Tag Archive | "iran"

To Go or Not to Go

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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To Go or Not to Go

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) (Originally Posted on May 6th) For the past 8 years, whenever I’ve talked about returning to Iran in front of my parents, the whole room goes silent, and all its occupants save me become [...]

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Drug abuse, HIV, AIDS, does Iran have an epidemic on its hand?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Drug abuse, HIV, AIDS, does Iran have an epidemic on its hand?

Click Play To Listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Drug abuse, HIV, AIDS, does Iran have an epidemic on its hand? What drugs are currently used in Iran and where do they come from? How did HIV enter the country, how [...]

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Iran: What comes next?

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Guest Contributor: Masoud Shafaee It is now clear that the protests and resistance in Iran are no longer about the June 12th election. While a select few are talking of regime change and revolution, the fact is that the current situation resembles more of a civil rights movement. In many respects, this reality mirrors the choice [...]

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Are you Iranian?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Hi everyone, Thank you for letting me contribute to the blog. I am very excited about this and I hope I can start good discussions here. I am currently researching on the Iranian diasporic identity. I realize that many of you who grew up in America have appropriated Iranian/American culture and came up with a collective Iranian [...]

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Ali Karimi Done for Good?

Monday, October 13, 2008

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In an interesting turn of events, Ali Karimi has rejected his call-up to Team Melli last week. Although there were whispers in the Iranian media of his planned rejection of the offer, due to ill will stemming from his five-month suspension from Iran’s national football (soccer) team, the news still comes as a big surprise [...]

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