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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Pea Boy and Other stories from Iran &#8211; Amazon
One good news among all the bad ones: Shirin&#8217;s second children&#8217;s picture book is out. My best wishes to this wonderful, witty, funny and talented young lady  

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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is called the &#8220;Green tree&#8221;, it is in the Kish Island &#8211; Photo by Azadeh
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		<title>9 &#8211; 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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11 September the movie
11 mn 9 sec by Samira Makhmalbaf
In an Afghan refugee camp close to Iran &#8211; Afghanistan border:
The whole community is busy making sun-dried adobes to build a shelter in anticipation of the American attack.
The school teacher seems to be the only one to realize the uselessness of all these activities.
She explains the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3405&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9 &#8211; 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prelude?

1953   &#8211;   9-9-2001
I have always been fascinated by his expressive eyes.
Picture from here
Massoud at Boogi&#8217;s
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		<title>Who are they?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this documentary a while ago on google video. This movie is no longer online but there seem to be download possibilities. This 5mn excerpt will give you a taste of it.

Who are these young Iranians so often in the headlines in recent months?
In Dream of Silk, director Nahid Rezai returns to her all-girls [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3379&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier a friend was enquiring on where to find daily translations of Iranian news. Beside governmental websites and blogs I have already referred to, Enduring America (tag: Iran) and niacInsight have almost daily articles. I am not following any website regularly to have a firm recommendation. Your suggestions are welcomed.
Update: See also Balatarin, an Iranian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3372&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delkash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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1924 &#8211; September 2004
Another obituary post, in tune with the ambient mood: a tribute to Delkash&#8217;s powerful voice and songs. Some of her 50&#8217;s classics here.
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Iran album strikes web protest note : Young Iranians, with their fondness for Western music, are not the natural market for the country&#8217;s leading classical Persian musician, Mohammad Reza Shajarian. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3347&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This won&#8217;t do justice to him, consider it a simple acknowledgment.
Entrepreneur, editor, translator and writer Homayoun Sanati passed away on August 26th, 2009 at the age of 85
Road to Damask: A grand old man of Iranian enterprise talks to Michael Griffin about his life and his latest venture: organic rose essence for the high-end cosmetics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3341&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where are you rushing to?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8230; and amidst all that we even had a small and beautiful wedding. He was supposed to come back to Iran and start a business, now she is leaving the country with him.
Canadian universities see spike in Iranian applicants 
Goodbye Mr. Poet
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, while still in bed, I thought of this Iranian saying beshin, befarma, betamarg (&#8220;sit down&#8221;, &#8220;please sit down&#8221; and &#8220;get your ass down&#8221;), expressing the same content by different manners.
I thought of writing a post and illustrating this with a few examples. For instance you don&#8217;t agree with something like&#8230; let&#8217;s say &#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeyra.wordpress.com&blog=460135&post=3313&subd=homeyra&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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