Fallen Hero Alireza Amani; The Chamar Dance in the Clamor of the Winds
Death Alireza Amani 23 years old in Iran Bushehr Ab Pakhsh
Written by: Mikhak Sepid
For years, the monotonous, mournful sound of the mother's sewing machine was the background music of a small house in the scorched soil of Ab Pakhsh, Dashtestan. A woman who, every morning, with a smarting pain in her eyes and love in her fingers, stitched pieces of cloth together to thread her dreams for her only son’s growth into every seam. The father, his hands cracked and calloused from years of labor on harsh southern projects, would shake off the day's exhaustion each evening simply by watching Alireza’s tall frame. Alireza, 23 years old and born of Dashtestan, was a handsome young man who had built an athletic physique through bodybuilding, and had only recently tasted the freedom of completing his mandatory military service. He was the family’s only son—the refuge and hope of two sisters who loved him as dearly as life itself. Alireza’s dreams were neither grand nor out of reach; in his simple words, there was only a passion to find a steady job in the industrial companies of Bushehr and to build a small nest to start a life together. But the hand of fate wrote his destiny with different lines. On the cold evening of 8 January (18 Dey), Ab Pakhsh was steeped in thick unres…
علیرضا امانی · نراتا · بوشهر · آبپخش
