July 1996
Choose responses to these topics:
Containment
* I wish
Chlsea Clinton
* True terrorists
Darvish
* Hello
Identity
* Annoying media
* Similar problem
Diaspora
* National organization
PMS
* Yeah right!
* Information
Googoosh
* More Googoosh
Hejab
* Please!
* Stereotypes
Norooz
* 36,000 in Irvine
* Finally
Vanity plates
* Lil' Ol Mazada
* Art?!!
Language
* Arabic
Abadan
* Excellent
Movie
* I hope
American in Iran
* Enjoy
Iran politics
* Dr Mossadegh
iranian.com
* I'm proud
* Your politics
* Khoshk
* Great job
* Refreshing
* Filling void
* Wonderful May
* Nice
* Norway
* Missing Israeli
Rethinking "Dual Containment"
I WISH
I think you know what you are talking about. I wish the government of this country
would take your advice. I am an American whom has lived about 10 years off and on
in Iran and I completely agree with your article.
Bill and Tina Packer
Dreampackers USA
//www.geocities.com/rainforest/1978/
Merci Chelsea!
TRUE TERRORISTS
First of all, my friend, if our dear President Clinton loves the " Iranian
culture" so much then why doesn't he take it upon himself to talk peace with
the Iranian leader and the government.
And second of all, President Clinton accused the Iranian Government (according to
everybody else the "Terrorist Government") of the bombing in Saudi Arabia
instead of blaming Saudi Arabians themselves. I think President Clinton should stop
pointing fingers and find the true terrorists that are harming and ending the lives
of the innocent people around the world.
Javad Mostafavi
ashena@earthlink.net
Yahoo , Darvish!
HELLO
Hello , I hope you are having a nice time in the other side of the world. Well, anyway
I really liked your article about the Khaneqah in New York. And I look forward to
read new articles from you! Good luck! and Khoda hafez!
Mahmood Amiri-Moghadam
mahmood.amiry-moghadam@basalmed.uio.no
Identity Crisis (Part II)
ANNOYING MEDIA
I read what you have experienced in America. It's very depressing to hear the real
truth about being singled out in a strange land among two-faced, cold blooded natives.
I have been living in England for the past 10-11 years since I was 14-15, I was fortunate enough to be a ferocious fighter when I was young so I did have a good laugh smashing the racists, ignorant people and complete assholes physically and verbally.
But nowadays I have found the psychological pressures from the media and others quite annoying, these days I can not afford confrontations (job wise and sometimes socially).
Sohail
100635.1415@compuserve.com
SIMILAR PROBLEM
This is very similar to the problems which our Indian children are facing. I do wish
that more parents try to understand that they have to take the effort to influence
their children and not simply expect the local (U.S.) environment to take care of
their children's cultural education. And it should be a community effort to be successful
and not simply a single family effort.
Anyway, who am I to give suggestions ? I can not even persuade my fellow parents to do something. They expect their children to grow up and out of their cultural identity crisis.
Subir De
Fairfax, Virginia
dulles!sde@attmail.com
Keep Me Out Of The Melting Pot
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
I have spent 22 of my 23 years in the United States. As a young Iranian in this country
I see the need not to melt in the melting pot. Iranian boys are called names like
"Camel Jockey" and "Sand Nigger." But Iranian girls are treated
totally different by the same people. There is a need for Iranian youth in the U.S.
to be in contact with each other and support their communities so they do not get
involved with the trash I saw around me while I was growing up. Do not get me wrong.
I do have a lot of American friends that are just amazing. But I was raised in the
U.S. I know what prejudice is. There should be a national American organization for
Iranians with chapters all over the U.S. ranging from business to other things.
Babak Darvish
Babak@cybermalls.net
PMS:
Misconceptions, Culture, Facts, Symptoms and Relief
(THIS ARTICLE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
YEAH RIGHT!
Thank goodness someone had the sense to write something about PMS. It was an American
friends' comment which was the straw that broke the camel's back about PMS: "My
therapist says that PMS is only in the mind and has no roots in reality."
YEAH RIGHT! I said. But didn't argue with her. I can use this article as a certificate of truth.
Thank you Elie!
Bahar Jaberi
Portland, OR
BAHAR@nh1.nh.pdx.edu
INFORMATION
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Googoosh Online!
MORE GOOGOOSH
Nice article..I wish it was longer though. If you ever get a chance please write
another article about her. I would love to see a short biography of Googoosh online.
Pedram Missaghi
Granada, Spain
missaghi@goliat.ugr.es
Iranian Under the Veil
PLEASE!
I hated the excerpt, even though he is an editor at Atlantic Monthly. You
get the sense that he is trying to find something positive about Iranian women's
lives so that he can placate his guilt at finding the chador sexy. Please!
Men's dicks always interfere.
Kandice McDonald
STEREOTYPES
I believe that Mr. Kaplan is very gracious for writing such wonderful things about
Iranian women. But at the same time I feel that he went to Iran with a set of preconceptions
and stereotypes.
The way Mr. Kaplan spoke about Iran's women was as if he was making the observation
that Iranian women have always been covered. That's just not the case.
The chador is an Ottoman Turk development.
Iranian women do not come from the culture where they ought to be glad they even exist. I remember in our religious studies courses in Iran we were told again and again that if it weren't for Islam, women would still be buried alive. My question was: Where? Not in Iran, but in Saudi Arabia; not in Lebanon, but in Saudi Arabia; must I go on?
Bahar Jaberi
BAHAR@nh1.nh.pdx.edu
Sizdah Bedar...Los Gatos, California
36,000 IN IRVINE
I just have to write to tell you not only the Bay Area (in California) celebrated
Nowrouz with such a big crowd; Irvine, California, had the biggest in the nation
with over 36,000 people in Mason Park. My husband and I went for the first time.
