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Open Wounds

I was more than a bit nervous going up the elevator to interview Gary Sick at his apartment in New York's Upper Westside. So was

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Searching for Us

We had done our sight-seeing — more or less. Passed by Budapest's major sights on a tour bus; saw the main museum; went to a

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Areh Joone Ammat!

I was sitting on our couch one Sunday recently, going through the paper and spotted an advertisement for the latest James Bond film “Golden Eye.”

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Ceeteezen

Q: When did you get your American citizenship? A: About two years ago. Q: Why did you become a citizen? A: To get an American

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Beatelha

The recent Beatles anthology on the American ABC television network reminded me of Beatlemania days in the '60s in Tehran when I was a teenager.

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Tough Times for Persepolis

There was little resemblance to the great football star I remembered from old posters and football games on TV. His sunken cheeks were rough with

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Why Change a Name?

Why change a name? By dAyi Hamid Bern, Switzerland January 1996 The Iranian I remember in the mid-seventies in Iran, when it had become sort

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