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Off the horse

When people conjure up images of Mongols (Mogul) and their role in human history, it is always less than a rosy picture. But, few know

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Zyryab

The Spaniard Paco De Lucia, one of the world's greatest guitar legends, has an album titled “Zyryab” (“Zar Yab” in Persian) dedicated to an Iranian

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Outside the tunnel

In 1982, at the age of 12 my family and I escaped through the mountains to Turkey. We were caught as soon as we crossed

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Our mama

You were raised to serve tea and keep rugs clean. You have scrubbed the walls until Your hands bled red like the wine You were

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Things I’m thankful for

I'm thankful for being given birth to in the first place. I'm thankful for my great parents, and my awesome brothers. I'm thankful for technology,

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Nostalgia

I'll admit that when I received my copy of Shahin & Sepehr's latest album, “Nostalgia” from Higher Octave's promotions department, I opened the package with

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Against the wind

In 1908, Therese Peltier of France was the world's first woman who piloted an aircraft. Two years later, Raymonde de Laroche of France was the

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Only a matter of time

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA — As an American who has known and loved Iranians and Iranian culture for most of my adult life, I

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Innocent until proven Muslim

Since 911, the U.S. has quickly revamped policies relating to security. When the idea of Muslim profiling was raised, it caused a significant stir around

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The Giants

My cousin Farhad was telling me, he would deliver bread to a place out on Geary and each morning he would say hello to a

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The dying days of a bad lie

A few days ago I witnessed the much-anticipated Friday Prayer speech by Ali Khamenei, the “Supreme Leader” of the Iranian Revolution. The current political climate

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Soil searching

We need new people, not new governments. New state, not new head of state. New values, not just a new constitution. We need individual morality,

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