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Being Iranian

I met a dutch student today, around 30 years old, we chat a little and he asked me if I am a Turkish? I replied

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اولین روز دبستان

(نام شاعر : ؟؟) اولین روز دبستان بازگرد کودکی‌ها شاد و خندان بازگرد بازگرد‌ای خاطرات کودکی‌ با سوار اسب‌های چوبکی یادگاران کهن مانا ترند خاطرات

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It’s in the pot!

I confess that I haven’t managed to sit down and write anything for a long time.  Why?  Hmmm… Good question.  Well a number of reasons

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The Italian Girl

She was American really, but she became a little more Italian after each drink, not in terms of how she talked or acted, but in

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Clean up, please

Sent by Mersedeh Mehrtash: Orange County Health Care Agency’s Food Protection Program has reported major violations at Caspian (14100 Culver Dr, Irvine, CA, 92604) and

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Great Hafez Source

My love affair with Hafez started in my late 20’s and has grown stronger and deeper over the years.  Hafez is the poet of Iranian

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Love over hate

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders

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Love and Marriage

I’ve been following California’s Proposition 8 from the sidelines. I’m so confused about the whole thing.   I’m not Christian. I know Jesus loves me,

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Obama Plans to Close Guantanamo

WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to

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Happy hardliners in Tehran?

On November 6, Robert Satloff, Patrick Clawson and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum luncheon at The Washington Institute. Dr. Satloff is executive director of

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سرخ پوست

سرخ پوست مغرور نگاه انداخته به دور   به سوی اقیانوس   آنجا که شب تیره                     گفت مرا ببوس   روی تپه زیر کاکتوس اسبهای

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