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Received Dec 1, 1996 -- Jan 31, 1997
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Missing: Faraj Sarkoohi
Letters in back issues of THE IRANIAN:
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March/April 1996
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Nov/Dec 1995
I too applaud the writers who had the courage to become organized to express themselves. But sometimes I feel as if the country as a whole does not care much about these issues.
Now that could be due to economic hardship, secret police punishment, etc . . .As long as Iranians living in Iran do not care much about this (whatever the reason is ) it seems to me that freedom of expression will be unlikely in Iran.
It is not too farfetched to say that the ruling moollas are aware that economic hardship, fear of secret police, all contribute to people being complacent. So maybe better economic ties of Iran with other countries might actually improove human rights situation in Iran.
The sanction by itself seems like it is taking a big toll on the internal econmy. When people are not struggling so much to put bread on the "sofreh" then they will have some energy to worry about freedom of expression and change things.
Babak Behnia
b-behnia@uibrl.brl.uiuc.edu
AAAY ghalbam. GhAsem! Khianatkar! AAAY Ghasem, tofangam koooo?Ki hamchin Adameh khianatkari ro gozasht biyad rooyeh Vorld Vide Veb (VVV(tm))! Maardikeh! Balayee be saret beresoonam ke too dastanha benevisand!
Ay ghalbam ...
Da'ee Jan Napoleon
007 Bond St.
London W1
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Khoshhalam keh zendeh-am (Persian)
An interview with Shahrnoush ParsipourThree comments:
1.
I was distressed to see that Parsipour "appeared" to you as somewhat depressed, dejected, and wholly out of place in her new place of self-imposed exile in the U.S. She seemed like a typically older Iranian lady, complete with body aches and swollen feet, and with nothing to do to occupy herself in a strange place. Was this truly your impression of this woman, or am I interpreting you differently ?If so, maybe you were really rushed for time, or that you (as the interviewer) just didn't "click" with her, personality-wise! But there is far more to this woman than emerges from your very brief interview. She is an unusually profound and highly sensitive writer, whose smooth command of contemporary Persian was a shock to many people, myself included.
Her style of writing has a truly "effortless" quality to it, as though it was not composed or crafted in the conventional sense, but rather that it flows naturally, almost automatically. She is more than just another "good" writer with a gimmick ! There are several other famous female authors (authoresses ?!!) in Iran, but none have had her impact.
Furthermore, even though she is percieved as a "feminist" in Iran (anyone with something to say in defense of women and their sorry lot in Iran is viewed as a feminist these days!!), she is concerned not only with the usual rights of women, but more with a sense of preserving the "dignity" and "integrity" of women and how they should be perceived as human beings. (An incomplete definition, but it will have to do for now).
This theme is rampant throughout her work, and she is quite descriptive about how women, even though they are accorded many so called "honors" by males for their traditional roles as mothers and wives, they simply never get "dignified" as equals.
That subtle look which passes among men, stating in an unspoken manner that "she's just a woman" is all too vivid for her, and for me. None of this vital aspect of her work and what she stands for was broached in your interview. I truly think that she deserves another "visit" for a more in-depth review. This woman is far too important to be dismissed in so cursory a fashion.
Farhad Forouzan
phraates@juno.com
2.
I was very excited to find out that the new issue of THE IRANIAN contained the text of an interview with Shahrnoush Parsipour. Even though I had a "drop dead" deadline for a report due for a tough client, I decided to take a short break to read the interview and get "recharged."ALAS! I encountered a primitive form of a "non-interview" in the same caliber of Zan-e-Rooz's conversations with Foroozan or Poori Banaii... I am surprized that she even answered your questions.
Why didn't you give her a true or false quiz in the interest of saving typing time??? All I can say is: Agha mageh majboor boodeed?
Firouzeh Nourzad
urban@metronet.com
3.
