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| August 28, 2002 Sakineh Yekshanbeh-zadeh  There are lots of subtle and not-so-subtle messages in Babak Payami's Secret Ballot. In one scene, a young native Arab woman from a village on an Iranian island hands over her shenaasnaameh (idenitty card) to cast a vote. Her name is "Sakineh Yekshanbeh-zadeh". The revolution culminated on Sunday (Yekshanbeh) February 11, 1979 (see newspaper headline from Monday, February 12, 1979). And Sakineh (Arabic/Islamic origin) is one of the least popular names in Iran -- often used as a term for ugly woman. So... am I way off? -- Jahanshah Javid Do you have an interesting question to suggest for this page? Email us Response to previous quiz questions >>> HERE * Gifts will only be sent to an address in the U.S. A person who wins a gift during this month, cannot win another gift until the following month. Gifs selected by eworldrecords.com will be delivered in 7-12 days. Your quiz questions and answers will be considered for this section. Please email them here. This page will be updated with a new question as soon as the answer to the current quiz is received. If no correct answer is received within a week, the answer will be provided by iranian.com. 
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