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She doubts!

She feels a butterfly in her stomach; B-Complex doesn’t fix it – her heart aches when she thinks of him! She experiences anxiety and breathing

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The gardener

Zara Houshmand, co-author of A Mirror Garden, the memoirs of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, reading excerpts at Diesel Books in Oakland last Thursday. Her next book

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Sexual code of conduct

Bluntly; in response to an Iranian female friend of mine, who the other night at length discussed her point of view on relationship, sexuality and

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Infinity

Writers often talk about the urge to write their sudden inspirations on whatever comes handy, and frankly, I don’t really care to know how many

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Love at first site

I went to my first major construction site a few days ago – it was awesome. Cement dust in the air, the smell of mortar

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My favorite sport

…The mind is like a parachute – it works only when it is open… Don’t ask me why I decided to interview Reza Pahlavi and

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Shab e Dovoum

Midoni bad az 8 sal eanja bodan baram neshanehai uon var ea hokme dige pida kardeh.bazie vaghta migam beza az daftarm raj bezanam harfae rou

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Worse than Islamic fundamentalism

My often remarks and writings about Iranian-type Aryanism has been vigorously attacked by many Iranians. Although many Iranians would argue that Iranian Aryanism is inoffensive

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ا ز تهران تا تورنتو

پلیس و شناخت تریاک در سالهای اولیه مهاجرت دهه 90 تریاک برای بسیاری از ماموران پلیس کانادا و تورنتو شناخته شده نبود. بغیر از افسران

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Wishful thinking!

Do you ever wonder what would it be like if the Iranian revolution was led by a group of fashion models? Imagine how different things

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