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They got it

I am actually writing this whilst sitting in a client meeting in Shanghai. I am running a workshop on observational research and the group I

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Loving a farangi

But I forgot that your hands fed the roots, watering the tangled roses, till your fingerprints bloomed full, in a natural peace. Like pets, your

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Leila’s last ride

I saw her, for the first and the final time last Thursday. In a small and dimly lit chapel, which was filled with the fragrance

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Reality check

After writing my letter, “Not our war”, I was asked to write about my memories as a soldier in the Israeli army. I've decided to

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Bigger is better

In a recent article, one of your writers advocated to young Iranian girls not to get nose jobs so as not to lose our Iranian

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Crown of lilies

On that Saturday afternoon in June, shortly before the funeral, a crowd of some two thousand mourners had lined up at the cemetery of Passy

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Nothing but a name

Today once again I find myself in one of those moods where I look at my life and wonder why it turned out the way

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Gasping for air

I was a kid when my family decided to take a road trip to Khouzestan for the first time. Khoramshahr is the city I particularly

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Nap time

I tend not to be the sort of person who wallows in memories of “the good old days” much. I don't have the time. What's

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Vezvezee

Hair is the curse of the Iranian woman. From the top of her head to the tip of her toes. Now you will probably sigh

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