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The Piano (wo)man

Billy Joel The Piano man played by SHIRIN It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday The Regular crowd shuffles in There’s an old man sitting next

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Rational and dangerous

There is little reason to believe that once it has achieved nuclear status, the current regime in Iran will be any less rational in its

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Our Goose is Cooked

  This must be what it was like in Russia before the Soviet Union collapsed. The government’s so crooked that nothing works right, the infrastructure’s

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I am afraid

I Am Afraid I am afraid of your absence, and more of your presence! Not having you will wreck me, and having you will break

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Big Fuss Over Nothing

Recently, I noticed an email in my inbox which had the name of Anousheh Ansari on it. Soon after a glance, I realized that, this

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500,000 or 5 Million?

There is much anticipation over the recent US Census results and what number it will report Iranians at. A valiant concerted effort by the community

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Rest in peace, gallant sister

Haleh Sahabi, 54, was a distinguished Quranic hermeneutician, a religious comparatist, a women’s rights scholar, and a committed activist to the cause of her people’s

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شعر

دانه ای در خاک جانم ریشه های خار می بست عنکبوتی روی دیوار اطاقم تار می بست شب بروی پلکهایم چادری بیدار می بست جام

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