I was seaching through the net in this cold night and when I reached the title of this interview thought: That's it! I got what I was looking for! BUT, after reading with a deep hunger each page got disappointed! Told myself : "What a pity?! Couldnt he asked more interesting stuff from her?"I neither worship Ms. Parsipour nor blame her! I neither care for her political views nor what she thinks about politicians! For me, she is somebody who has made lots of "saro sedA" as a so-called Iranian artist or honarmand!
Years ago Iwas reading her "toobA" during days my life was distracted by many other things! I couldnt finish it like most novels that I had taken in my hands after my teenage years! I never could get a hold on her "zanAn be dooneh mardAn".
So i was expecting to find some answers to my questions: Why does she write? What was her motivations to write, when did she write for first time? what was the actions of her closest friends and family to her writings! What is she trying to say in her "toobA" and her other stories!
You see some general things that might give clues to people about her writings! Everybody is human! I do not think her love in living in the U.S. or Iran would matter to someone when reading toobA! I believe we should put her "hesAb" seperate from her "writings"!
Syavash Abdolreza Ebrahimi-Sabet
syavash@chem-eng.toronto.edu
Five comments:
1.
Kudos for this magnificently-done report. This report is a fine example of how a journalist should observe and express a subject clearly, concisely, and without any bias.
Your report is also a fine testimonial to the fact that the-plain-old-folks are basically decent human beings, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITIES, when they are "Far From The Madenning Crowd"s of the so-called civic areas (i.e., metropolitan/big cities.)
The encounter that you pictured here, could have, and has had, happened to a foreign national traveling in any rural area, anywhere in the world (I'm not sure about the British though) particularly where you and I are from.
Keep it up (this was a giant leap from cats & dogs stories.)
Seyed Moussavi
Seyed.Moussavi@gsa.gov
2.
Dorood bar shoma, dame shoma garm baba.That place actualy looked like Persia. BTW, I am from Khorramshahr.
Bedrood
Count Dracula
kabobed@hotmail.com
3.
Nice article. Just wanted to let you know that there is an "Iran" on I-10 highway in west Texas. Never stopped there and ask, as it was in Jan. 1980.Fe-lan
Pasha
amin@safa.mro.dec.com
4.
I think maybe you should send this article to the people of Persia, Iowa! :) So they see "we" don't hate them.In fact, that notion is not isolated to that little town but I don't know of any other better way of getting it across to the mass than it having been published in USA Today.
It was a nice article.
A. Mojahed
amojahed@julian.uwo.ca
5.
I read your article about Persia, Iowa. I just wanted you to know that I thought it was great. I shared the excitement with you as I read the words and looked at the pictures.Mehrdad Koohian
mehrdad@concentric.net
Four comments:
1.
The story which written by Mahdiyeh is wonderful. I liked it and read it two times. Congratulations for having this great daughter -- and shame on you for leaving her!Reza F. Bourghani
davood@ix.netcom.com
2.
Mahdiyeh's story is as she described at the beginning. "HAR CHE MIKHAAHAD DELE TANGAM BEGOOYAD, MIGOOYAM" . It shows her feeling about you (A dad that she misses so much). It made me cry. Because my kids are also in Iran.I have three children; Fatemeh 11, Mohammad 9, and Zahra 7. About 10 days ago when I was talking to Zahra, at the end, I said to her "KHODA HAFEZ ZAHRA JOON' and she replied: "KHODA HAFEZ, GHORBOONE SHOMA BERAM ELAHI"! I was suprised from a 7 year old daughter. I could't forget it.
I am working on my thesis now, hopefully finish it and go back home in the summer. There is no place like home and no place like family. I hope you also join your family soon.
Majid Faani
faani@eng.umd.edu
3.
Dastan e Mahdiyeh Javid besiar ziba bood vali lotfan maskhare bazihaie akherash ra hazf konid ta lahn gedi ie dastan kharab nashavad.
4.
