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Obsession

email us Those who have been to the University of Sussex in England do not need me to tell them that the library desks of

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My friend

email us Photo thanks to Yagoub D. I have known Reza Pahlavi since we were both ten-years old. I come from a middle-class, educated family.

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Survivor

email us My mother had been asking me to teach her how to use the Internet and email for a long time. She had been

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Khanoom doctor

email us There was the aroma of kabab, ghormeh sabzi, beer and wine, mixed with Persian music. People were mingling and having a good time.

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New old tradition

email us I have wonderful childhood memories of Chaarshanbeh Suri. So I decided to give a taste of it to my son Roshan here in

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Chicken scratch

email us I never thought I had lost so much of myself until I sat down to write a card to my cousin, whom I

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A glass of Iran

email us My daughter Mahdiyeh woke me up at 7 in the morning, an hour an a half before saal tahveel. I sat behind the

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Mageh marizi

email us A friend of mine called frantically the other day asking me to have a talk with his out-of-control teenage boy. He explained that

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Growing up

email us My daughter went to school a little late today. I had to go to the attendance office to explain. I told them she

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Here & there

email us Last week marked a seminal moment for American art. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization responsible for Grammy Awards,

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