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After Mubarak

Yesterday, the Egyptians got their million-man march. The crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir (Freedom) Square, plus more crowds in Alexandria, Suez and Ismailia, made up that

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Iranian Polio

In a nonmedical usage, the term “syndrome” refers to “combination of phenomena seen in association.” With that definition in mind, there is little doubt that

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Kaniz

I have worked with Kaniz for four years. We produce many collaborative art works. As we were working on the paintings, Kaniz told me many

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Happy Birthday to me

A poem from Attila Jozef. Should read “fifty two” instead of “thirty two”     Today I have turned thirty-two,    my present is this

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Emerging Azarin

It was a pleasure to attend a welcoming ceremony in Los Angeles two weekends ago, honoring Azarin Sadegh as one of the PEN Center USA’s

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