Emrooz k safehaat e majalleh ye December ro mottale^A mikardam va cheshmam b esmeh Mahdiyeh va dastan e koochakesh oftad , bedoon vaghfeh safehaat ro yeki pas az digari khoondam va digar lazem b goftan nist k b che hAAli dar posht e miz e karram "zang e baran b seda miayyad" ra shenidam !!nemitoonam tassavor konam vaghti dastaan e ouu bar mani k na To ra va na Mahdiyeh ra mishenassam chenin impacti darrad , Bar To k naghsh e pedar va shayyad ghahremaan e dastan e khoochak e ouu hasti che taasiri khohad dasht!!?
bar man va shoma pooshideh nist k ein gooneh neveshtaan va ein cheniin nokatti k ouu dar la'B layye dastanash mos'tater darrad ; tarz e fekr va donya ye yek dokhtar e 14 saaleh nist! sarf e nazar az tavanaeii ye ouu dar neveshtan k khod ghabel e taghdir va tahsin hast , va man ro k shayyad 15 saal hast minevissam ro ein chenin taht e tasir gharrar middeh.
gharazam az ersaal e ein payyam na ebraz e hamdardist va na tekrare jomallati k midoonam shayyad sad ha bar az digarran shenedeh ei va digar az khoondanesh ham khasteh shodi ! amma kheyli doshvar hast k shahed e pajmordeh shodan va parpar shodan e Gol haeii chon ouu bood va damm' nazad, ein nasli k dar on Mahdiyeh hayye ziyadi ra dar bar darrad ra , ma bazr on ra kashteheim ; ein ha k gonaahi nadarand !
alay e haal midoonam k ta haddi gostakhi kardam va omidvarram k az ein babat man ro mored e eghmaz' gharar bedi amma nemitoonestam "sokoot" konam va "sokoon" ekhtiyar konam , leza "mordaab" shodam va ein "niloofar e Aabi" ra b To taghdim mikonam!
Mohammad Reza Sarkeshik
MReza@fullerton.edu
Two comments:
1.
u must be joking!!! this is weird and wacky!!! i can not believe that it comes from a 13 year old! i want to meet her! seriously! i really really do! who is she? she is way too gothic man... what's becoming of the youngsters? i feel way too old! i thought that 13 yr olds were still like us when we were 13! well... at least our taste in music is the same! :-)))i can't get over it! this is really a classic!
Shadi Ziaie
shadi@netvista.net
2.
I just finished reading the letter from the 13-year-old Iranian-American.Before I put forward my question or issue about this letter, let me tell you a couple of things:
1) My comments/questions here are mainly caused by the frightful prospects and uncertainty of the possibility that I may have a daughter in this society - I got married last in April and we are thinking about children. :-O
2) I do realize that this is a letter by a 13-year-old and we all know kids will be kids, no matter what generation. So, I won't question the types of interests she has and what she has written about. I am cool in understanding how cool some of her interests can be for her age -- you know, Playgirl, etc. :-I
So this letter is not to chastize her. My main question however is how come with almost a million (?) Iranian expatriates in California, this little girl has not been exposed to or not developed even a bit of interest or liking for the things that are Persian (judging from her letter to someone in Iran) -- I mean the Persian traditions and activities, etc. Her only connection with Iran or interest in Iran seems to be that the person responsible for her love interest in a wrestler lives out there in Iran!
I have not been down to the Tehrangeles area, OJ County and havaalee, etc. but please tell me that you guys are enduring the earthquakes, riots, fires, smog, traffic, etc. for the advantage of having an Iranian community around, so at least the children can learn and assume some of that Persian cultural spice, as opposed to some Iranian kids in Memphis or Alabama?
Is there an answer to my wonder or should I just chill and everything is okay?
Ben Bagheri
Dallas, Texas
ben@connect.net
In the latest issue of THE IRANIAN (Dec96/Jan97), you have brought together, in the most efficient way, all views concerning the Persian Gulf.
