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My Daughter

Sample poem from “22: Eulogies” by Shams Langeroudi. Translated by Leila Farjami. Download here. My daughter, it was their tradition to bury you alive. You

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The Military of Ershad

Not long from its inception in 1987, Tehran International Book Fair captured the attention of the publishing world in the Middle East, and thereafter its

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Attack on Cinema

“Copie Conforme,” the new Abbas Kiarostami film which was shot on location in Italy with Juliette Binoche and opera singer William Shimmel, has been highly

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Don’t get too carried away

The nuclear deal announced Monday between Iran, Brazil and Turkey has certainly gotten many analysts and reporters excited, not least the LA Times, which described

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ای میهمان مهربان زمین

در سرزمینی که هیچ کس آشتی را نمی شناسد تو هنوز آواز دوستی را زمزمه میکنی گرچه میدانی بساگوشها بسوی تو نیست من اینگونه آموخته

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That Gone

At the time of dawn when the breeze brings along the sad smell of yours a bird with bloody feathers and wings passes through strange

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Iran’s Kurdish Question

Two days after the hanging of five Iranian Kurds in Tehran, protesters gathered across the Iraqi border in the Kurdish city of Suleymanieh. Thousands of

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A Sad Day

Let’s honor the memory of Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar as a man who loved his country, had great aspirations for his people, had the courage to stand up

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My Client Wants Me to Spam!

I am an internet marketing specialist with clients in the payday loan industry. ( Learn more about payday loans). It is a very competitive industry

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