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Khayyam
Journey
Letter from Amman
U.S. is perceived to be playing the old imperial game
By Majid Tehranian
December 14, 1999
The Iranian
It was 5 am. The chant of the muezzin woke me up: "Ashhadu an la
illaha illalah! I witness that there is no God but God. I witness that
Muhammad is His Prophet. Rise to prayer. Rise to do good deeds..."
The melodious voice brought back sweet childhood memories. I didn't
mind the early hours and my own jet lag. I had to meet my driver in an
hour for the journey to Petra, the City of the Dead, better known here
as the Rose City. Makhled was a stocky and smiling man with four children.
We soon called each other "brother." My faltering Arabic was
bonding us in our journey through the desert ... GO
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Noah's Ark
WYSIWYG FILMWORKS
writes to The Iranian:
Can you give me any information concerning reported sightings of supposed
locations of Noah's Ark during either British or American forces stationed
either in or around the city of Hamadan, Iran?
Thank you.
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* Course of action
Jamshid Naghizadeh
writes: The matter of fingerprinting Iranians at U.S. airports has
come up many times in the past, but it seems that this issue has not been
fully appreciated by many Iranians. Sometime ago the well known Iranian
film director Dariyoush Mehrjooi was fingerprinted. Mehrjooi is a former
graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. A number of invited
Iranian athletes were also fingerprinted. These two events and a few others
have been publicized in the press, but routine fingerprinting of ordinary
Iranian civilians have gone unnoticed.
This policy is a deliberate attempt by U.S. authorities to humiliate,
insult, and degrade innocent Iranians and label them as terrorists. In
fact it may be illegal within the U.S. on the grounds of discrimination
... I suggest the following course of action ... FULL
TEXT
* Removed from reality
Plain Jane writes:
In reference to "No
plain Jane", the author is fortunate that his life circumstances
have been so far removed from our every day reality that he reduces our
reasoning for changing names to easy assimilation in the work place. A
job has to be there first, I believe, before you can begin to assimilate.
* Panel: Mending nations, Washington
DC
Mending Nations is a discussion about Russia, Iran and Cuba. It will
be held on Friday, January 21 at The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
529 14th Street, N.W. 13th Floor, Holeman Room from 2:00-4:00. Guest speajers:
Luba Brezhnev is the niece of Leonicd Brezhnev, the man who lead the former
Soviet Union for 18 years. Lailee Bakhtiar is from the Bakhtiar clan in
Iran, author of Harem Letters, Chai and Host/Producer of a PBS affililate
TV program "Authors & Critics". Myriam Lesnik Chavez is the
Cuban born daughter-in-law of deceased labor leader Cesar Chavez. Opening
and closing commentary by psychiatrist Dr. Jamshid A. Bakhtiar. For information
call: 650-347-6015.
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