I am a new comer to the Internet and am very proud of THE IRANIAN and all you have done to make it possible. I can't thank you enough for so much effort and dedication. By the way, I liked the recent cover of the magazine (Dec96/Jan97) VERY much. It's really sweet.
Farideh Moussavi
F.Moussavi@mds.qmw.ac.uk
C'est la Vie
Maryam Zandi's photographs of Iranian women artists.I gotta hand it to you, it's outstanding. Maryam Zandi's photos knocked my socks off, not to mention the selection from Forough's notebook (and other poems)...You're truly inspired! Kudos Brother!
Banafsheh Zand
mattsheh@dti.net
Kodam Farsi? (Persian)
Excellent artcle. So typical of how we Iranians have many grandiose claims yet fail miserably when it comes to execution. Unfortunately many so-called cultural elites have spent such a long time away from genuine Farsi language that just because they use Persian words they think they speak proper Farsi.
Yes.. let's set up a cultural organization, I will be the big boss , you will be the 2nd boss...etc. and we will encourage the "correct" use of Farsi! Flyers like those shown in the article remind me of that excellent and hillarious old TV show in Iran called "Anjoman-e Jahani-ye Okhtapus" (Octapus International Society).
P.S. Anyone has those shows on video tape? Please email me!
You forgot something. Alborz Restaurant is fully computerized. Both floors are connected through a computer network with a server computer in the backroom. The user interface is a DOS application that is written by an Iranian software company. I was not able to find out what the backend database was; no one knew.
Your bill is prepared as the cashier marks items in a menu driven screen and keeps hitting the return key real hard; items such as "nooneh-ezafeh", "koka-kola", "mast-e mosir" etc.
You will be given a printed receipt plus, guess what, a double-mint gum after you paid, of course.
Amir Bahmanyari
amir@visigenic.com
Two comments:
1.
Put as many articles from the Iranica as you can in THE IRANIAN. It truly is a feast for thought.Vahid Grami
gram0033@gold.tc.umn.edu
2.
The addition of the Encylopedia Iranica articles is a great addition. In fact, if I could afford to, I would buy them but since I don't have that kind of dough just layin' around, I will settle for reading some of the articles online.I found, in particular, the article on Pre-Islamic Iranian diaspora to be quite interesting.
Stephen "Esteeve" Shaffer
104070.317@CompuServe.COM
I was surfing the net yesterday (for the first time in ages) and came across the travel journal articles in the latest edition of THE IRANIAN. I must say it was a real pleasure to read them as they were both entertaining and informative.
Stephen "Esteeve" Shaffer
104070.317@CompuServe.COM
I just wanted to tell you that the chat line is great. I was just on for a long time and it's great talking to people from around the world you don't even know. I had been looking for something like this and I'm glad to have found it!
Shaghayegh Shayesteh
Sue_Shayesteh.SBEXPOS@Elvis.sbexpos.com
Hello from Queensland, Australia.
I loved your article so much that I'm gonna send it to my friends, and gonna print it for posting up on the door of my room so that everytime it would remind me that life is exactly like a pizza !
Cheers
Abdollah Khademi
d9531726@helios.usq.edu.au
Two comments:
1.
Are Iranians really like this or this is just one persons opinion?! I'm not writing this to deny anything; it's just that with dealing with other Iranians I never really had any problems as this article indicates.Perhaps its because the Iranians that I hang around with do not drive a Mercedes but use the subway!
Remember, we are not all spoiled and many of us had to make it the hard way... like working!
Kiumars Shushtarian
kiumars@ilx.com
2.
Do you really lack good artciles to print so much that you print any junk that comes across your way?We all go to restaurants and shop around. How many people do you know personally to act like Ms. Maryam Shargh and her friends in a restaurant ? Why do some super-Iranians like this Ms. Big Shot, must put down other Iranians and generalize like this in a public forum?
Where did our ancestors go wrong, asks Ms. Shargh! Afterall, her and her "kid" friends' behavior in that Manhattan restaurant deserves to be studied by a psychiatrist!
