Letters
Jan 22-26, 2001 / Bahman 3-7, 1379
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* Monarchy:
- Monarchy not archaic
- One more wake-up call
- Never claimed to be...
- Give him a chance
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* Photo:
- My Iranbian of the day
* Work:
- My father wants to volunteer
* dAyi Hamid:
- Write more often
* Googoosh:
- Rude
- Product of Shah era
* Women:
- Offending chadoris
- Fashion show for mafia boys?
* Art:
- Very rich, elegant
* Marriage:
- Fat but rich
* Politics:
- Dictators & taryaakis
* Identity:
- Let me go to Iran
- Rootless, but worldly
- Don't miss Islamic Iran
- Weeding out the weak
* The Iranian:
- Hung and stuffed with The Iranian Times
- Things I didn't get from my husband
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Friday,
January 26, 2001
* Monarchy not archaic
Read your editorial with mixed feelings and hope it will generate a
decent debate ["Citizen
Pahlavi"]. But you made one error. Dr Mossadeq stood for a constitutional
monarchy - being a Qajar aristocrate and a conservative politician he never
sought to declare a republic. His fallout with the Shah was purely personal
and oil-related...
As for the monarchy as a form of system I for one do not see it as archaic
writing from London where the country this summer will be celebrating the
Queen's Jubilee. In Spain the restoration of Juan Carlos was not seen as
backward after the dictatorship of Franco and in Bahrain and Afghanistan
talk of a return to monarchy is on quite a few lips >>>
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Cyrus Kadivar
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* One more wake-up call
FLASH -- Now the Russians are poised to sell the Mollas $7 billion in
weapons.
FLASH-- The political / economic scene in Iran has become so ludicrous
that even the "Young Shah" has emerged from the basement disco-bunker
he has lived in for the past 20 years to declare a return to the monarchy
as the road to democracy and prosperity for Iran ["Citizen
Pahlavi"] >>>
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Amoo Sam
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* Never claimed to be more than Citizen Pahlavi
This is in response to your editorial ["Citizen
Pahlavi"]. Reza Pahlavi never claimed to be more than Citizen
Pahlavi. He has always stated his view, as a responsible citizen. He has
never proposed different; his goal is for people to decide, even if they
decide against his inherited monarchy >>>
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S.B.
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* Give him a chance
This is my opinion about the editorial comments ["Citizen
Pahlavi"]: It is true that at this time and age nobody is willing
to go back to the monarchy, but between all the opposition forces which
talk about changes for IRAN, Reza Pahlavi is the only one with the education
and training for running the country .
The Mojahedin Khalq are the same as the Islamic Republic except they
are not wearing the turban. Why don't we give Reza Pahlavi a chance for
one or two years, see what he can do. We have put up with this regime for
20 years.
Sherry
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Thursday
January 25, 2001
* Offending chadoris
I read your opinion on the chador and those wearing it in Iran ["Those
eyes"]. What Saman, the cartoonist, and you should bear in mind
is that there have been women wearing chador prior to the revolution, and
are yet those who do so regardless of any political mode.
Your comment is an obvious violation of women's rights and could well
be offending to those who genuinely believe in wearing the chador as a
tradition or means of reflecting their religious beliefs.
Abdy
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* Let me go to Iran
In response to "Hell
no", I have to agree in some ways with the author. I am a young
Iranian living in the U.S. and I cannot stand it. Unfortuanatley I have
never been to Iran, but that does not mean I do not want to go there. I
have probably asked my parents every day to let me go. If you think it
was hard growing up Iranian in Europe, try growing up Iranian in the U.S.
>>>
FULL TEXT
Maral
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* My Iranbian of the day
My Iranian of
the day is ALL my fellow countrymen worldwide, specially those who
still live in Iran, despite all the difficulties and problems -- problems
which we left behind, but they face every single day. They manage to make
a living and make us proud.
I would like to kiss the ground they walk on. I am sorry but I don't
have any pictures to send with this letter so I hope you can find an appropriate
picture for my Iranian of the day nominee.
Babak Nikain
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* My father wants to volunteer
I am writing to you on behalf of my 64-year-old Iranian father. He is
retired and has spent the last twenty years living in Manhatten -- New
York City.
I was wandering if any business or organization catering to the Iranian
community in New York City, Long Island or New Jersey require volunteers
to help out with anything.
My father speaks English, is healthy, and willing to do almost anything.
He does not require any salary. He just wants to volunteer his time to
anybody who needs it.
If you are intersted or know anybody who is and or if you have any questions
please contact me at 212-3585997 or e-mail akravis@yahoo.com
Ali Kravis
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Wednesday
January 24, 2001
* Rootless, but worldly
Regarding "Hell
no" by Babak Nikain, Why such despair? I have met and known many
people who have lived between cultures. Mainly, they have either been the
children of immigrants or the children of families whose livelihood took
them across the globe (be it business, government, etc.) Hands down, I
think they are richer human beings because of it - in spite of being rootless.
