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Connecting the Dots

What’s the connection between; the plans for destroying Iran's military defenses and setting its economy back 50 years, the theft of the 2000 Gore-Bush election, Cheney’s secret meeting with oil executives, the invasion of Iraq, and September 11th 2001?>>>

Octopus swimming

A picture taken at Elphinstone, Egyptian Red Sea >>>

From Arvand to China

I am near the Pire Sabz mountain close to yazd, I have been here many times but never for so long. I have waited and waited, then I hear her voice I see her face, she looks in my eyes and asks me: do you know where my family is?... I want to see them, feel them, talk to them and above all hear them. >>>

Noooo, it's Halloween again!

For the most part we are not conscious of time flow. We don't hear the ever cruel tick tick that brings us our undoing . The kind of ignorance that is a bliss. But then there are these cyclic events that disturb our peace and serve as a reminder that hey another year just gone by and we are one step closer to the grave. Today as I was strolling in the market doing grocery shopping I saw these huge, ugly, orange pumpkins and I thought to myself "No it's Halloween again!">>>

Amnesty International condemns imminent execution of 18 year old Beham Zare

In response to the information provided to Amnesty International by Nazanin Afshin Jam and Stop Child Executions about imminent execution of Behnam Zare, Amnesty Interntional issued the following Urgent Action Report:

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Raplarzeh-Khabar (IRANIAN RAP NEWS AGENCY)

RapLarzeh Khabar is the First & the biggest farsi hiphop & rap news agency. >>>

Is Kurdish a dialect of Persian/Farsi?

When I put on my sociology hat, I remember in graduate school all professors recommended that we should “operationalize” the working variable before we try to answer any question or look for answers in order to acquire validity and reliability in our search. >>>

Can our Iran ever become a happy and a peaceful global actor?

I hear Iranians are too traumatized by Islam because of past and present events that they cannot move on without a proper national debate and discussion to bring closure for want of a better term, and indeed that closure may never be achieved.>>>

Propsal for a WAR over Rumi and Falafel!

George S. Hishmeh in a Special to Gulf News explains that the life of Falafel in the Arab world goes much further than the existence of the state of Israel of approximately 60 years. >>>

Greeting in Persian/Farsi

Dear colleague and native speaker: I appreciate your input adding to the list below, variety of ways that you would respond when you are greeted in Persian/Farsi. Or what are the various ways that you would greet people in different settings? Please give your responses below or add other inputs that you may have, not listed here. I am conducting a research and your input is greatly appreciated. I will share with you the result of this data collection when the work is concluded. >>>

Horrific Child abuse and poverty in Iran

Abject Poverty in Iran. Economic report:

 

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آزادی هاله اسفندیاری و ترس درون حکومتی!

آزادی هاله اسفندیاری می تواند نشان از آن باشد که دولت ایران علیرغم موضع گیری های تند نسبت به امریکا و بی پروایی از رویارویی نظامی با آمریکا ترسی واقعی از شدّت گرفتن تنشها با غرب دارد چرا که پیشتر نیز در زمان دستگیری ملوانان بریتانیایی در آبهای خلیج فارس با تهدیدات تلویحی تونی بلر، نظامیان انگلیسی به بهانه رافت اسلامی بی هیچ هزینه ای آزاد و روانه کشورهای خود شدند . >>>

Thinking Flooring? Think Green.

A quick and not-so-dirty guide to purchasing environmentally friendly commercial floor coverings products: To those of you looking to change the commercial carpeting in your place of business while seeking to reduce the environmental impact of that purchase, I have the following recommendation: Shaw Industries, one of the largest carpet manufacturers in the world, has a program which markets product under the "Shaw Green Edge" label. Seek this label, and under that label ask to see carpet tile (as opposed to carpet broadloom) making sure that the word "Eco-Worx" is tied to that carpet tile. >>>

Protest the Ohio Daily Disptach Cartoon

Please sign the peition below.

//www.petitiononline.com/Iran110/petition.html

Also please write a protest letter (be vey professional) to the Editor of the newspaper.

gsheller@dispatch.com, michael.ramirez@investors.com

See the letter from Professor Marsha Cohen in Miami. >>>

Geographical Distribution Of Our Readers

Ever wonder where our readers come from?

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