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     Images of Women in Classical Persian Literature and the Contemporary Iranian Novel.
        By: Dr. Azar Nafisi

Shahrnush Parsipur's novel, Tuba va Ma'na-ye Shab (Tuba and the Meaning of the Night, Tehran, 1989) begins with a series of interesting images.  It opens at the end of the Qajar dynasty, at a time when western thought and new ways of living directly begin to influence and change the traditional closed society of Iran. In Full

 

 
 

 

Waleden Pond

  ãThe West Is Not Enough:ä An American Yankee's Scaling Heaven Via Persian and    Eastern  Quotations in Walden
         By: Melinda Barnhardt

Determining the extent to which Thoreauâs reading in Persian and Eastern philosophy and literature became an ãinfluenceä upon his writing of the American classic Walden is not an easy matter.  In Full

Characteristics of Iranians in exile (Faris) In Full
     By: Mehrzad Broojerdi

A Tale of Two Revolutions (American and French Revolution)
     By: Robert A. Peterson 

On the occasion of the 4th of July, American Independence Day, and July 14th the fall of Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution, we address this article.  In Full

 

Satire of the month by: Kayvon Sarkhosh

 

"1001Persian- English Proverbs" 
by: Simin Habibian
to order: contact Ms. Habibian 
shabib@erols.com

Since the revolution of 1979, Iranian women continue to amaze us with their talents and hard work. Their genuine efforts to improve themselves, their families, and their community has been phenomenal.  In Full

 

That Woman (Farsi) In Full
     By: Shirin Tabibzadeh