Behnam Mahjoor
benm@pars.engr.sgi.com
Ma'roufi dar Dadgah (Persian)
Abbas Ma'roufi's defenseI read his defense. He has some points. However to declare he is the center of freedom and culture and ...,is too much to soallow.
We have suffered (as a nation) from this kind of exteremism, right and left, West and East. Considering the past, we can have gradual change, otherwise we destroy and build again and again.
Ali Tabrizi,
U. of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland
user@eng.umd.edu
Very interesting to read Bruce Laingen's letter. I live in his hometown of Odin, and although I am too young to remember the crisis. I have seen hundreds of photographs, read numerous newspaper articles, and heard several stories of the crisis.
In fact, Bruce's sister in-law is my father's secretary. I am currently reading "Yellow Ribbon" by Bruce Laingen which is his account of the ordeal.
JB
"psberg@rconnect.com"@rconnect.com
Damavand photos
I am a photographer and I truly loved Nassrollah Kasraian's presentation of Mount Damavand. The collection was indeed a magnificant work of art.
My complements to Kasraian for such a graceful presentation. We are proud of him. Congratulations. Is this work in print? and is it available on the market? Please let me know.
Sincerely,
Dr. K. Tavakol
ktavakol@umabnet.ab.umd.edu
Great story. Now I know why Iranians are considered such shrewd businessmen; they learn at an early age to take advantage of opportunity. I would never have dreamed of doing such a thing.
Marlee Ostrow
elkman@montana.com
Dear Hamid,
thank you very much for this nice article. Actually I'm a vegetarian too and have the same opinion about our food: very delicious, but mostly unhealthy! In addition to the two negative features, which you mentioned, the third problem is that we cook the food mostly for a long time, so that it loses most of its vitamins.
The arrangement of vegetarian dishes was a great idea.
Thank you again.
Sima Izadpanah
izadpana@cs.uiuc.edu
Ali Parendeh's article really touched me. It was everything I felt. He read my mind. As Iranians, we face difficult situations in the West, we cannot deny them. We must face them head on.
I live in Minnesota and work for a very reputabile company in the city. Just the other day I was talking with this guy about Iran. He thought of us as barbarians and thought that Iran was as big as Road Island. I
could not believe how uneducated Americans are about Iran. But its not their fault. That's the way they are. As an Iranian-American it's my duty to educate them. And I did. I felt very tenative at first for he is a big guy at the company, but my job means nothing to me, if my vejdon is not content.
Rassi
Maria.J.Rassi-1@tc.umn.edu
I read the article and the comment by Mr. Jafa. I benefited from the article. I think it is a JAFA to the author and readers to label a good and illuminating article like this 'self serving'. I can say the comment by Mr. Jafa seems a lot more 'self seving' if this kind of instinctive prophecy has any fair and meaningful base. It is a big JAFA to put Hafez and Rushdi on the same cathegory. One is found and one is lost.
I appreciate Dr. Sadri's effort to shed light on a controvertial issue like this. It needs sincear scholerly work and intellectual courage to come up with an article like this. Otherwise, we are left with usual generalizations and 'self serving' interpretations and conclusions.
Rusdi in his book did not raise issues, he played and made a mockery of sacred beliefs of more than one bilion human beings (Muslims all around the world) and apparently he was born in a Muslem family knowing how it is.
By the way (regarding the last sentence of Mr. Jafa) I am not in exile here in the U.S. and also, I don't think Dr. Sadri is in exile.
Majid Faani
faani@eng.umd.edu
Dokhtar khanom!
Movazeb bashid! (Persian)I enjoyed reading your article from 40 years ago on the subject of tips to young girls for marriage. This is just to say thanks for putting this on the Web.
Regards,
Nory Nakhaee
nn@alphadata.co.uk
Somehow I find it difficult to go NUTS with Googoosh!!! While I was pregnant with my baby girl, the only thing that would give both of us a sense of peace and calm was Pol which I am enjoying right now!!
