Maryam Keshavarz is born in New York, United States. She studied Persian literature in University of Shiraz and earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and eventually earned her master degree from University of Michigan.
In 2003, Madam Keshavarz directed a movie with title of “The Color of Love”. She went to Iran and began to make a documentary that how youths in Iran are socializing with opposite gender. This movie depicted that how Iranian youths are seizing Ashura which is a day that Saint/Imam Hussein grandson of Muhammad was martyred in Karbal unjustly. The main point of the movie is not about how these youths are interacting with one another. The core idea comes down to this very point that Islam has lost its original meaning. When Khomeini was provoking people to revolt against their King of Kings Mohammad Reza Pahlavi due to Westernization of Iran and introducing Western value in Iran, and according to Khomeini and his associate Islam has lost its original meaning because of Shah. Now, this movie clearly depicted that how these fundamentalist in Iran destroyed Islam.
Back in times of Shah, no one would ever cross the line, and use Ashura as a day to interact with anyone, and people would lament on that day. This movie illustrated that how young people were mourning Imam Hussein’s death in morning, and at night they were dancing and having a good times.
Back in times of Shah, Iran was closing down totally, and people would gather in mosque or someone’s house, and would mourn for Imam Hussein, and now stores are closing down for a brief period and business as usual.
Back in times of Shah, people would leave their house door open, and food was giving to people. Now, people were just drinking a little lemon juice in street, and thanks for the cleric for destroying that vibrant economy of Shah.
Back in times of Shah, people knew how to pray. Azadeh character did not know how to pray, when she stood to pray, and wanted to move to next step of pray, she went to “Rokoo”. First she had to do “Sajdeh” than “Rokoo”, and not repeatedly kissing the “mohreh” or small rock on her pray mat. She would kiss the “mohreh” one time which would be at end of her pray. I know above ritual because I was born at time of His Majesty King of Kings Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
All in all, when Khomeini came to Iran and seized the political power in Iran. Everyone believed in God, Islam and respecting, tolerating and coexisting with other faith groups in Iran and around the world. However, once Khomeini reigned in Iran for two years the whole picture of faith altered in Iran drastically. People left faith of Islam and converted to other faiths and felt no attachment to Islam, and people came to conclusion that Ashura was not Iranian but some political dilemma from invading force of Iran Zamin. Today, Iranian people feel so alienate to this faith of Islam that Iranian people are making all kinds of derogatory jokes about faith of Islam.
In 2003, Madam Keshavarz directed a movie with title of “The Color of Love”. She went to Iran and began to make a documentary that how youths in Iran are socializing with opposite gender. This movie depicted that how Iranian youths are seizing Ashura which is a day that Saint/Imam Hussein grandson of Muhammad was martyred in Karbal unjustly. The main point of the movie is not about how these youths are interacting with one another. The core idea comes down to this very point that Islam has lost its original meaning. When Khomeini was provoking people to revolt against their King of Kings Mohammad Reza Pahlavi due to Westernization of Iran and introducing Western value in Iran, and according to Khomeini and his associate Islam has lost its original meaning because of Shah. Now, this movie clearly depicted that how these fundamentalist in Iran destroyed Islam.
Back in times of Shah, no one would ever cross the line, and use Ashura as a day to interact with anyone, and people would lament on that day. This movie illustrated that how young people were mourning Imam Hussein’s death in morning, and at night they were dancing and having a good times.
Back in times of Shah, Iran was closing down totally, and people would gather in mosque or someone’s house, and would mourn for Imam Hussein, and now stores are closing down for a brief period and business as usual.
Back in times of Shah, people would leave their house door open, and food was giving to people. Now, people were just drinking a little lemon juice in street, and thanks for the cleric for destroying that vibrant economy of Shah.
Back in times of Shah, people knew how to pray. Azadeh character did not know how to pray, when she stood to pray, and wanted to move to next step of pray, she went to “Rokoo”. First she had to do “Sajdeh” than “Rokoo”, and not repeatedly kissing the “mohreh” or small rock on her pray mat. She would kiss the “mohreh” one time which would be at end of her pray. I know above ritual because I was born at time of His Majesty King of Kings Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
All in all, when Khomeini came to Iran and seized the political power in Iran. Everyone believed in God, Islam and respecting, tolerating and coexisting with other faith groups in Iran and around the world. However, once Khomeini reigned in Iran for two years the whole picture of faith altered in Iran drastically. People left faith of Islam and converted to other faiths and felt no attachment to Islam, and people came to conclusion that Ashura was not Iranian but some political dilemma from invading force of Iran Zamin. Today, Iranian people feel so alienate to this faith of Islam that Iranian people are making all kinds of derogatory jokes about faith of Islam.
So, who was a true Muslim, Shah or Khomeini? Shah was a true Muslim and fulfilled last pillar of Islam which was “Haj”, Khomeini was McCoy Satan himself in disguise of human that he came to Iran and ignite fire globally and today we were being served in the name of Islam such a person would be chopped into small pieces and Khomeini was claiming to be one of children of Prophet Muhammad, he never pay a visit to grave yard of his grandfather and fulfill last pillar of Islam.
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