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Discovering my history: Hafez Nazeri YOU ROCK!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Someone in Congress needs a geography lesson: urgent action necessary

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Take Action! Rep Barrett is trying to pass the STEP (Stop Terrorists Entry Program) Act tomorrow, first introduced in 2003.  If passed, this bill would deport all Iranians (and Cubans by the way) on student and work visas. Rep. Barrett, I think you need a geography lesson.  Iran is the country where the people are [...]

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An elder’s wise and kind words

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The best thing I have read in a long time.  It is never simple, must remember not to fall into polarized thinking.  Self discipline, nonviolence, accepting all, democracy are the only way forward:

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From Iran today

Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Take Action! From Shiraz today: December 29, 2009 Allah-o-Akbar! At various schools more people are wearing “something green” today. Calls of Allah-o-Akbar rang out in the XX neighborhood tonight from 9:00 – 9:30 pm after months of silence. Many voices sounded urgent. Many new voices joined in – different from this summer. Some people who [...]

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From the U.S.: “A letter to all the fundamentalists in the world”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Take Action! This beautiful poem was written by a friend of mine today: She is beautiful, Her power is immense, She takes in life as it was meant to be, with gusto, She is beholden to none other than herself, Not her community’s customs, nor religion, Her religion is love, Does it matter if she [...]

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What we can and must do!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Take Action! Had dinner last night with my parents, who just came back from Iran.  It was a wonderful, multi-generational dinner, with a couple of families.  It was one of those rare events where parents and children shared their history, emotions, and planned ahead.  I feel lucky to have been present. At first the older [...]

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Time magazine: Ben over Neda

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Aw common Time magazine, how you gonna do us like this?  So, there was this huge effort to get the Iranian protesters to be Time magazine’s people of the year.  One of the only rewards we have for standing up to brutal oppression is international encouragement or at the least acknowledgement.  By not supporting the [...]

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Saadi on gooze (passing gas) and the human condition

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A friend and Saadi scholar sent me the following translation today:  “A noble man had some gas in his stomach. He could not hold it any longer, so he let it out. He said, ‘Friends, what just took place was out of my control; I did not mean to do it. Grant me this sin. It [...]

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Tomorrow

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today, the following text and links: Interesting. I couldn’t send anything from hotmail – which NEVER gives me problems. Lots of news. They’re filtering – everythin. Persatellite channels too. 2morow is d-day – I mean pearl harbor.

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11/25/09 From Iran today

Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today, a link to an article on “sexting” in Tehran.  My favorite line: “But is Bluetooth sexting and self-made Iranian pornography a revolutionary act?”

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