Dr. Holakouee, why can’t these women simply say, “I married the a..hole cause I wanted to get out of Iran? …AS IN DESPERATELY!” Like many Iranian women, and some men, I have come to adore Dr. Holakoueeand his noble cause in doing the impossible: healing our troubled psyche. Walt Disney once said, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” Is it Dr. Holakouee? I think he’s the tower of knowledge, and wisdom in Farsi, and he’s always gracious and very consistent with his programs. But I wonder if he’s capable of doing the “impossible.”
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During my last decade that I spend my time out of Iran mostly in Europe and North America, I met a lot of Iranians from different backgrounds who left the country and settled down in a Western country for a better life or to get rid of the Islamic government. I met a lot of people in Europe who paid a lot to smugglers to bring them to Europe and how much money they spent to get an asylum-ship.
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In 1991, I wrote a piece for the my college paper's April Fool's edition. The fake commentary on the state of affairs in the Middle East offended so many Arabs on the Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico that I had to write another column explaining the joke. My April Fool's piece (I have the clip somewhere in my junk boxes, but too lazy to look) said something to the effect that Israel should just take over the entire Middle East and civilize savage Arabs and Muslims.
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This isn’t a war, this is a transition team sent in by corporate during a disastrous merger! And the unwilling stock holders in this blunder are us! Recently the administration seems to be on a strange “come clean“ kick. President Bush has finally admitted that the execution of the war has not been “perfect”, and some “mistakes were made”. Almost chuckling.
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What are YOUR stereotypes of Iranian men? My own personal stereotype of an Iranian man would definitely differentiate between East Coast (holla!) and West Coast (wassup?). Also, undoubtedly, there's a big difference between the Iranian man of southern cali (clad in gold/platinum chains) and northern cali (with intellectual pretensions).
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President Bush announced today that he has authorized US forces in Iraq
to confront Iran militarily. "I have authorized our military commanders
in Iraq to confront Tehran's murderous activities," Bush said in a
speech to US war veterans in Reno. Simultaneously, US forces raided a
hotel in Baghdad and detained ten Iranians who according to a
U.S.-funded radio station included members of an Iranian negotiation
team. This move comes amidst a campaign by the White House to escalate
the rhetorical war between Washington and Tehran, in which the
President has taken concerted new steps toward war. This flurry of
rhetoric has largely rung hollow in the halls of Congress, as members
are away for summer recess.
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Call
me paranoid, but having lived in places where governments have no
problems with violating personal rights, I kind of freak out when
someone calls me specifically to ask my opinion based on my
nationality/ethnicity.
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Ditchin' it and lovin' it....
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Latest crackdown on Iran's hair salons, shows that the ruling elite inside Iran have way too much time on their hands. Although Iranian youth have been pushing their luck for centuries!
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I think the year was nineteen ninety two
When on
SCI, I first set my eyes on you
SCI was home to xAle, dAyi, Amo, JR and you
G-man, Ben, Mac, Ostad and Mr. Mortazavi too
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During a Press Briefing on January 9, 2003 in Manila, Philippines; a reporter asked then Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton a question: "On Iraq; the arms inspectors have not found any specific weapons of mass destruction that you've been outlining so far. What would be the justification for the U.S. Government to take military action if indeed it does?"
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