People that were not Iranian couldn't figure out what was happening but they knew everyone was having so much fun. People who hadn't seen friends since back in school ran into each other. I have to say it was a great day.
Michelle
ashegh@ix.netcom.com
The Nowrouz Tradition
FINALLY
I just wanted to say that though I am not Iranian, I appreciated your article on
Nowrouz. I have been looking everywhere for information on this holiday and finally
found just what I needed through your magazine. I was fortunate enough to attend
a Nowrouz party this year and had a wonderful time. Again, thanks for the great information!
Cool Drivers
LIL' OL' MAZDA
What got my attention mostly, was the cars they drive. Mercedes, BMW, and Volvo seem
to be the norm for Iranians in the San Francisco area. I guess my lil' ol' Mazda
323 in the Florida Panhandle would not be on the same "wavelength" as my
fellow countrymen.
Oh well, it's a good thing that I'm in the Land of Opportunity. Perhaps I will drive a prestigious car someday. Had I been in Iran, I could've just dreamed of getting where the aristocrats are.
Mehran Azhar
mazhar@students.uwf.edu
ART?!!
There is only one thing I would like to say to you, Mr. editor and that's: ART MY
FOOT. It really takes only this kind of demented imagination to put these license
plate photos side by side by Nosrat
Karimi's works of real art. This is a exactly what la-obaaly-garee is all about.
Congratulations Mr. Editor.
Kaamraan Seyed Moussavi
Seyed.Moussavi@gsa.gov
Gharibi va Zaban Nafahmi dar Vatan
ARABIC
I found 177 Arabic words in only 5 pages, amazing !!!!
Not suggesting to use English in Persian language (Ferdosi didn't suffer for 30 years so we can speak Arabic or English).
Thanks
M. Ghorbani
majid@3-cities.com
Abadan
EXCELLENT
Shahrzade Aziz, you have done an excellent job here!
Farrokh Nainavaii
FFN@worldnet.att.net
Areh Joone Ammat!
I HOPE
I really enjoyed your thoughts on 007. The stories you wrote about reminded me so
much of Iran. I hope we all go back and live the way we used to. It was a lot of
fun.
Keyvan Pezeshkian
kpeze@mail.idt.net
An American in Iran
ENJOY
I really enjoyed reading your article. It was fantastic that you were able to go
to Iran since the Near East is your special interest in school. Great and essential
that you took Farsi language classes, as it would be needed for sure in Iran.
Deborah
idzi@Synopsys.COM
From Political Islam to Secular Nationalism
DR. MOSSADEQ
All that you have written was indeed true. Nevertheless almost every thing was the
same as Dr. Mosaddeq had said. Thank you very much for trying to enlighten the young
generation.
Laya Baghdadi
laya@sting.cycollege.ac.cy
The Iranian
I'M PROUD
Congratulations on a great issue! You make us proud. I think I can say by now that
you've made it my friend : -)
This "Iranian" is valuable (and welcome).
Mahmoud Shahbodaghi
Soroush
//www.soroush.com
sysop@soroush.com
YOUR POLITICS
It is very interesting to see that you are willing to keep all categories of Iranians
interested in your magazine, no matter what they believe. And I think you have been
successful so far.
I am sure you have got a political approach yourself and also there is a big temptation to oppose or to side with one party or the other. But it is great to see that you have resisted all of those and have attracted the attention of all Iranians from almost all parties. This ought to be congratulated. And I hope that it remains the same in the future too.
regards,
Abbas Imani
abbasi@syscon.ee.unsw.EDU.AU
KHOSHK
If you want more success go back and see what made it happen for you. I mean reread
all your old issues and messages that you provide to this great Web community.
All those mail massages and articles changed. There was this sense in me when I was reading them, that these are my feeling. However, these newer ones got little "jeddy va khoshk".
I am really sorry for telling you these things, but I like THE IRANIAN and I want more success for it.
Be omid'e movafaghiiat'e bishtar barAyetAn!
KhodA NegahdAr!
Peyman
peyman@efn.org
GREAT JOB
You don't know how proud I am to see your site getting better everytime I visit it.
I am sure I am not the only one to tell you this, but I can feel it more knowing
you from the time you were thinking about starting your magazine. Great Job and congratulation
on the most exciting Iranian magazine on the Net.
Majid Zarafshan
alexzar@interport.net
REFRESHING
How wonderfully refreshing to read these great articles.This must be history in the
making in terms of the freedom created by the Net to express oneself in such a wide
variety of subjects; all without the presence of the modern day commercialism and
stagnant waters in the exiled Persian media. Congrats & more power to you.
Faryar Mansuri
New York City
faryar@ix.netcom.com
FILLING VOID
THE IRANIAN fills a definite void for myself and Iranians who have lived in the U.S.
for most of their lives. Keep up the good work.
Best Wishes, and Sadd Afarin!
Amir Amini
Asst. Professor
Yale University
amini@minerva.cis.yale.edu
WONDERFUL MAY
Thanks for the wonderful May Issue of THE IRANIAN. It is getting better with each
issue! This most recent issue is just marvelous! Keep up the great work!
Kris Moghaddami
kmoghadd@history.ucla.edu
NICE
This is really nice. Wish I could have done it. Really looks informative. Keep up
the good work
Karl Scott
tech@urbanoasis.ne
NORWAY
Thanks for a great publication. Its given at least one Iranian in Norway a link back
to the homeland.
Kia Zadegan
ssfn@sn.no
MISSING ISRAELI
As you know of the delicate situation concerning Ron Arad, the missing Israeli navigator,
I was wondering whether one of you could shed some light on the subject, such as
does Iran hold Ron Arad, and if not who is?!
A. Elisa
A.Elia@sheffield.ac.uk
