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Beer with a bang

The bartender looked at her for a while, then without saying another word he opened up a can and poured it in a glass. The

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Laleh

Arash Izadkhasti writes: Hi, you should visit this site www.laleh.se. She is an Iranian living in Sweden. She sings in English, Swedish and Persian. I

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When in Iran do as the Brits do

On February 24th, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was (TMCA) swamped with the capital's young & hip 'honari' (artsy) crowd. Art lovers, university professors, established

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No queen of mine

Let me say first and foremost that I enjoyed reading Mr. Bahmani's article, ” My dream coffee with Farah Pahlavi “. I enjoyed the humor

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Pixels of me

This is me: Pictures I did with a digital camera+photoshop …. 8 photos …. …. 8 photos …. * Send this page to your friends

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Ladan, Laleh

From Raffles Hospital website in Singapore where Laleh and Ladan Bijani will be operated on, Sunday July 6 Thanks to Mehran Ebrahimi for sending this

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The last thing Iran needs

In the nearly quarter of century ensuing the Iranian revolution of 1979, millions of Iranians have become part of the new age Iranian Diaspora. In

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Dusk to dawn

(10 total) My name is Latifeh. My work starts at five in the morning, and goes on until five in the afternoon. It is hard

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New is good

“All things new are good.” Perhaps as a perverse reaction to ten millennia of history which weighs heavily upon the Iranian soul and society, all

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Palm groves survive

For all those who have said, “Oh, please! It's all about national interests.” In this, the land which requires ablution to step upon, you find

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Tehran spring

In Iran, those in power are always afraid of language and the weapon it may be or become; that is why the Establishment silences, imprisons,

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Desert refuge

We lost our way in the salt desert on the way to being swallowed by a myth. This is not a metaphor for anything; we

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No sand between my toes

I read, enjoyed, then studied and contemplated my feelings about the exquisitely articulated articles by Laleh Kahlili (“Loving an Iranian man”) and dAyi Hamid (“Loving

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Panbeh

By J. Javid New York The aged white wooden door squeaked open. I walked into the poorly lit home behind Tehran's Baharestan Square. It looked

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Ali’s Sweater

Another long bus trip in Iran lay ahead of me. I had been in the country just over two weeks and was still pleased that

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