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Everywhere
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By Roshan Houshmand
May 30, 2000
The Iranian
Roshan Houshmand was born to an American mother and an Iranian father.
She grew up in the Philippines, Iran and the U.S. She now lives in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. So you can see why there is so much diversity in her style.
Being from "nowehere and everywhere" has its advantages. Look
at the painting on the top of the page. It does something to you -- no
matter where you're from >>>
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Woman elected to top Majlis post
BBC Persian Service
May 30, 2000
Soheila Jelodarzadeh is the first female MP in Iranian Majlis to become
a member of the Supervisory Board as a secretary. She is a 42 year old
textile engineer and an advisor to the Labour Minister in women's affairs.
Lara Petrossians talks to her upon her appointment >>>
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On top of the world
Iranian-born Saeed Toossi climbed Everest to make a symbolic
point. Two Americans made it for him, by saving his life on the descent.
Saeed Toossi, 40, was born in Teheran. He immigrated to the United States
during the Iranian revolution, is now an American citizen, and works in
Washington D.C. as a computer systems engineer. He climbed Mount Everest
on a personal peace mission, in hopes of demonstrating relations between
the two countries could and should be friendly. He hoped to draw attention
to his mission by holding up a banner on the summit, an American flag sewn
to an Iranian flag >>>
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* Free Iranian Jews
Soar For You writes:
Free the Iranian Jews accused of false charges ["Ups
and (mostly) down"]. The world is watching. I am an American Catholic
and I lost all respect for Iranian and Moslem values after I saw how these
innocent Jews were persecuted. Shame on you. Shame on you.
* The Jews owe Iranians
Mohammad Ali Yamini
writes: Indeed the Jews owe their lives to Iranians for all times.
The ten tribes of Israel were all destroyed at the hands of the Assyrians.
The remaining two tribes of Judae were also imprisoned in Babylon and would
eventually have been destroyed by Babylonians. It was Cyrus the Great who
liberated the Jews from Babylon and even gave them money to return to Jerusalem
and build their temples.
Iran has been a safe haven not only for Jews but also for Armenians
who fled the Turkish massacre. The Iranian people have been more generous
and kind than all the other people in the Middle East. The few Jews in
Syria live under house arrest.
I simply cannot understand why these people recently have malignant
dispositions towards Iranians. It's most probably that they feel Iran slowly
might beocme a powerful country and since the Jews are hysterically paranoid
people they cannot tolerate that there might possibly be even a slight
threat emanating from Iran.
If they have suffered in Iran after the revolution they have not been
the only ones. Again let it be said loud and clear that Jews owe us their
lives, their children' lives and their childrens' children's lives for
all eternity whether they like it or not.
Art: Ali Dadgar's paintings in Oakland
Openstudio2000 presents recent works by Ali Dadgar. June 3, 4, 10, 11
(10 am- 7 pm). 1556 7th Street. Oakland across Oakland West Bart station,
Corner of Henry & 7th Street. For directions and information contact
us by: alidadgar@hotmail.com
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Seek the science that unties for you this knot.
Seek it as long as there's life in you still to be sought.
Leave that nothing that looks like it's something;
Seek that something that looks like it's nothing. It's not.
-- Rumi
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Isn't that something? Isn't that great? It's wonderful
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