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Stateless

“I am sorry for you sir, but you are sta-te-less.” The heavily moustachioed customs officer at the Lisbon Airport had a look at my stateless

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The oil of war: 1991

True wars are never won. — E. E. Cummings Administration officials have offered…at least six overlapping reasons why American men and women may have to

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Poetry 4 the people

history resonates in my bones i remain her pupil afterall   one day i just might become her prophet she suckles the marrow in my spine

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Horrendous trends

Recent economical indicators circulating in various newspapers and news agencies both within and outside Iran portray a very bleak picture of the direction towards which

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Tah-digology

It is only a few months since I have arrived in the U.S. I am here for a relatively short visit. Being Iranian, I “hang

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You must

Have you ever pondered distance and has time ever made you pause? To see that to measure is to make and to quesion is to

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Melting icicle

Time oozing out ever slower until it comes to a stop And then turns into an icicle Hanging off my soul's roof In comparison a

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Come home

I contacted you before I left for Iran to visit for the first time in 27 years since I was born in Tehran and left

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After work

These photos are about people who frequent qahvekhaneh teahouses in poor and traditional parts of Tehran. They show up after work, drink tea, listen to

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Our Man, Hooman

http://iranian.com/Features/2002/July/Alice/index.html Here in the SF Bay Area a reality of life is the commute. Stuck in traffic in the morning, stuck in traffic at night.

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The Godmother

It was one of those Sundays I cherish because they come too far apart and in between, I am sure most of you know what

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I am a champion

In the security office they had surveillance cameras for every corner of the airport. There were more security measures than a Vegas Casino. We entered

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For good

Two years have elapsed since Ahmad Shamlou left the literary arena of our country after at least 50 years of serious and constructive presence during

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