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Flying Fati commando

Those who have seen 1960s James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice, would instantly recognize the “little Nelly” in the attached video. The nonsensical swarming suicide

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In the tunnel of time

It was a majestic afternoon. There we were Rudaki and I Marzieh and Banan along with a few American pupils. We all smelled the coming

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The Movie Quitters

The movie was wonderful, beautiful, heartbreaking. “The hell with this,” my uncle said. “I’m tired of being moved to tears by American movies. When are

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From Black to White Shiʿism

In the dusk of the twentieth century, a mystical and quietist religion changed into a politico-revolutionary ideology that shook the world. How was this transformation

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Pre-Islamic Past Pushes into Present

Despite Iran’s emphasis on common Islamic values, long-harboured frictions with its Arab neighbours occasionally resurface. Some believe President Ahmadinejad’s administration is placing more emphasis on

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نیک اختر

چشم ما تا روشن از نور جمال دلبر است جایگاه ما ز جاه ماه و خور والاتر است. گوی نیکی ار ربوده خور ز نیکو

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Search for New Home

I flew to Ankara to visit an old college friend. After three days in Ankara, feeling very heavy-hearted, I hopped on the buses to see

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امنیت داخلی فلسطین

نماز استسقاء بارها و بارها در اماکن مختلف جهان خوانده شده و جواب داده است. همین امر باعث شد که ما نیز از این روش

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در گذرگاه تاریخ

بعد از ظهر غریبی بود! رودکی بود و من مرضیه بود و بنان همراه با چند دانشجوی ینگه دنیایی همگی “بوی جوی مولیان ” را

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The Green Delusion

Recently Mrs. Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband said since the imprisonment of his wife, a secular lawyer, he was not permitted to meet her in prison. This

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سه ناقلا در ژاپن

سه تن از کمیدین های معروف سینمای ایران منصور سپهرنیا, گرشا رئوفي و محمد متوسلانی در فیلم سه ناقلا در ژاپن, سال ساخت ١٣٤٥  

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بازهم دست

خشت اول چون نهد معمار کج تا ثریا میرود دیوار کج این روزها ظلم بیدادگاه های نظام پر برکت بر خاص و عام عیان است.

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