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Taareekh-e ahzaab
Iran's political parties in a span of 100 years
By Younes Parsa Benab

HISTORY
Sitting with a statesman

Oral history: Mahmoud Foroughi
By Habib Ladjevardi

Excerpts from "Memoirs of Mahmoud Foroughi: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States" (2003) edited by Habib Ladjevardi, director of the Iranian Oral History Project at Harvard University since 1981.

BOOK
Starry nights

Excerpts
By Majid

Before my sleepy eyes, the stars tiptoed their way over our house to kiss me off to sleep. Through the window of my room, I would cast my dreamy eyes on their faces and try to imagine myself among them. The sound of their laughter, their chatter and their songs chased away the silence of my room. I had become familiar with the dance of these celestial bodies as they waltzed by in the shimmering skies.

STORY
Sargozasht-e yek eskenaas

From "Daastaanhaayeh Raasteen"
By Amir Mehdi Noorbakhsh

REVIEW
For Queen's Sykes
Sir Percy Sykes: British spy in Iran
By Farid Parsa

MODERNITY
Kafi is Kafi
From Abbas Milani's new book

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