Possible help by AIC in getting Shakeri released
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Healthy exchange of opinions or a kucheh-style brawl?
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Photo essay: Niagra Falls
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A long chat with Maz Jobrani
“I’m Pehrzheean!” actor Maz Jobrani declares in one of his Axis of Evil stand up comedy routines. To find out how “Pehrzheean” Jobrani really is, I sent him an email asking if ever puts raw eggs on his rice. “What red-blooded Iranian doesn’t?” was his reply. Later I met Jobrani in person. He’d invited me to watch his performance at Punchline, the illustrious San Francisco comedy club that has also hosted Chris Rock, Ellen Degeneres, Dana Carvey, Margaret Cho, Dave Chapelle, Rosie O’Donnell, and Robin Williams. Afterwards, we met in a nearby pub. Jobrani was in a sprightly mood.
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I answered the phone and said hello and once I heard the first word I knew it. It was Ali himself calling me to let me know that he was back with his family. He sounded tired and did not want to talk to him for long. I told him I will call in a few days when is rested. I did not know how to react. I was happy that he is safe and sound and yet I was sad to see a gentile man such as Ali, spend four months of his life in prison not knowing what the charges are or what the future holds.
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Nothing is more evil than child abuse
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FICTION
Still dark. A rope and torn nails. Emptiness beneath steps. I’m innocent. Stares. Faceless women in black. The early morning of a summer of burning suns. My father pushes the crowd. The crowd is pushing me. I slip through the legs, hips and shoulders to find a gap. I rise and don’t reach. I walk and don’t move. I sit on the dusty road. Nothing happens. I am bored. I look for the green pebbles or blue. I want to make a wall around me. Half sky, half forest. But the world has only grey pebbles.
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I suggest limiting the blogs to something like 1 blog a week.
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The Seyyeds indirectly control US debt.
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Radio Zamaneh reaches young people in Iran, from Amsterdam and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But what is the state of its promised independent journalism? Zamaneh’s self censorship. ‘The staff in Amsterdam is professional. But in Iran I work with many amateurs.’
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Rebirth and reemergence of Iran as a modern, secular democratic nation is nearing the completion of its gestational period
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