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PAAIA.ORG

Dear Family and Friends, The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), the new organization that I have been the Executive Director of and helping

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Isfahani in Maryland

He is thousands miles from home, but still believes that Ispahan is “Nesf e Jahan” (Half the World) — the most beautiful city on the

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A few jokes and nuggets!

دانشمندان با استفاده از سلول های بنیادی “بیضه” توانستند سیاست های اقتصادی دولت را شبیه سازی کنن! مي دوني چرا زنها بيشتر از مردها عمر

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Internet dating pointers

My younger brother, our cousin and their friend were over at our house last night as they do almost every week, mostly on Tuesdays. One

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جرمتراشی سیاسی

حسين باقرزاده سه‌شنبه ۱۰ ارديبهشت ۱۳۸۷ – 29 آوریل 2008 hbzadeh@btinternet.com یكبار دیگر، موضوع تعریف «جرم سیاسی» در دستور كار مقامات جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفته

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Chahdad Khoda

آبان یا آذر ماه سال 86 به همراه دوست خوب مجید ناگهی سفری داشتیم به نقاط مختلف جنوب کشور. به پیشنهاد و با راهنمایی‌ و

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Raped and then jailed

The chief prosecutor of eastern Nangarhar province who oversaw Rukhma’s case suggested she got off lightly. “If my wife goes to the bazaar without my

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Whisper of a lover

Seven Valleys of Love, compiled and translated by Sheema Kalbasi, is written with a piercing clarity and a profound intensity of emotion. Her ability to

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Personal faith

Reza Pahlavi has by and large been reticent on the issue of religion. He mainly mentions it in order to reiterate his belief in an

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On Being Low Class

A man, incensed that a six-year-old girl chose to walk through a path reserved for upper caste villagers, pushed her into burning embers! >>>

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