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Going global

When the Science and Arts Foundation (SAF) team in Iran first suggested setting up a community information technology (IT) center in Zahedan, the capital of

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Living in silence

We had guests last night. Not our usual friends, rather people I had never met. I greeted them at the door and did what I

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My hyphenated self

i live sandwiched between two gods neighbors with me in between asking me for sugar and rice and everything nice mr. wayne wants me as

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Full throttle spring

Where I live it is now full throttle spring. So magnificent I don't know where to begin. On one corner a lush fountain of shrubs,

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Naghsh-e Jahan

I'm a painter from Isfahan.I have a nice gallery in Naghsh-e-Jahan Square. My works are simple and special, oil color with air brush.They are admired

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The old photograph

I am trying to warm my fingers with the steam coming from the teacup. Just the tips are all I want functioning. I want to

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Ayandeh

Armete Mobin lives with her parents and younger brother in Palo Alto, California. She memorized this Rumi poem when she was three… not long ago.

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Out to play

These pictures were taken last fall during a festival of Iranian traditional games held in Tehran. (10 total) (10 total)

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All I really need

The whole world is searching, searching to know what we want, who we are, and what the purpose is, in this game we call life.

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You for me for us

Sometimes it is easier to understand the reality of a situation when you hear the story from real life perspective. It is easier to see

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What promises?

Sanabel Al-Fararjah and Kayan Al-Saify are stranded in the United States. Sanabel, 15, and Kayan, 16, came from the Dheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem to

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