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An Iranian Med Student in South Africa08/11/2010
We’ve just launched a web-series called “Dr. Elham”. You’ll see the episodes posted on our home page and in its specified section. Each week for the next eight weeks we will be releasing another...
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The more you learn the less you know07/29/2010
When I was pregnant, I was told to exercise, to eat right, to walk, to breath and to try and give birth naturally. I had a myriad discussions around breastfeeding, the length of breastfeeding and...
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And why I think we do care06/25/2010
“Who cares what anyone says” is what I recently told a friend of mine who was suffering from a classic case of peer pressure. In the academic circles she’s in, raising kids is seen as a task for...
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And no fair trial06/18/2010
In yesterday’s game against Uruguay South Africa’s goalie was given a red card – unfairly I might add! ☺ You’re left feeling like you want to defend your position but you can’t! After all in...
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06/13/2010
People gather in Johannesburg, South Africa during the opening of the World Cup to campaign for human rights in Iran - particularly in support of Mohammad Oliyaifard and Behrouz Tehrani....
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When the mic does not switch off06/02/2010
How does the whole privacy debate around social networking sites and the web affect you? Personally, there are days when I’m tempted to remove myself off Facebook and times when I leave my cell...
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When Iranians flatter the British04/13/2010
South Africa is busy launching a charter of religious rights and freedoms. It’s amazing, really, what this country does in terms of innovations on human rights and concepts of mutualism. Try and...
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Things I'm thankful for this Naw Ruz03/20/2010
Finally I am thankful to Iranians for stirring my soul with their green human rights movement. I grew up apologizing for being Iranian. Now I am proud to say that I am. The other day I was sick,...
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Things I'm thankful for this Naw Ruz03/19/2010
I’m thankful to be discovering the fast in a whole new way. I have not been able to fast this year. It’s been bittersweet, because I miss the sense of strength and freedom that fasting gives me....
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Things I'm thankful for this Naw Ruz03/16/2010
As the countdown to Naw Ruz continues, I'm counting my blessings. Number 4 on my list (which is in no particular order) is my son's happy disposition. I am thankful that he is filled with so much...
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Things I'm thankful for this Naw Ruz03/13/2010
In the spirit of Naw Ruz, I'm counting my blessings this year. Another thing I'm thankful for is being alive in this day and age. A dear friend of mine says that we live in the best times. It’s...
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Things I'm thankful for this Naw Ruz03/11/2010
In the spirit of the Persian and Baha'i New Year, I'm counting my blessings this year. The second thing I'm thankful for, is that I have been able to reconnect with a lot of long lost family...
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And why I light firecrackers in March03/10/2010
March 21 marks the Persian New Year, Naw Ruz. You can Google or Wikipedia it and read up about the history of this festival. But what’s more significant is that the Baha’i Faith (...
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And the freedom to play my notes, not yours02/26/2010
In my son’s children’s prayer book, there is a sentence that has always baffled me: “…bestow Thou freedom while in a state of childhood…”
I thought he was already pretty “free”: free to get...
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A crisis of faith01/25/2010
So this friend of a friend’s arrives from Iran. It’s his first time out of the country and from the moment he arrives he’s blown away by everything that is different to what he had imagined. First...
