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Loss of a Ferdowsi scholar

Dear Friends Colleagues, With the heaviest of hearts, I write to inform everyone of the passing away of my friend and our colleague, Jerry Clinton,

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It socks

I wonder if this only happens to me. I have not been talked about it publicly until now and I hope I am not in

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Missed facts

A reply to Mahan Esfahani's “Leave us alone”.   Dear Mr. Esfahani, A preliminary study of music theoreticians in the Islamic Golden Age is a

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Shahrokh Mortazavi

Standing ovation

Folks, here are some pictures I took at Vigen's funeral on Saturday November 1 in Glendale, California. (Might want to listen to his classic song

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Dear Sir

After separation from my fiancé, the only thing left for me to do was to contact her father and break the news. He was not

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Are Iranians different?

I am often asked why I, a blond-haired, grey-eyed American ex-pat living in Canada, have suddenly and impulsively taken up the study of Farsi. There

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Can we talk?

  Dear President Bush, Before any decision it is customary that  the President of the United States listen to and consult with his advisors.  These advisor's

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