Letters
Jan 4-8, 1999 / Dey 14-18, 1377
Today
* Abadan:
- I can feel the sunshine
- Braim, Alfee, Annex, and, and, and...
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* Persian Gulf:
- Not the Arabian OR Persian Gulf
- Tehran to Tel Aviv
* Music:
- Success speaks for itself
* Free speech:
- Democratic bullies
* Iranian-American:
- U.S. ambassador? So what?
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Friday,
January 8, 1999
* I can feel the sunshine
What a lovely dream ["Abadan:
Back home"]! Whether a dream or just fantacizing,
it is very powerful. The power comes from your strong and sincere feeling
about your town.
I went to Abadan once. That was 23 years ago and
it is still with me. I can feel what you say. I can feel the sunshine in
that picture of Maydan-e Alfi and the world that went passed us which we
miss. Those were the days.
Mehdi Jami
m-jami@email.msn.com
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* Braim, Alfee, Annex, and, and, and...
I particularly liked your Abadan
section. You see, my uncles used to live in Abadan
and Khorramshahr. One of my uncles owned Sina pharmacy on Amiri Street
next to an alley where there was a local merchant named Namakee (anyone
remembers?).
My uncle's name is Dr Hossein Taghaddos. We traveled
many times to Abadan and Khorramshahr (I am from Ahvaz), and I remember
Braim, Alfee, Annex, and, and, and...
I could totally relate to those pictures of birthdays
as I have similar ones from the same era taken in Ahvaz.
Ron Mogadas
mehran_j@yahoo.com
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Thursday
January 7, 1999
* Not the Arabian OR Persian Gulf
Everybody should, from now on, use the proper word for that body of
water between Iran and its southern Arab neighbors - not the 'Arabian'
Gulf, not the British favorite, 'the Gulf', and not the 'Persian Gulf'
either. Rather, we should all remember whose Gulf it is, and has been,
for some years now, and call it by its rightful owners' name: the American
Gulf ["Save
the Squirrels Society"].
The Americans are quite smart - they don't worry about the name of a
place, as long as they own it, as long as they control and inspect and
monitor all navigation through it, as long as they station their aircraft
carriers and naval flotilla in it, and occasionally launch missiles from
it (even if by accident some of these flying messengers of peace, land
in Khorramshahr, or hit a passenger jet, for example) and as long as they
pollute its waters, and go wherever they wish, and do whatever they want.
In short, they are treating it like home, like Chesepeake Bay; so why
not give them some credit for using our collective weakness, and traveling
all the way from half way around the world, to settle in a peace of real
estate, over whose name we have been arguing since time immemorial, while
they and the rest of the 'first' world, have been 'advancing', and keeping
us in the category of 'developing' countries, that for some reason, never
'develop'.
It is their Gulf, and if we want it to be the 'Persian' Gulf, we have
to do more than shout, and learn a lesson from them.
Ali Nikseresht
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* Tehran to Tel Aviv
I don't understand why some people don't see the importance of the Persian
Gulf; they say we have more important things to worry about ["Save the Squirrels
Society"].
No one says the killings in Iran should not be stopped but the Persian
Gulf is important too. Otherwise they will soon start calling Tehran, Tel
Aviv and Bandar Abbass, Port of Arabia.
Bagher R Harandi
AHarandi@aol.com
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Wednesday
January 6, 1999
* Success speaks for itself
this is in response to the thursday, december
17 letter with respect to the
piece which was written about us in amazon.com and later displayed
in the pages of iranian.com. the letter, titled 'deep
crap', was unbelievably negative in tone. we get press clips sent/e-mailed
to us everyday. some are less insightful than others. we refrain from responding
to them directly. but none have been as humorous and ignorant as this recent
comment so we just couldn't resist...
i don't really know how informed or qualified you are about anything
remotely to do with 'legitimate' music but being unpredictable and original
is how we came to land a lucrative recording contract with deconstruction
(UK) and arista (USA) and enjoying the fruits of our labor in the form
of a highly successful and critically acclaimed remixing/producing discography.
not to mention being awarded the best international DJ award at this year's
muzik magazine award ceremony in london where the likes of noel gallagher
(oasis) were presenting. oh, and we also run a successful record company
called yoshitoshi ... FULL
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Deep Dish
AKA Ali 'Dubfire' Shirazinia & Sharam Tayebi
deepdish@earthlink.net
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Tuesday
January 5, 1999
* Democratic bullies
I went back and re-read both "Where
are the Strategic thinkers?" and "Freedom
not to react." Previously, I had enjoyed reading both. Mr. Roshanravan
expressed his dissatisfaction with those Iranians who had not spoken out
about the recent murders in Iran. Mr. Mirfenderski's commentary made a
few things crystal clear for me. Why are we waiting for intellectuals to
tell us what we should do or think? Why not think for ourselves? I choose
my own opinions and actions. The Iranian revolution of 1979 was supported
by many intellectuals and many followed their views. Is this what they
intended? Have we not learned our lesson in blindly following others? Why
expect others to carry our burden? I should carry my own cross and be responsible
for my own life. I liked his punchline the best: DO IT YOURSELF! Mr. Mirfenderski
also reminded me what freedom and democracy is all about. We have the freedom
to react or not to react ... FULL
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Shahrzad Irani
irani.s@worldnet.att.net
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Monday
January 4, 1999
* U.S. ambassador? So what?
Why is Mr. Nemazee's
appointment [as U.S. ambassador to Argentina] a worthy of newsflash?
Perhaps because Mr. Nemazee's name is Iranian? What has he done for Iran
and the Iranian community that makes him different than let say other U.S.
ambassadors? I guess he is just as Iranian as my grandfather, who was born
and raised in Dezful, is American.
Morteza Beheshti
morib@hotmail.com
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