"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people." --Rosa Parks
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The term terrorist has nothing to do with the act itself and everything to do with the identity of the actor, especially his or her religious identity.
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تا ما جم می خوردیم دیگ بخار تحمل ایشون سوت می زد و خط کش را مثل گرز اسفندیار می برد بالا و به کت و کول ما فرود می آورد
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در پاسخ به فرا خوانی نگارش در مجموعه ی ایران، آزادی بیان
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دعوت نگارش: ایران، آزادی بیان
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Signs of a different kind of promise -- of the birth of self, the will to live
February 11, 2010 did not turn out to be the end of the regime in Tehran. But in time, it may prove to have been the end of something even more important for Iranians, and perhaps, for the Shiite culture. It was the end of an ancient love affair with death. It was the end of blind sacrifice—of martyrdom. We Iranians have always cherished blood. If there were no fresh supplies to stir us, the old were reliably in our memory. Year after year, the Ashura mourners, grieving the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in 680 AD, passed through the streets, beating their chests—the clinking of their chains ominously echoing in the air.
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خیلی دیر شده بود. تمام راه را دویدم. به غیر از دقیقه ای که از شدت خستگی در یک نقطه ایستادم، دستهایم را بر زانوهایم گذاشتم و نفسی تازه کردم، هیچ توقف دیگری نداشتم
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