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IRAN’S NEW MILLIONAIRES
By: Hossein Hosseini - hosseinih@hotmail.com
July 3rd, 2008
Guess where is the hottest real estate market in the world? If you guessed Tehran, you are right. While we are facing a major downturn in the American housing market, there are places in the world which are enjoying their biggest boom in history. One of those places is Tehran, ...

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Friend 2 Friend Opinion Column
By : Maryam Kebick - maryam.kebick@sympatico.ca
July 3rd, 2008: FROM FRIEND:As a woman who takes pride in her independence, how do I take steps to accept help from my partner? When I’m so used to doing everything on my own and solving all my own problems, ...

YOUR BUSINESS & CAREER: STRESS LESS
By : Hossein Hosseini - hosseinih@hotmail.com
July 3rd, 2008: In the current economic climate and today’s fast-paced work world, stress can often feel like a part of the job. But if stress happens too often or lasts too long, the results aren’t ...

Podcasts: The Best Kept Secret of the Digital Age
By : Babak Nabil - technology@nabili.com
July 3rd, 2008: If you don’t listen to Podcasts, you’re missing out on a whole world of alternative entertainment, education, news, and other content customized to your taste! Let me explain.Podcasts are ...

Short and Sweet
By : Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com
July 3rd, 2008: Forget the dress; last summer’s staple has officially been replaced by shorts. Shorts of all lengths- from Bermudas to itsy-bitsy hot shorts- are dominating the runways and the sidewalks. And ...

The Reader Within Me
By : Majid Naficy
July 3rd, 2008: In the triangle of author, text, and reader, the reader has a divine power. If one does not pick up the text, nothing comes alive and the author remains trapped in the lifeless letters of the text. ...

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Ah, Los Angeles By: Majid Naficy : July 3rd, 2008 Dubious nostalgia By: By: Shayan Safai - ssafai@uci.edu : July 3rd, 2008 love By: By: Azarin A. Sadegh - asadegh@yahoo.com : July 3rd, 2008 روس ها سران مشروطه تبریز را بدار آویختند By: دکتر رحمت مهراز : June 6th, 2008 Model Citizen, Model and Spokeswoman Parisa Katakis on family, career, and her message to Iranian American youth By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com : June 6th, 2008 Alice Cooper and Slash Honored for their Philanthropic Contributions By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com : June 6th, 2008 Rock and Roll CoutureSorum Noce's New Boutique Offers High End Pieces with a Rock and Roll Edge By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com : June 6th, 2008 Summer Loving By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com : June 6th, 2008 To Be a Father By: Babak Eskandari - goodteacher64@hotmail.com : June 6th, 2008 Rosewater and Soda Breada - novel by Marsha Mehran By: Shermineh Rohanizadeh - Shermineh.Rohanizadeh@gmail.com : June 6th, 2008		Technology Alert: The Digital TV Switchover Will Most Likely Not Affect You By: Babak Nabili - Senior Technology Editor - technology@nabili.com : June 6th, 2008 There is Only One Enemy, and It's Not Who You Think By: Arya Zarrinkelk - Arya.Zarrinkelk@pepperdine.edu : May 19th, 2008 The Most Stupid Race of All - A racially insensitive commentary By: Saeed Tavakkol - www.tavakkol.info ر : May 19th, 2008 The Right To Be Free By: Maryam Kebick - maryam.kebick@sympatico.ca : May 19th, 2008 Being a Foreigner By: Azarin Sadegh - asadegh@yahoo.com : May 19th, 2008 About Your E-Mail Address By: Babak Nabili -Senior Technology Editor - technology@nabili.com : May 19th, 2008 Hotelier’s passion for Persia given free rein on Iranian island By: Nazila Fathi : May 19th, 2008 Do you love me more? By: Azarin Sadegh : April 10th, 2008 Fighting Spirit - Philanthropist Noosheen Hashemi on How Helping Others is the Greatest Gift By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com : April 10th, 2008 The Fifth Iranian-American Persian Day Parade, Showcased with Persian Pride in New York City By: By: Davood N. Rahni : April 10th, 2008

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The New P5+1 Package of Incentives to Iran: Neither New nor Improved
By : Muhammad Sahimi and Nader Bagherzadeh
July 3rd, 2008:The latest proposal by the P5+1 group that calls on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program in return for a package of incentives is not nearly enough to entice Iran to suspend the program. The proposal is long on vague promises, and needless ...
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Politics

Disband the Republican Party
By : Mansour Djadali - dj1327@gmail.com
July 3rd, 2008:This suggestion is not as far fetched as it may seem. My observation and experience of contemporary American history compels me to recommend it as a serious consideration. We can forgive dirty political tricks, but not the propensity of ...
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Healthً

