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A razor in my heart

Dressed in the misery of exile In this unforeseen frosty winter I witness how my sighs slumber Freezing into spotless snowflakes.   As I walk

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Film Review: The White Meadows

The other day I saw Mohammad Rasoulof’s The White Meadows (Keshtzaarhaay Sepid), the first installment of the Iranian Film Festival at the Freer and Sackler

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فرصت

در پهنه ی زمان مستانه می دود پای بر زمین می کوبد شیهه بر می افرازد در جاده ی عمر مرا میجوید   وای بر

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Are you lying?

I don’t know about other cultures, but we Iranians thrive on little lies. As a child, you grow up with exaggerated expressions of love such

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The Suicide Note

An exerpt from The Suicide Note… I read it Friday night for my first public reading organized by PEN USA: I looked around. There was

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Sanctions Dull Tehran’s Image

When Turkish reporters asked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently what impact international sanctions were having on Iran, he replied, “What sanctions are you talking about? If

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My heart is yours, Part II

 Part of the Arman series My heart is yours…, Love Letter In life there are certain things that will always come to be…. death, taxes,

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