Rarely have I met one of these "tweeners" or "global nomads"
who wasn't extremely sophisticated, kind, open-minded, sincere, inteligent
and, of course, worldly >>>
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Gabrielle Sanseverino
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* Don't miss Islamic Iran
It is refreshing to hear your patriotic view of Iran ["Hell no"].
However, for those of you who haven't really experienced life in the Islamic
era, Iran is no place for anyone with ambition, dreams and desire for success.
I speak of personal experience which is shared by millions of my fellow
Iranians...
When you live in the Islamic Iran, you will then understand the humiliating
aspects of ones livelihood in Iran. There is so much I can tell you about
Iran, but I will leave it up to you to experience them for yourself. Make
a visit to Iran and visit everything not just the history, but the present
>>>
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Sheila K
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* Write more often
I have always read dAyi Hamid's
articles and enjoyed them since they all have some grains of truth
in them. But this most recent one ["Man
naboodam dastam bood..."] beautifully describes the irony that
ALL Iranians are facing today.
The solution is to have articles like this more often written and circulated
to EVERY IRANIAN in the world and make them think a little bit about their
predicament today and learn to be RESPONSIBLE for their messy situation
they are in and do not complain about others >>>
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Amoo Ali
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* Rude
Excuse my language but you seem to be rude as well as illiterate ["Googooshgate"].
Because for us, the suppressed women in Iran, Googoosh is not only a real
artist, but a symbol. A symbol of all the good things that we are deprived
of.
Her private life shows the world how Iranian women are treated in a
traditional, fanatic country, and her public life shows that the Islamic
regime cannot tolerate beauty, style, art and everything.
Sorry for you because you seem to be too busy making fun of everybody
that you forget to have respect for the idols of the young.
J. Jalali
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Tuesday
January 23, 2001
* Very rich, elegant
Laleh Mizani's paintings are some of the most interesting art works
you have ever featured ["Something
missing"]. My eyes just don't want to stop looking. The deeper
I look, the further away the bottom seems. Very, very rich and elegant
work.
Yasmine Rafii
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* Weeding out the weak
Babak, brother you are a warrior at heart ["Hell
no"]... I understand your objection toward those who do not have
the strength to prevent the faltering of their Iranian identity. But that's
not such a bad thing you understand, for we need this "weeding out
the weak" process in order to ultimately advance and strengthen our
nation. We want them to deny their heritage. Because if they don't have
the strength to love nor to stay loyal, they are of no value. In fact they
may be detrimental to the future of Iran. They belong AWAY from Iran >>>
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Reza
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* Fashion show for mafia boys?
After seeing a photo of a huge advertising banner of a fashion
show on a wall on one of Tehran's streets, and another photo of the
entrance to the show's premises with few not-hip-at-all guys selling tickets
to the women-only show, and with an attendance of 16,000 women under one
roof, I have a hard time believing that this show would have a go without
the mafia boys profiting from it. Just like behind Googoosh's scene.
Openness for the sake of the people, or openness for the sake of "nezaam"
opportunists?
Hamid Agerolo
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* Googoosh product of Shah era
For me Googoosh is a "product" of the Shah's era (and I don't
think I am being unrespectful when I claim this) as many artists of that
time she was totally eclipsed for more than 20 years, and I just hope that
as much as her undeniable talent has surfaced, after 20 years of exile
that the truth will also surface, concerning her life before and after
the revolution >>>
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Darius Kadivar
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Monday
January 22, 2001
* Dictators & taryaakis
Dictators have a way of lasting a long time ["What
rule of law?"]. And the reformists are taryaakis; better at writting
than doing. Like the rest of us. But let us hope that more repression leads
to constructive anger. This is the kind of features you should write more
often. Barikalaah.
S. Mashadi
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* Fat but rich
I kept reading ["Marrying
me"] and waiting to see why she married him. Finally it came:
"I drive a nice car, have a good salary..." Enough said!
MJF
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* Hung and stuffed with The Iranian Times
Thanks for printing this ["Please
stop"]. I had a good laugh on a dreary monday morning.
I'm sure once I sober up I'll feel really down at the fact that some
people can be really stupid and have the intelligence of cockroaches to
write something like what they have written. I am of course talking about
the rude responses to being taken of your list, not the polite ones.
I especially feel the one who wrote in Farsi should be taken to a dungeon,
hung, drawn and quartered and stuffed with printouts of The Iranian
Times so he (or she) doesn't come up with disgusting language like
that again.
I, for one, applaud the efforts of The Iranian Times and I'd
just like to say, keep it up, we are not all ignorant idiots out there.
L.Dahesh
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* Things I didn't get from my husband
THANK YOU! What a wonderful web site. So much information on many things
I wanted to know but my husband is not very detailed.
But from reading your site your direct and honest information has help
me understand many things.
I am also a blonde. I still stand out in a Persian group but was always
welcome. Thanks again!
T.J.
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