How to Beat Insomnia
By : Siamak Nabili, M.D., MPH - Senior Medical Editor
July 3rd, 2008:If you are reading this article in the middle of the night because you can’t sleep, STOP! Close the journal, turn off the light and start to slow down your brain and relax your body until you fall sleep. You can read the rest of this in the ...
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Psychology

Friend 2 Friend Opinion Column
By : Maryam Kebick - maryam.kebick@sympatico.ca
June 6th, 2008:FROM FRIEND:Am I being unreasonable or too needy when my boyfriend of four months spends too much time at work and I want to spend more time with him? First, how do I bring this up with him and second, how do I get him to understand where ...
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Culture, Art & History

Norooz Simplified: The Persian New Year
By : Hossein Hosseini
March 12th, 2008:This month I decided to give our readers, especially non-Iranians, a simple explanation of Norooz, the Persian New Year. Contents are adopted from writings of Goli Khatibloo and Dr. Ali Akbar Jafarey, to whom I am grateful. As the winter ...
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Satire

No way back
By : Pedram Moallemian
July 16th, 2007:Ebrahim Nabavi is confident about the reform movementThis article was first published in Payvand.com.To listen to the audio, click here: (Part 1) (Part 2)Whether you agree with his point of view or not, there is no doubt that Ebrahim Nabavi has ...
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Current Affairs

Latest IAEA Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program and US Media
By : By: Nader Bagherzadeh - nader@uci.edu
July 3rd, 2008:Remember the run up to the Iraq war back in 2002? Well, the so called “liberal” US media sources, such as the New York Times (NYT) [1] and the Washington Post (WP) [2], are at it again, this time regarding Iran’s nuclear program. ...
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Healthً

Zero Calories & Weight Gain?
By : Dr. Nona Djavid, D.C - www.balanceinmotion.com
July 3rd, 2008:The incidence of people who are obese has increased dramatically in the past 30 years. This suggests that this is not only an epidemic, but it has environmental factors and origins tied into it. This alarming epidemic of weight gain is ...
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Politics

It’s the Corruption, Stupid
By : Mansour Djadali - dj1327@gmail.com
June 6th, 2008:The unmitigated disaster that has been the Bush presidency for this country and for the world has, interestingly but unexpectedly, also set a historic precedence at the same time. Normally, it takes years, and sometimes decades, for historians ...
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Psychology

In the search of the love you wantFor singles looking for a lifelong love
By : Farzaneh S. Khazrai, Ph.D. - Marriage & Family Therapist - www.drkhazrai.com
June 6th, 2008:In the previous article I wrote that marriage does not help to escape or solve personal problems. One of the important tasks during the single-hood is to pay attention to personal and emotional difficulties that you may have been ...
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Culture, Art & History

Eid Didany: Eat 'til You're Beat - A Very Special Iranian New Year Tradition
By : Hamid Taghavi
March 12th, 2008:Noruz is a time of rejuvenation in Iran. It's a time for spring cleaning, planting flowers in the garden and buying new clothes. A few days before Noruz, a remarkable change in nature takes place. Fruit trees blossom and cities become blanketed with ...
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The Cars, They Are A-Changing
By: Newsha Mostafavi - newsha@ashena.com
July 3rd, 2008 | Current Affairs
Answers to Your Beauty Questions
By: Mehrzad Zamanpour - mehrzee@yahoo.com
July 3rd, 2008 | Healthً
To Be Born
By: Azarin A. Sadegh - asadegh@yahoo.com
June 6th, 2008 | Psychology
Can the U.S. and Iran Share the Middle East?
By: Trita Parsi
May 19th, 2008 | Politics
Musings of a Middle-Aged Iranian Woman
By: Nazy Kaviani
March 12th, 2008 | Culture, Art & History

Should rising oil prices affect your investment strategies?
By: Ali Bavarian - Ali.Bavarian@edwardjones.com
July 3rd, 2008 | Current Affairs
All Natural Beauty Remedies
By: Mehrzad Zamanpour - mehrzee@yahoo.com
June 6th, 2008 | Healthً
The Time for Equality is Now - Part II
By: Babak Eskandari - goodteacher64@hotmail.com
May 19th, 2008 | Politics
In the search of the love you want: For singles looking for a lifelong love
By: Farzaneh S. Khazrai, Ph.D. - Marriage &amp; Family Therapist - www.drkhazrai.com
May 19th, 2008 | Psychology
A Portrait of an Artist as a Senior Citizen
By: Mansour Djadali
March 11th, 2008 | Culture, Art & History

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