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Khatereh Parvaneh

A short video clip of Khatereh Parvaneh who recently  passed away at age of 78 . She had a beautiful voice and in this clip

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Fareeb

Hamed Nikpay speaks Farsi the way he plays his music: rapid staccato syllables held together by slow melodic interludes. Maybe this is why he favors

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پناهنده

پناهنده شهر شعرم   شیفته راز و سرم   عاشق بوی مهرم   آشفته چشم خمارم   پی وقت شکارم   تشنه اشک گوارم  

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PARSA awards $557,000

PARSA Community Foundation is delighted to announce the awardees of its 2008 Mehregan grant cycle, with $138,000 in grants supporting sixteen powerful ideas. This is

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Rising higher

Hamed Nikpay invited me to one of his music sessions in Berkeley, California, in preparation for his new album “All is Calm” (Assoudeh). Listening to

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Dear John

in my business i get to talk to a lot of people. all types of people. one such person that both maryam and me have

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من يك انسانم

I received an email which contained this beautiful deklameh about the actual situation of women in Iran. As Human and children rights in Iran are

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درس دیگر

گفته ام این پیش ازین و باز می گویم دلیر نکته هایی در ظرافت در خور عام و وزیر. گه درشتی کرده ام: سوهان تو

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MUSIC – Sun Is Shining

Füsun Önal – Oh Olsun Cici Kızlar Sun Is Shining (Bnm Corp Remix) جها ن بيني حا فظ Source:Internet ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ترجيح جهان هستي به مو

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تمام شب

تمام شب باران بارید تمام شب عریان، رها ستارگان میچکیدند چون قطره های سربی اشک و آسمان گویی دم به دم خشک تر میشد تمام

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Sange Saboor

Recently, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi wins France’s top literary prize for first novel “Sange Saboor”. It reminded me the old song. I tried a search

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برای درخت ها

      صبح روز هجدهم آبان، شبکه ی خبر صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی با آب و تاب شرح «ريشه کن کردن» درختانی را داد که

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The beauty of grace.

These past few years I have made some of the dumbest, most stupid, and biggest mistakes I have ever made, and I have no doubt

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Obama compared to Hitler???

http://news.aol.com/main/obama-presidency/article/republican-compares-obama-to-hitler/243817 I’m surprised Sarah Palin didn’t pitch in her 2 cents worth.  This is exactly the sort of vile comment I expected from the Republican

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Will an Obama Administration Reverse the Tide?

Who are the Architects of Economic Collapse? Will an Obama Administration Reverse the Tide? by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, November 9, 2008 reddit_url=’http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10860′ reddit_title=’Who are

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