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In the name of laughter

The people of Pakistan during the past couple of days have had the chance to enjoy a relatively humorous event. On July 5th, Pakistani security

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Faal foroosh

“Please agha, please buy a Faal” it just 200 tomans!” As we walked in former Pahlavi Avenue it was the fifth “faal foroosh” that confronted

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Donya 2 roozeh

I was listening to some Aref songs, while working on these cartoons. — a sort of Eydee for you. They recall movies and some songs

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Digital Hafiz

Shahram S. Nahavandi was born in 1950 in Gorgan, IRAN. He lived most part of his teen years in the beautiful city of Ahvaz and then

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Family first

As many of you may be aware, the National Organization for Women recently held a pro-choice rally here in Orange County, California. The gathering attracted

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Good is not good enough

                       In defense of ” Where are our good girls?”, Alireza made an interesting observation that many Persians abandon religious and moral beliefs because of

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Where are our good girls?

This essay is in response to the concerns of many single young and middle-aged Iranians who complain about the Iranian dating scene.  Specifically, it is

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Civil empire

Mr. Jonathan Jones author of article “” is a man of ignorance and obviously biased of historical facts and documentations.  It is evident he does

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Lady in red

Born 1966, Tehran. B.A. in painting from Tehran Art University. These were originally featured on Elahe Gallery Paintings

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The Mandaeans

These attacks have added to the hardships faced by the Mandaeans, which has resulted in attempted suicides in some Detention Centres. At other Centres, such

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Election boycott song. June 2005

Lyrics of the election boycott song (maker uknown, downloaded from gooya.com). It wasn't always intelligible, so please excuse my mistakes. — A.T. See English translation

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About

Click on poem to see next About Amid Sadeghi-Nasab is a writer and poet. Visit his site Shahrag.com. Poems * Tehran 1381 * * Barf-e

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Old births, new deaths

Three poems * Old births, new deaths * A whistle * Blind shadows Old births, new deaths there is a break between the existing and

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