If we want to solve Iran’s problems we have to be serious and pragmatic. It’s a chess game. It needs strategy and dedication far more

As a 39 year old Latina I travel in two worlds, Hispanic and American culture. I speak English and Spanish fluently, my French could use

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We were invited to attend my cousin’s wedding in Switzerland. We figured we’d make a vacation out of it, and also visit Italy while we’re

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Let us as football fanatics be just that: fanatics, and let the extremities of our emotions overwhelm our logic in dealing with the continuation of

In 2001, while on a business trip, I was invited to the home of a family in Mashad as their new family member. They were

There is a large, old-fashioned house in my village that has visibly withstood both the harsh elements of nature and social struggles. Its presence is

The most popular way to describe the Chaos Theory is that a butterfly’s wings fluttering might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause

What’s so special about camping holidays you might ask? What with dodgy shared toilets, dodgy shared shower facilities and the risk of rain flooding your

In Las Vegas lingo, the rich and super rich are called slum-bills, slim-bills and slam-bills. A slumbill is someone with lets say $50 million or

A screw, a defective one, that’s what I am. Pay attention! I’m not a nail. Nails are flat head with no character I say. They

This is a short play about an Iranian boy who gets disowned by his father. Part 1 The players: Farhad, a young Iranian boy Eric,

The Turks are misunderstood by Westerners who have never set foot in this country. I do not believe there is a race of men more

Those in the Iranian socialist opposition arguing for a nuclear-free Iran have either been absent from the Western left’s discourse or have been getting the

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nearly did not make it onto the list of candidates for the 2005 presidential elections. Other candidates, such as Ali Larijani (current head

Turkey has advanced in many ways in the last quarter century. Istanbul continues to be a city of amazing historic sites, Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques,

The Sun rises because we will her to rise. Her rays are made beautiful by our eyes. In the microcosm, perception forges our reality: We

The earthquake drunkenly rolled into town. A town that, seen from above, was the greenest line holding onto the hill’s shadow to guard the olive

This is the revised version of my Poem, “Ah, Los Angeles” first published in Persian in “Daftar-haye Shanbeh” No. 2, 1994 and then in English

These photos, like the group that was posted here in April [see:

Eyeglasses. There is no other accessory I love more than a nice pair of glasses. Purses are carried under my arm, shoes are on my

This travelogue focuses on three countries: Uganda, Indonesia and Ethiopia. My journey took me through villages, communities and towns where I met hundreds and learned

It’s been almost 7 years since the destruction of the World Trade Center towers by a group of people who called themselves Moslems. Ever since,

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