Maryam
artemis@pathcom.com
It seems odd to me that Iranians would spend valuable minutes of their time discussing societal deviants like '().
I personally feel that the man has a point. Regardless of my opinion of the subject matter, we humans, moreover, Iranians, need to reprogram (pun intended) this robot mentality we have and begin to speak our minds freely, like our friend '() did.
It seems that Iranians are fearful of expressing both their thoughts as well as emotions outside of their households. Either due to fear of sounding inelloquent or uinintelligent. Some even, fear coming accross as hostile, and further adding to their Terrorist Reputation so nicely handed to them since The Revolution back in 1979.
Omid Moosavinejad
Play2Win@hotmail.com
I think your argument stands as long as you do not equate the word "Persian" to "Farsi", which shares the same litteral root. Further, your examples of French vs. francais or Spanish vs. Espanol can be applied in the same way to Iran and Iranian, where the name of the language takes on a variation of the country's name.
My point is that one can present a long list of arguments as to the correctness of one word or another. The word Persian, as we know it, finds its roots in one or other form of Perse or Fars. Persian may have been carried to the English language via Greek or other European languages.
The omittion of the word Farsi from the dictionaries you have referenced is no reason to believe the word Farsi does not exist in the English language, since language, French, English, Persian or others, is always evolving.
Mahbod Amouzegar
ma228648@sfsu.edu
Dr. Amirahmadi
As a newcomer to the study of Iran, I found your article very interesting. I find the contemporary history very similar to that of Algeria following the Second World War.
Thank You.
Dan Whalen
whalend@concentric.net
Two comments:
1.
To the writer searching for something to say I say keep searching.I am not an Amercian (thank Allah for that) and neither am I Iranian. But I am a South African. I think that you are the one who is intolerant of others' views.
Such liberal talk makes me want to puke. It is so outdated that I have to wonder if you are clued up on a lot. It must be the nationality. But I have to say that I have met a few "not too take things for granted, thinking Americans" in my time.Too bad youre not one.
Poeple's views are integral to other poeple. If we are not our views and our practices then what are we? Our views and attitudes dissipate and transform into our actions consciously and sub-consciously. This is common sense.
This is why in South Africa we have to work on a massive plan to get poeple thinking non-racially. This cannot happen if we decide to let racists think in a racist manner because their views are theirs. That is a load of BS.
It is very comfortable to adopt liberal views on freedoms etc. but these are empty, momentary ways. They don't help anybody but the status quo and the status quo is not good or do I have to debate this with you as well?
I have more respect for a fascist than a liberal. The truth is always better and allows for progress. Deceit is a cosy, temporary companion.
Get out of the liberal tunnel, there's no end. People that carry on their shoulders a heritage of suffering should know better. All it takes is a solid wake up call that will ring you to your senses.
I don't want to offend you because what you write is light hearted and almost funny but it is better most of the time to introspect before condemning poeple. Which is what I've done a long time ago with my liberal tendancies before inflicting them upon anybody.
Aneesa Peer
dawoodp@global.co.za
2.
You are absolutely right. I love the way you do and think things. I am an African lady. I have a long time friend, Ezatola, whom I lodged in my home for more than a year.For the first 6 months he paid me a rent for his room. For the last seven or eight months, he couldn't pay his rent, but I kept him until he finished writting his book. I helped him find a publisher, and after his book published, he went back in Tehran.
We sare till friends today and I am sure that we will remain friends forever. He was not my boyfriend, but I gave him a room and even food for many months because he was not the kind of Iranians you see on TV shows or the kind in the mind of mostly Western people.
I also know of other Iranians who are quiete people and nice. So, politics should not predomine always people's judgement about others.
rkounga@sprynet.com
Did you ever consider that the Iranians' reaction toward you had little to do with you being an exotic American. Specifically it could have been a reaction to YOU: You, Scott, because you are an entirely unique person and were their object of fascination.
