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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. Ziba, which means beautiful, is the name of ...

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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 ...
Payam Teens, Write in. Right on!
By : Sandy Sepasi
April 6th, 2009: Payam Teens,Write in. Right on!The Wandering Dervish’s anti-establishment stance on life in our March 2009 issue was met with a lovely note of thanks by a young dervish-ette, much like herself. ...
Half a Child
By : Azarin A. Sadegh
April 6th, 2009: Half a ChildThe war started on the last day of the summer 1980. It changed everything. It destroyed our neighborhoods and brought whoever lived in the lasting ruins closer to each other, but it ...
The Wandering Dervish from Tehran, New York
By : Afarin aka Ajaya - Ajaya.yoga@yahoo.com
March 10th, 2009: The Wandering Dervish from Tehran, New YorkI almost moved again. I’ve moved six times since I came to California just over a year ago. This is a record, even for me. My parents have long called ...
Do you love poetry?
By : Azarin Sadegh
March 10th, 2009: "Do you love poetry?" Every night of the war, I listened to Shamloo reciting poetry by Rumi and Khayyam. In the dark, I paced the corners of my room, pausing for seconds by the window to watch the ...
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