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A glass of Iran
The power of a fistful of soil in northern Virginia
By Jahanshah Javid
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
My daughter Mahdiyeh woke me up at 7 in the morning, an hour an a half
before saal tahveel. I sat behind the computer and checked my email. There
were a dozen or so Noruz ecards from friends and total strangers. Some
of them were not emailed to me personally, but to a whole group of people.
I know it's practical. But...
I searched for Aref's email. I found it but there was no home address.
He had invited some friends over for a Noruz breakfast. I really wanted
to go, but I didn't even have his phone number. What to do... what to do...
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Noruz
By Esmail Nooriala
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
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Politics
Don't run
Khatami should throw in the towel
By Hamid Zangeneh
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
In the last few weeks we have been bombarded with speculations about
President Khatami's future. Will he or won't he run again? Should he or
shouldn't he? Must he or mustn't he? In my opinion, he would do himself
and the country a great service by not running >>>
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Outlook
Celebrating Noruz behind prison doors
BBC Persian Service
Last week Iranian judiciary officials refused to grant leave to the
country's political prisoners, including the reformist journalists, to
join their families for the Noruz holidays like many other Iranian prisoners.
Their family members held the traditional New Year ceremony at the gates
of Evin prison. Mrs. Baghi, the wife of Emadeddin Baghi, a prominent journalist,
tells Behrouz Parsa how it went >>>
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Iran Says Cautiously Optimistic on U.S. Ties
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it was cautiously optimistic about future
relations with the United States and was closely watching the moves of
the new administration in Washington, state news agency IRNA reported Wednesday
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Zen-seen
According to dictionary.com "Zen" means: "To figure out
something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment. Originally
applied to bugs, but occasionally applied to problems of life in general."
Hmmm. Okay. This is a haft-seen inspired by Zen philosophy >>>
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Thanks to Ramin Tabib
More Letters
* Khaak to saret konan
Sepehr writes:
This is in response to the BS that was published a while ago called
"Citizen
Pahlavi". Firstly, I would like to bring to the attention of all
the readers of Iranian.com and the person who wrote "Citizen
Pahlavi" that the only time that Iran and the people of Iran lived
a life just as luxurious as any other European family was when the SHAH
was in power. Reza Pahlavi doesn't have to apologize for his father's mistakes,
because his father never mad any mistakes. The only thing he did wrong
was not kill all those mollas that deserve to burn in hell, and their followers,
people such as you >>>
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* Deal with today
Hamid K writes: From
those who bringup the issue of monarchy vs. presidency in Iran ["Shah
or president?"], I would like to ask what is the real problem
here? And what is your point? Good or bad, the Shah and his regime are
gone. What happened in 1979 and why it happened, though important to understand,
it has already happened. We now have the "Islamic Republic" to
deal with >>>
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* Parvaaz kardam
Raha Rezai writes:
Khanoom-e Kiani, man yeki az shaagerdaa-ye ghadimitoon hastam keh alaan
too aalmaan dars mikhoonam. raastesh emrouz roouzeh eideh va raftam az
yeki az site-haaye iraani baraa-ye doostam kaart befrestam keh neveshteh-ye
qashang-e shomaaro didam ["Rooz-haaye
aakhar-e saal"]! nemidoonam cheraa vali parvaaz kardam beh oonja
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* Girls do NOT poop
Floppy McGee
writes: I asked my girlfriend if she poops ["Girls
poop"], and she confirmed it: Girls do NOT poop. I will watch
her to comfirm, but she rarely lies. So my question to you is, why are
you publishing lies? :-(
Art: Contemporary
Art of Iran, Washington DC
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
A thousand moon-flowers filled the garden;
There were violets and musk-scented roses.
The stream was not those drops that trickled slow,
A mere excuse. He was himself the flow.
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
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