Accept it.
Bernard Friedman
potowat@earthlink.net
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Fanta...
I looked at this issue (Dec96/Jan97). Fantastic!!!!
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Making a living
Another great Issue (Dec96/Jan97). You should do this for living...I am impressed...
Cheers
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Monarchist?
Today I discovered THE IRANIAN magazine on the Internet and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for your hard work. I live in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
The monarchists inVancouver used to publish a newspaper called Iranian. Are you related to them in any way? Your articles seem to be much better and more interesting than theirs, so may be it is just a coincidence.
Good luck to all of you.
Sima
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Iranian Women
I am an assistant professor of mathematics. Two years ago, I taught two semesters at Iran's National University (Shahid Beheshti University). While in Iran I got to know the real Iranian women, their struggles, their hopes, their happiness and sadness.
You are right in saying Iranian women deserve better. I think they are aware of that and doing their best to earn what they deserve. I liked your cover page, your attitude toward women in general and toward Iranian women in particular.
Fabria Bigdeli-Jahed
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Provocative
I finally had the opportunity to surf through your beautifully designed and provocatively edited magazine. Please let me know if I can be of any help.
With best wishes for your continued success. Also, happy new year to you and your talented staff.
Majid Tehranian
Professor, University of Hawaii
Director, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy
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I want to write
I am one of your 4% or so of readers who stumbled across your site in the U.K. I find it fascinating because it gives me the only contact I have with my fellow country people.
The point of my email is two fold: 1) to ask you to please keep up the good work, your site is a destination visit for me and I count the days to the next issue, 2) I would love to be given the chance to have specially written articles considered for inclusion in THE IRANIAN.
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Useless Jerk
Whoever you are, you are probably one of the three following categories:
1) A useless Nerd who has nothing better to do.
2) A useless Jerk (capital J).
3) ALL OF THE ABOVECHOOSE ONE. If you are good at multiple choice, pick one that is more appropraite.
Sincerely.
noone specific
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Conversation in Connecticut
I don't think that i mentioned yet how excellent I think THE IRANIAN is. The design and contents are really some of the best I've seen in the Iranian-American press.
Also, when I was in new haven visiting my family in Connecticut, your publication came up in conversations with two different people without my even mentioning it. It seems to be serving an excellent purpose, and is rightfully popular.
Kamran Rastegar
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Ich Liebe dich?
Ich habe dich gehort, aber leider ich kann nicht Englisch schreiben, oder Farsi, aber ich find du hast recht, also ich wunsche fur dich als gute. I ch hoffe, dass du Deutsch versthets, sonst ....
Kaveh Shafaati
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Adulthood
Just glanced at the much awaited December issue (Dec96/Jan97). It's fantastic. I don't know if it's me, or THE IRANIAN is growing in size? But I can say this definitely: your baby is entering adulthood and maturity, both in content and size. Congratulations!
Massud Alemi
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Missing online mag
I live in Washington DC and recently have discovered your site. The Iranian community in this area is active, tends to be intellectual and have something to talk about but is missing an online magazine like yours.
Reading your magazine makes me to feel proud again about the country and culture I was feeling so distanced from. Thank you for trying to keep our heritage alive and bringing so many wonderful articles and ideas to us.
Farnaz Ravandi
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Intellectual ideas
I saw your magazine and its articles,it is very interesting that your magazine is going to represent the intellectual ideas which are present in Iranian society.
I believe your effort will have a great result, and I have to thank all of you who are working in this unique magazine.
Reza Kaviani
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Wonderful
A wonderful job, masterly done. I enjoyed every bit of your magazine.
Best of luck
Hossein Kamaly
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2nd generation
We are Homayoon & Shahrzad Farahani. we reside in Houston TX and are parrents of two teenage girls, ages 14 and 15. They were both born in the United States.
