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Tintin in Tehran

[I got this wonderful adaptation of Tintin’s adventures in an email from Parham (dasatet dard nakoneh!). Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour has done such a beautiful job that

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To all the friends of DC area

This is an email I’ve got from a friend in DC, I post it here  FYI:                                                                                                                                                                                          Ba dorood; I have round trip bus tickets to

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The First Iranian American

Mirza Mohammad Ali, better known as Hajj Sayyah (meaning the traveler), was born in 1836 in the town of Mahallat in Iran. His studies exposed

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Obama Backs Bush On Afghan Detainees

The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights.  “They’ve now embraced the Bush policy

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The Persian Jam

I went to see my Persian Literature teacher, Dr. Zari Taheri, in Berkeley last night. She has been living in Tokyo at for the past

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Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull

Would you believe that Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson) is really Jethro Bodine from the Beverly Hillbillies?  Well then would you believe this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toHlMD50eYY&eurl=http://noolmusic.com/blogs/YouTube_Music_Videos_60s_70s_-_Jethro_Tull_-_Thick_as_a_Brick_-_Madison_Square_Garden.shtml Well ok, then

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Rerun

I am re-posting a satire I wrote a while back about Ahmadinejad and his wife.  So this is old news, not “featured blog” material. But

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پيكان.تهران-الف

اين روزا همش تو خونه هستم.دكترا هنوز اجازه بهم نميدن كه از خونه برم بيرون.خدا رو شكر انقدر پروژه مروژه ريخته سرم كه دائما مشغول

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All you need is love

I wanted to share this story about an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. I wanted to show people here something beautiful and rare. This video is

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On a cold snowy day

On a cold snowy day Over the hill Over the fence In a yard Full of quails Full of pairs One lonely bird Taught his

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Playing nuclear politics

A sober analysis of Tehran’s intentions suggests the IR has little to gain from acquirining the bomb. Adopting a realistic assessment, his predecessor, Christoph Bertram,

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