June 4, 2019

بعد از اینکه مسلمون شدم، می نشستم فیلم های امام رو میدیدم. جماران کوچک رو میدیدم با یک رهبر سالخورده با یه عالمه جوون دورش مثل پروانه. یه عالمه جوون که زارزار گریه میکردن. اصلا برام قابل درک نبود. کجای حرفاش گریه دار بود؟ مجلس ختم نبود که؟
چند سال بعد که اومدم ایران برای اولین بار، و رفتم جماران تو جمع و امام وارد شد، زدم زیر گریه. نمیدونستم چرا دارم گریه میکنم.
میدونستم انقلابش تو دنیا صدا کرده بود. حتی آمریکا هم تو مجله تایم مرد سال دنیا اعلام شده بود. راجع بهش مطلب خونده بودم. ولی هیچ چیز که با عقلم درک کرده بودم به اندازه حضورش منو منقلب نکرده بود. اونروز منم یه جوون ایرانی بودم انگار. منم اشک میریختم بی اختیار. فرهنگ امام رو نمیشناختم اما اون روز حس کردم زبان حضور امام خمینی بین المللی بود...
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For those of you who haven’t heard, it was the Islamic revolution of Iran that sparked my interest in studying Islam which two years later led me to becoming a Muslim. As a journalism student, I had been interested in different revolutions, like that of Iran. It was in order to understand the roots of this revolution that I started studying the holy Quran.
After becoming a Muslim, I used to watch footage of Ayatullah Khomeini when he was visiting with people in Jamaran.
To my surprise, I would see everyone in the audience cry as they listened to this old man talk and I could never understand why. Though by this time I had come to love and respect him greatly, I could not understand why people were crying the way they did. Years later when I was able to come to Iran for the first time, I had the honor of meeting Imam Khomeini in a public gathering in Jamaran. It was when he entered the room that I too, like so many others before me, could not hold back my tears.
I had already learned about this Man of the Year. I had already listened to him speak many times.
But that day, it was Imam Khomeini’s presence that took over my entire being. Something about who he was, as a person. His presence spoke an international language…
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