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Your "ten reasons" cartoon left out a major reason why some of us buy full-size cars: Because we're taller than…
You appear to have spelled “traitor” as “traiter” on the poster in the cartoon. Elon fired the person in charge…
Kate - I think you're right. But I bet that Condoleeza Rice could have had a pretty good chance at…
When I was a kid all pop and beer came in glass bottles. You'd save them and then, after fighting…
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Category Archives: Iran
Everyone Who Reads Rumi in English Should Read This New Yorker Article
Written by Rozina Ali, the article is called “The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi,” and it says something that Iranians I know have been saying for a very long time—something that I learned from them, in fact. … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Islam, Writing
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One Reason It’s Important to Pay Attention to the Elections in Iran
https://www.facebook.com/iranwireenglish/videos/975076229235655/ This is important to pay attention to not because it means women are suddenly free of discrimination and oppression in Iran, but because it demonstrates that Iranian women are not the helpless, powerless victims they are often portrayed as … Continue reading
Posted in Iran
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“Our Man in Tehran” – A Really Interesting Series from The New York Times
The New York Times is running a really interesting series on its website called Our Man in Tehran (the link will take you to episode one). Thomas Erdbrink, the paper’s bureau chief in Tehran has made seven brief videos meant to capture … Continue reading
Workplace Politics: Is the Risk Worth the Danger?
In “Story 16” in “Padeshahan,” or “Kings,” the first chapter of Sa’di’s Golestan—the stories are simply numbered; they are not given titles—the protagonist is having a hard time earning enough money to support his family. He has become so poor, … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Writing
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I’ve Lived Until The End of My Desires
I’ve heard more than a few jokes about men who, after finding the proverbial genie in a bottle, manage to screw up their three wishes. The one that comes to me now involves a man who walks into a bar … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Writing
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The Viper Strikes, and Lives
I have been fascinated by metaphor since I was an undergraduate linguistics major, when one of my professors assigned parts of Metaphors We Live By, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. In that book, Lakoff and Johnson argue that, as … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Writing
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There are non-huge cars that are designed to fit tall people. You'd probably have more room in a c-max than…