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Judaism
Persian Judaism
One God, One Torah, and One Persian Jewish community
By Houman Kashani and Arash Lalezary
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
Persian Jews living in the United States are on the verge of separating
into denominations -- just as the Ashkenazik Jews have. In order to better
educate the reader, we will attempt to give a brief, but hopefully insightful
depiction of the history and sociology of the major Jewish denominations,
and attempt to portray their strengths and weaknesses >>>
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Mad Cow
By Mohandes
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
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Food
Persian cooking
Recipes
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
This week's recipe >>>
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Outlook
Congressmen willing to go to Iran
BBC Persian Service
A member of the United States Congress, Tom Lantos, has criticised Iran's
policies and said President Bush had no choice but to renew sanctions against
Iran. In a speech to the American-Iranian Council -- a group which favors
normalization of relations -- Lantos said he is willing, nevertheless,
to fly to Iran to begin a dialogue between the two countries. Jahanshah
Javid reports from Washington >>>
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Iranian diva 'comes home'
March 22, 2001 (BBC World Service) -- Thousands of Iranians have travelled
to Dubai to hear Iranian diva Googoosh give her first concert on the doorstep
of her homeland since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The singer appeared
before a massive audience on Wednesday night in the Gulf state - about
150 kilometres (100 miles) from Iran on the Arabian side of the Gulf waters
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Why we left Iran
Some of us left Iran because of repression, some because of lack of
economic and educational opportunities. But Solomon Afraim left for a different
reason >>>
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Thanks to Daryoush Mehrtash
More Letters
* Khatami should not run
Cyrus Samii writes:
Initially after reading Hamid Zangeneh's piece, "Don't
run", I questioned whether or not his opinion was based upon factors
that are truly important. I have been a staunch supporter of the reformists,
of Khatami's presidential term, and of Khatami's reelection. But after
working through Zangeneh's argument, I have fallen into agreement with
him: Khatami should announce "to the public that he will not stand
for reelection and, more importantly, tell them why-- pure and simple."
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* Not just Persian
Ali Derakhshan writes:
In response to Bagher
R. Harand: Mr. Kayhan Kalhor & Shujaat Husain Khan have produced
a musical project called Ghazal. Mr. Kalhor appears as a guest for other
projects .While he is an Iranian master of Kamanche, he most probably has
refined his art of improvisations through this interpretation of Persian
music in an Indian context. He is a profound artist and in my humble opinion
his music is spiritual no matter from what land the melodies come from.
No one should be allowed to dictate how an artist expresses ones self.
I think those who complained about the event and the fact that it wasn't
"Persian" enough for them are not true patrons of Mr. Kalhor
and did not do their homework >>>
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* A bottle of Iran
Neshat Rezai writes:
I read your story about the soil fron Iran ["A
glass of Iran"]. It reminded me of when I was coming out of Iran
and I had gathered some soil in a milk bottle and brought it to the U.S.
I was about 15-years old and the whole family was laughing at me. Unfortunately,
I don't know what happened to the milk bottle, but I still have some rocks
that I use to collect with my friend in Shiraz.
Art: Contemporary
Art of Iran, Washington DC
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Love is the way and the path, our prophet.
Of love we are born, love is our mother.
Our mother, love, is hiding in our veil,
Hiding from our unbelieving nature.
* 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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Beyond Iran
Doing Time @ Amazon.com
Actor and playwright Mike Daisey witnessed quite a bit during
his two-year stint at Amazon.com, and because his Non-Disclosure Agreement
recently expired, Mike is free to share many of those experiences with the
public.
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Quote Unquote
Direction
(Last quote on this subject, I promise!)
I don't know where I'm going, but I sure know where I've been.
-- Pop song on radio, Oakton, Virginia
March 23, 2001
Photo of the Day
Fishing
for Noruz
Iranian of the Day
Grandma's
Noruz: Shiraz
Evanston,
Illinois.
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Books
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Politics in Sasanian Iran
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ashbaah
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