org.
Link:
http://cjfe.org/take_action/events/journalists-exile-cigi-
panel-discuss-fight-free-expression-worldwide