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The search

Who Am I? The Mix-boy, academia´s pride and joy… Eight months ago I decided to leave the States. The reasons were many. On a very

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The best

Shirazis are the best. Have you ever been to Shiraz? I was born in Tehran, but I consider myself a Shirazi. My mother is from

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Go Big Red!

It was a week after the U.S. embassy was seized and a few days after a huge anti-Iranian demonstration had been held in Texas. In

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Picking a president

A McGuffin, as the immortal master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock would say, is nothing but a ploy to move the plot along and make the questionable

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By the pale-green stone

No other country in the world has aroused such curiosity and fascination than the land of Egypt. They have all come: conquerors like Alexander and

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The plaid sofa

I was 12, full of angst – even though I didn't know the full meaning of the word — seated on a horribly plaid sofa,

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The truth sets you free

This is what my grandfather, stroking his white beard, used to say in his shaky voice: “My son, whatever you do, don't ever lie, and

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