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Touran Khanom

Meeting the much loved principal of Tehran's Dabestan-e Farhad

29-Jan-2008 (18 comments)
In the vicinity of Baharestan, the old Parliament, there used to be an elementary school that was a little gem of an establishment. Dabestan-e Farhad opened in 1958 in the building and grounds that had been home to Mirhadi family. Touran Mirhadi—or, as she is universally known, Touran Khanom—was the youngest daughter of the family and the principal of the school. Her old students, some now well into their fifties, still refer to themselves as Farhadi, and are perpetually in quest of establishing contact with each other and their old teachers. For those us living outside Iran, no trip to Tehran is complete without touching base with Touran Khanom>>>

1979

From Shah to Ayatollah

A review of the Islamic revolution

29-Jan-2008 (44 comments)
We are approaching anniversary of an extra ordinary event in the history of our nation, which had a profound effect over the lives of every single Iranian in one way or another even if we had no contribution to it. I remember those days that when traveling on the roads, from one place to another, we would encounter mobs of people with clubs in their hands while blocking the road asking you to say “death to shah” so they let you go! Then they put a picture of Khomeini on the windshield of your car after getting what they wanted and before you run into another group of them a bit further. It was a truly unusual scene to see and live in those days in a country, which was considered an “island of stability” in a troubled region, not much earlier!>>>

FOOD

A National Obsession

The legacy of India lives on in present day England

29-Jan-2008 (12 comments)
The British are greatly influenced by cultures that have filtered into our own culture through centuries of exploration, discovery and colonisation. So it was only a matter of time before I decided to pen a piece that would shine a light on culinary unsung hero of our fair England… Namely, the beautiful and mysterious Eastern treasure that could only be... India... India itself is a cornucopia of culture influenced by different cultures and religions. Even the Persians had a very infamous hand in the history of India and the ‘Parsee’ culture (as it’s now known) is alive and well in India to this very day. The Persians established the ‘Mughal Empire’ which introduced an era of decadence and luxury that was previously little known to India.>>>
Behnam.sezavar
29-Jan-2008
Pop Song about the Iran-Iraq War >>>
SCE Campaign
29-Jan-2008 (4 comments)
The family of the victim asked for 2 Billion Rials blood money retribution which Reza's family can't afford.... >>>

MOSSADEGH

حسن نیت؟

دو نامه از قاضی داگلاس به دکتر مصدق و کورش شهباز

29-Jan-2008 (2 comments)

((نامه به دکتر محمد مصدق)): آقای نخست وزیر گرامی، مایلم پیش از آنکه شما آمریکا را ترک نمایید، مطلبی را به عرض برسانم. من اطمینان دارم که سفر شما [به آمریکا] بسیار ارزشمند بوده و موجب حسن نیت میان آمریکا و ایران است. ممکن است که سرمقاله امروز صبح در ((واشنگتن پست)) شما را مأیوس کرده باشد. آن سر مقاله منعکس کننده نظر انگلیسی ها در مورد ایران است و به باور من نظر آمریکایی ها را نمایندگی نمی کند. من مطمئنم که مردم و همچنین مقامات آمریکا در نتیجه سفر شما متوجه مسایل بزرگی که برای کشورتان مطرح است شده اند.

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POETRY

The Virus of the Conscience
29-Jan-2008 (one comment)
From not remembering when
To not noticing how
My brain is being infected
With viruses just like a computer.
But a computer has no soul
Suffer no scars >>>
David ET
29-Jan-2008 (4 comments)
Shaer
29-Jan-2008 (8 comments)

"Self Explanatory".

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Irooni
29-Jan-2008 (8 comments)
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FOOD

Jeweled rice

Jeweled rice

Photo essay: Javaher Polo

by Bahman
28-Jan-2008 (5 comments)

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saharjafarian
28-Jan-2008 (12 comments)
I need your help. I am planning on travelling to Iran after 16 years. I recently dropped the second part to my last name>>>
Mehdi
28-Jan-2008 (3 comments)
Iranian couple cycles around the world to promote peace... >>>

YAZD

A touch of blue

A touch of blue

Photo essay: Hotel in traditional design

by Two Sisters
28-Jan-2008 (6 comments)

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TRAVELER

Bakhtiar's America (3)

Bakhtiar's America (3)

Photo essay: An Iranian's first U.S. trip

by AR Bakhtiar
28-Jan-2008 (2 comments)

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