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Fall is coming

If I were to be a flower which would it be…have you seen the flower of a Hindooneh or a Beh or an Anar or

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Light of the Sufis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tv/2008/12/000000_ptv_tamasha.shtml Check this out. It will only be on line for about ten days.

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“Sweeping Sanctions”

same old game…sanctions hurt the Iranian people and solidify the control of their government. The nuclear scare is the pretext for invading Iran and recreating

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Rasool in Iran

this is part I of a second interview I did a little while ago for Appadana TV in Farsi about my recent trip to Iran..

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Hospitality

I remember in 1976, I was walking along a street in Kabul, when I saw a sidewalk vendor with a blanket spread on the ground

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Now you get mad?

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, now you get mad!? You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and

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Collateral Murder

reference 2007 gunning down of unarmed civilians and Reuters employees from a US helicopter caught on film: http://collateralmurder.com/ I am beginning to consider the phrase

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Bahar bargard

my pink jasmine is telling me Spring is upon us…it bursts into blossom as I watch it….

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Afghanistan

I wonder if these three little friends are still alive today…I wonder how many family members they have lost to war…I wonder if they are

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Destiny

Destiny   Gazing up at the winking stars I ran into the old stone wall My knees forgave me But not my heart Where are

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Herding Snakes

Herding Snakes My thoughts like Medusa’s writhing hair near a flame Shall I be loyal to the demands of heart or mind? Why are they

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