We face many problems that many other Iranian parrents face today: The cultural conflict and the lonliness that our children experience in this country. We remember how we were surrounded by our many cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, etc. Unfortunatley our children are deprived of these simple pleasures of having relatives, and they are attracted to their peers, mostly Americans, some not the best role models.
We are excited that there is a publication that our children can read, and realize that there are others like them in this country. Maybe it will help them have a better insight in us as first generation parrents, and themselves as the second generation Iranian / American.
Thank you. We look forward to hearing from you.
Homayoon & Shahrzad Farahani
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I remember...
Congratulations on a very bah-saleegheh Website.
I remember when you first started it last year. You sent me a color printout of what the first issue would look like along with a mission statement. I distinctly remember reading THE IRANIAN and it proved to be what I believe to be a valuable cultural resource/expression.
Taher Dehkhoda
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Enjoy
The past few days I've surfed your web site I have enjoyed to no end...
Thank you for providing a window to some of us away from home to sights and sounds of familiar days long past.
Paymon Sanaie
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Respect
I think that all Iranians all over the globe are admiring you and respect your sincere efforts.
Many Persian magazines are reflecting your work .For instance you can refer to Golchin magazine which is published in Houston, Texas.
Hugo
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Politics
You have done a wonderful job with the Iranian Webpage and have managed to stir away from dirty politics. Many of my friend have complemented your site and the articles you present in your magazine.
Babak Ardalan
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Time on our side
My hats off (again!) to you for a very fine job, especially on this issue of THE IRANIAN (Dec96/Jan97).
I don't know if you remember me, this is the guy who tries to find time in his busy work schedule to work on Persian Outpost. My major challenge is to find good content that matches our main theme, but time is on our side and we'll get there.
My wife, Susan, is my partner in crime and we hope to be useful in developing our site.
I hope that all continues to go well for you and keep up the good work.
Ben (Bahman) Bagheri Dallas, Texas
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Common thought
Congratulation on putting together a nice homepage. it is good to know that our community is getting with the technology and actually clearing the old problem with most of common Americans who think of our community as they would think of our current government.
I am one of three Iranian partners in a mid-size high technology firm in Vienna, VA. (http://www.nsius.com) and am always looking on the Web to hear about success stories of our Iranian community here abroad.
Thank You
Ali Tehranchi
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Voice in my head
I am thirteen years old. I live in "Tehrangeles" (Los Angeles). I have a homepage on Iran .
I cannot lie and say that I am an American writing about Iran. I was born in Tehran and I am very proud of the Iranian culture and heritage. I also have an email <Iranian@globaltek2000.com> stating to the world that I am Iranian. I carry on conversations with people about Iran. I tell them how beautiful Iran is. I have changed many peopls views on Iran and I am proud of this fact.
I am on EFnet a lot in #Iran talking to iranians. Many people come in the channel, again, just to tell us that they wish we die. Instead of banning them from the channel I ask them WHY they think of this. When Iranians protestes saying "marg bar Amrica" they were not saying twards Americans, but the politics that ran the country.
Evem Khomeini said that he had nothing against Americans but the politcts. I do agree that Iran is stuborn and is isolated by the laws of Islam. I am Muslim myself and *VERY* proud of this religion. I did the prayer in front of my class as I played the role of Ibn Sina (Avicenna). I did a report on Mohammad also.
I think the media puts a bad name for Iranians. Remember the Oklahoma bombing, well they blamed it on Middle Eastern terrosits (not dirrectly saying Iran did it.) But it came out that Iran did NOT do it. I am starting to see more and more American shows about Iran. I think that there has been lots of progress.
To be honest I think Iran would of been better off with the Shah. But I cannot do anything about it, for that this is how Iran is. I just have to do MY best to give it a good name. When ever I do something, I always have a little voice in my head. It is always to be a GOOD example for that I am a minority and I have to shed good views about Iran by showing I am a good person myself.
Merci
Ashkan Yekrangi
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