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Good news!  We’ve started finding dancers and started imagining a dance production for the persian diaspora.  I’d LOVE any comments and/or suggestions.  Which song do you think we should dance to?  This is my current list of potential songs to dance to.  It is going to be urban/persian, and a real reflection of who we are. [...]

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Today my cousin and sibling are going to Iran.  So, with extreme humility, I am asking dear universe, for one more favor.  Please let them survive.  I am just recovering from the loss of another sibling to violence and don’t think I can take anything else.  I know, I should be quiet then, I should [...]

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From Shiraz today: Monday, December 07, 2009 It’s Raining Cats and Dogs on University Students’ Day! It’s really raining in Shiraz – so much so that only the hardiest of people would ever go out on a protest! It’s also very cold. We drove past the student dorms to drop our child off at school. [...]

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From Shiraz today: Monday, November 30, 2009 When Will 16 Azar Ever Get Here?! Mowjcamp reported that 3 other Shiraz University students were summoned to the university disciplinary committee from the law school in efforts to prevent any sort of gatherings and protest on Dec.7, Students’ Day. One student’s punishment is to be banned from [...]

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From Shiraz today: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Dishes The other day I looked down on the houses I pass by on the way to my son’s school. It is in a lower middle class neighborhood consisting of people considered “Sonnati” – traditional. I remember looking down on these same roofs in mid-June as the government [...]

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From Shiraz today: Saturday, November 21, 2009  Tension Rises 100 University of Shiraz professors and students in the Engineering Department met to discuss what to do about the students being held in prison. Some Basiji professors attended too. The despised university president was invited, but declined to attend. The purpose of the forum was to [...]

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From Shiraz today: Friday, November 20, 2009 A Walk in the Park As fall weather has finally hit Shiraz, the family went on a “Leaf Walk” in a village close by, that has beautiful fall colors. While our goal was to get away from the news and tension for awhile and enjoy nature’s beauty, we [...]

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From Shiraz today: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Take more Prisoners In an effort to prevent student demonstrations on Dec. 7 two more Shiraz University students were picked up by the Intelligence Ministry when they were called in by the administration to face the disciplinary board.  They are Neda Eskandari and Khadijeh Ghahremani. Other students have [...]

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From Shiraz today: November 19, 2009 Shiraz University Update News is so sparse these days; people are so afraid to talk; IRIB (Iran’s TV station) is useless; international news focuses on the nuclear issue and not enough on the humanitarian crisis going on here – which is what is important to the people here. The [...]

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