Well, the good news is the boys are back and the bad news is the boys are back from Iraq.
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Shah of Iran Mohamed Reza Pahlavi Greets Crown Prince of Iraq at Mehrabad Airport (1949)
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Human Rights Activist Ladan Boroumand and Azar Nafisi author of Reading Lolita in Tehran discuss the legacy of Hannah Arendt and the Role and Responsability of the Intellegenstia in Dictatorial Societies. Excellent Interview on VOA-PNN with Vafah Mostaghim aired yesterday Nov 6th 2008.
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دکتر مهدی فروغ را به یاد بیاوریم،
عزت گوشه گیر....
تئاتر هیچ چیز نیست مگر بازیگر، گفتگوی صدرالدین زاهد با حسن زرهی....
(هفته نامه شهروند چاپ کانادا)....
تئاتر دو زبانه و نسل دوم ایرانیان لس آنجلس بشنوید
* گفتگو با هوشنگ توزیع و ایمان خاموشیان و....
* گزارش ویژه رادیو فردا در مورد تئاتر ایرانیان لس آنجلس،
* از فیروزه خطیبی....
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Those who distrust America like Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, or Hollywood like Film Critic Hamid Dabashi should ponder on these scenes From the John Ford Classic Bio Epic on America's 16th President.
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Isn't it funny how music evokes memories
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USA
America today is not the America before this election
The American voters proved me wrong. They proved my scepticism that they (almost 75% white population) would not vote for a black man. I am actually glad that I was proved wrong and that Americans proved that they have so quickly moved so much, from slavery, and then segregation, to even electing a black president in such a short time; short for human social progress that is. America is great because of its ability to progress, evolve, and become a better and better place. We can say so much about this election and there is indeed a lot to say. People my type do not usually get excited about much, especially individuals, and very often pretty much about anything. Others get excited, and then get disappointed. When you don't get excited, you have less chances of disappointment too. Life seems a bit more boring like this. But it is a much safer place when you take the boring approach
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NEW POLICY
What do Obama and Khatami have in common?
I want to let you my fellow hamvatans know that the result of this election does not automatically translate into fulfill any of your wishes. There is no comfort zone and there will be a ton of hard work ahead of us. Regardless of the result of the US election, that we celebrated dearly, naively and perhaps prematurely, we should think hard how we can prevent the US policies towards Iran to be hijacked again. I voted for Obama but for the hope of change not seeing the repeated scenes in US politics. I recommend Mr. Obama to visit Iranian modern history especially the part that relates to President Khatami. Believe it or not, the last 30 years of Iranian modern history resembles much of US 200 years of existence. Mr. Khatami came with a broad message of hope and change
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OBSERVER
A personal diary from Iraq
My first glimpses of Baghdad are burned deep into memory, as if they belong to a vanished place. Palm groves swish in a soft autumn breeze, as the muddy waters of the Tigris River stream through the city. The green riverbank is lined with shabby fish restaurants, and the skyline is dotted with an architectural variety of marble palaces, blue-domed mosques, gigantic statues made of steel, colonial houses with engraved balconies, and multistory, seventies-style office buildings. The roads, wide and well paved, are jammed with cars. In a crowded market, peddlers push wooden carts full of fruit and fresh herbs, and a bookstore is stocked with old translated copies of Russian literature and Shakespeare’s poetry
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