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Eat This

Eat this By dAyi Hamid Bern, Switzerland March 1996 The Iranian It is difficult to define “Iranian food.” With so many different regions being home

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Nowrouz Tradition

The Noruz Tradition By Mani Ardalan Farhadi Newton, Massachusetts This article was written as part of a thesis proposal on the Center for Persian Culture

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Don’t forget home

It was about four years ago that I returned to the United States from Iran. I was very excited. After all it had been 13

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Loobiapolo

By J. Javid New York A telephone chat with 14-year-old Ali Ahmadi Motlagh. He lives with his parents and younger sister in Paramus, New Jersey.

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Modern Romance

From “A Kiss is Still a Kiss” by Edwin Dobb, published in the February 1996 issue of the American Harper's Magazine. None of the separations

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“Gulf War” II

From an exchange of notes in February 1996 between Shabnam Tabibzadeh and Ben Rooney, the editor of the British Electronic Telegraph. Hi, You are always

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“Most Popular” Iranians

Last August, readers of Soroush, an Iranian on-line network were asked to list five favorite pre-20th century Iranians*. Here are the results as of February

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Visiting the VOA

I'm no expert in dating buildings. But I would not have been surprised if I saw a plaque somewhere giving the construction date sometime in

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Ali’s Sweater

Another long bus trip in Iran lay ahead of me. I had been in the country just over two weeks and was still pleased that

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Passing Seasons

The time had come for me to depart from Iran. Into my duffel bag I crammed my memories, thoughts and souvenirs of the nooks and

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