Don't abandon us, please.

Ostaad

What Israelis want in terms of US-Iran talks

The Daily Star Lebanon / Chuck Freilich
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15-Dec-2008
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PREHISTORIC

Rocks with stories to tell

Rocks with stories to tell

Photo essay: Petroglyphs of Torghabeh

by shahireh sharif
15-Dec-2008 (7 comments)

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Not again

Ostaad

Iran amassing forces along Pakistan border

Pakistan Daily
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15-Dec-2008
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release him NOW!

Jahanshah Javid

Iran: Prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan

Amnesty International
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15-Dec-2008
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dameshoon garm

Jahanshah Javid

Iran's bloggers thrive despite blocks

BBC
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15-Dec-2008
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shahkar

Jahanshah Javid

Banks hit worldwide by US 'fraud'

BBC
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15-Dec-2008
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n.zanincanadai
15-Dec-2008 (50 comments)
poem from Mahmoud Darwish >>>

1955

Two years after the coup

Two years after the coup

Photo essay: Shah and Soraya in Miami Beach, Flroida

by KA
15-Dec-2008 (31 comments)

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Mumbai Attacks

smhb

The Monster in the Mirror

The Guardian / Arundhati Roy
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15-Dec-2008 (one comment)
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Darius Kadivar
15-Dec-2008 (3 comments)
An Excellent and Realistic Approach on the possibilities of Traveling through Time is illustrated in this Fascinating BBC documentary >>>

Iran's grip on America's future

kishbeach

Video: Iran, an empire by proxy

The Commonwealth Club of California / Robert Bear
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15-Dec-2008 (2 comments)
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ONE TRIBE

Kill the Black Dog

“Religion’s anything that teach good. Anything teach bad is not religion even when people say it’s religion.”

15-Dec-2008 (2 comments)
The unrelenting August rain pounded the cabin roof of an Alaskan Chilkat Valley campground. Sitting by the crackling fire and looking through a large window, I could see soaring snow-capped mountains and thousands of bald eagles feasting on the abundant Chilkat River’s salmon. The remoteness of the unspoiled wilderness made me feel as if I had arrived at the end of the world. About several dozen people had come to this camp for a week of rest and restoration that included informal talks and workshops. It was a recess time. One of the participants, a very elderly Tlinget Indian man and I sat together enjoying the magnificent display of nature>>>

NOBEL

Self-desired loneliness

Le Clezio and the myth of the reclusive artist

15-Dec-2008 (4 comments)
I was reading a piece in Persian about J.M.G. Le Clezio, the winner of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize. If you allow me to go to a tangent at the beginning of an essay; it never fails to surprise, and delight me, to see how active Iranians, the ones living in Iran, are in pursuing international and global issues of art, literature, and basically what helps us continue to be human. Considering the information blockade which prevails there, it is quite striking to read pieces in so many journals which show a deep understanding of issues beyond the borders of Iran, and even beyond the immediate concerns of Iranians. I have it from several sources, one particularly reliable, that Iran alone publishes more translated literature than its neighbouring Arab countries together. >>>

USA

Who are Iranian-Americans?

Surveys and the Iranian community

15-Dec-2008 (3 comments)
It seems that one of the trendiest things to do in the Iranian community nowadays, (other than avoiding any sort of action at all costs) is the perennial community Survey. Recently the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) in Washington, DC, the latest organization with the usual need to serve, announced the results of yet another survey, this time a Zogby phone survey! This implied secret-sauce of information and revelation of who we are, that will somehow explain our superiority, and cure all our ills, inspires and invites and begs deserved criticism. Just ask me how I know!>>>