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Iran at the Seams - A Review of Mehrdad Baladi's Houri
By: Charles R. Larson
August 17th, 2010
In Mehrdad Balali’s disturbing novel, Houri, there’s a brief moment at the beginning that is emblematic of much of the subsequent story.  As the narrator returns to his native Iran and the airplane enters Iranian airspace, “Flight attendants hurried to remove wine and whisky ...

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The Documentary Story
By : Roya Iravani
August 17th, 2010: In recent years, the documentary film genre has become more popular and high profile, though it is still generally far less popular than other genres, such as action adventure. Many of today's ...
Persepolis' Next Chapter
By : Darius Kadivar
August 17th, 2010: Directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud were back on the French Croisette in Cannes, but this time not to present a new movie but to announce the making of two in a near future. The ...
Rapping in Tehran
By : Bijan Tehrani
July 20th, 2010:  Hassan Khademi , the Iranian director of "Rapping in Tehran", is a graduate with MA of Arts from University of Tehran and has conducted several research projects about Iranian underground ...
Three Persian Tenors
By : Ferial Mosharaf ferialm@hotmail.com
July 20th, 2010: I had to work Memorial Day weekend. However, I had decided to live the width of my life as well as worrying about the length. So, I say yes to anything that sounds slightly interesting such as ...
Attack on Cinema
By : Ali Naderzad
June 21st, 2010: Copie Conforme, the new Abbas Kiarostami film which was shot on location in Italy with Juliette Binoche and opera singer William Shimmel, has been highly anticipated at this Cannes Festival. I have a ...
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Is Addiction Part of a Bigger Problem?
By : Farid Tabrizy Farid@harmonyheals.com
August 17th, 2010:Many of our American contemporaries have grown up in a quick-fix society, as many of us have experienced. Whatever our objective is at the time, it must be achieved as soon as possible. A common phrase used with the intent to decelerate our behavior ...
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Current Affairs
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Discharge Q&A
By : Mona Parsa info@monaparsalaw.comQ:
August 17th, 2010:I keep getting phone calls and letters from credit card companies. They are annoying! Can bankruptcy stop this?A: Yes! Once you file for bankruptcy, your creditors are legally required to stop all collection actions on your debts. After your case ...
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Politics
Can President Obama Keep His Promise?
By : Jamal Abdi
August 17th, 2010:The early verdict on the new Iran sanctions is that even the "smart" sanctions have proven to be, well, dumb. Instead of targeting Iranian government officials connected to the nuclear program or who are complicit in human rights abuses, the new ...
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Psychology
OCD in Children & Adolescents
By : Farzaneh S. Khazrai, Ph.D. www.drkhazrai.com fkhazrai@cox.net
August 17th, 2010:It is normal for children, at various stages of development, to be concerned about sameness and symmetry and having things perfect; to insist on certain bedtime routines, to develop odd superstitions and rituals like avoiding cracks in the sidewalk. ...
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Culture, Art & History
The Farva-WHAT?
By : Tehran SoParvaz
November 13th, 2009:I remember when it was such a special treat to see a Farvahar on someone’s neck.  It was such a strong symbol of Persian culture, society, unity, Zoroastrianism and Iranian culture that it made me proud.  Now the Farvahar has become ...
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Austin, Texas, The Second Home of Khayyam
By : Ferial Mosharaf
May 5th, 2009:Austin, Texas,    The Second Home of  KhayyamHere with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse -- and Thou     Beside me singing in the Wilderness --And Wilderness is Paradise ...
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Satire, Poetry, Prose
The Wandering Dervish from Tehran, New York
By : Afarin aka Ajaya - Ajaya.yoga@yahoo.com
May 5th, 2009:The Wandering Dervish from Tehran, New YorkDearest Readers, These are some unedited poems and some unfinished verses from the fictional character in my mother-daughter novel, Ziba. Marjan, or coral, is the name of this young, Marxist revolutionary. ...
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Iranian Cure for the Delta’s Blues
By : Joel K. Bourne Jr.
August 17th, 2010:Baptist Town, with its tumbledown clapboard shacks on the wrong side of the tracks in Greenwood, Miss., seems an unlikely spot for any kind of revolution, especially one inspired by the Islamic Republic of Iran. But soon, that Mississippi ...
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Psychology
Raised as an Iranian Woman - Cultural values were much more influential than acknowledging my own feelings
By : Sherri Nader
July 20th, 2010:As I was grading a student paper for a psychology course I’m teaching, I kept thinking about how the student who wrote the paper was so quiet during the lectures, never talking or volunteering for any of the class activities. Not that she ...
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Current Affairs
E-Mail Forward Mania!
By : Babak Nabili Senior Technology Editor technology@nabili.com
July 20th, 2010:The other night, after a long day at work, I opened my personal inbox to find more than 100 new e-mails piled up since the night before. Nothing unusual, since I have many friends who are, for lack of a better phase, active forwarders! Some are ...
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Politics
The Middle East Crisis and the Rise of Turkey
By : Saeid Youssefi
July 20th, 2010:The deadly raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla by the Israeli commandoes, on May 31, drew strong international condemnation.  As the result of this raid more than ten relief workers, mostly Turkish citizens, lost their life. This event ...
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Culture, Art & History
Lovely Loungewear
By : Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com
November 13th, 2009:When it comes to style and fashion, an unspoken hierarchy exists. We will spend all kinds of money on party dresses, stylish work clothes, handbags big and small, and shoes of all sorts. The one area that we neglect the most is loungewear. In my ...
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Satire, Poetry, Prose
Lady and the Dog
By : Afarin aka Ajaya
April 6th, 2009:I left Burt in good hands, with my suicidal ex-roommate who loved that cat more than she loved herself. Two months into living with her, I learned she was fond of cutting herself as a way of pacifying her psychic pain. She was used to neglect and ...
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