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From: cheragh@alborz.mips.com (Mash Cheragh_Ali)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Az Div o Dad Maloolam
Date: 9 Apr 1992 21:58:52 GMT
Organization: The Light House
Distribution: world
Reply-To: cheragh@alborz.mips.com (Mash Cheragh-Ali)
NNTP-Posting-Host: alborz.mips.com

In article <1992Apr8.232345.563@athena.mit.edu>, nsohrabi@athena.mit.edu
(Naghmeh Sohrabi) writes:
> 
> 
> Cheragh AghA,
> 
> |> I wish I could say that Islam isn't part of Iran's culture. 
However, that's 
> |> not an easy claim to make.  So let's say that Islam is there.
> 
> I was just wondering why you would wish to say that Islam isn't part
of Iran's
> culture?
> 

Naghmeh khAnoom,

Let's just say that I don't appreciate Islam because to me it
represents a black veil.  And I'm not talking about that black rag
that's covering our beautiful women.  That's definitely not desirable. 
However, I'm talking about that black veil that's covering our whole
country.  The one that doesn't let the sun through.  The one that stops
growth.  And that's the reason I wish I could say Islam wasn't part of
our culture.  I see Islam as an external element that has succeeded in
throwing itself on our culture and in feeding from it, without offering
anything for return.  

And let's say that I don't appreciate all the mourning and sadness that
Islam has brought to Iran.  I wish people would have real fun for a
change.  I wish they would stop wasting their Thursday nights (shabe
jom-eh) on crying for Shah Abdolazim or Hazrate Massoumeh, and their
Friday mornings on "Komail" prayers and more crying; and their vacations
on going to Mashhad and circling around Emam Reza and crying still more
so they can become a Mash like me :-). And I wish their biggest goal in
life wouldn't be visiting Mecca so they can purchase all the
electronics goods there and be called a Hadji upon return!  I wish they
would stop thinking about the best ten ways to mourn or to beat
themselves, and I wish they would start thinking about the best ten
ways to make love, to be happy, to excel.    

I guess since I'm only 42 years old (and not bald like Reza CM), I can
still wish as much as I want.  Haven't you heard:

	"Arezoo bar javAnAn eib nist" 
	(It's not wrong for the young men to have wishes)

MCA


P.S. Testing :-)
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: derek@locus.com (Dariush Keyani-Yazdi)
Subject: Re: Electronic MoshA'aereh (why not : -)?)
Keywords: Poetry and more poetry
Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:15:13 GMT

David Fayegh writes:
>hooshyar@scrp.stanford.edu (Hooshyar) writes:
>
>	ma'shoogheh mA gerAn nageerad hargez
>			veen sham' -o- cherAgh-e mA nameerad hargez
>	ham soorat -o- ham Ayeneh vallAh keh vayast
>			een Ayeneh zangee napazeerad hargez
>								"MowlAna"
>khAheshmand ast yek "z-e" lotf befarmA'eed
>

ey be chashm:

zAn mey-e eshgh kaz-oo pokhteh shavad har khAmi
			gar-cheh mAheh ramezAnast biAvar jAmi

								"Hafez"
--
Dariush

Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: towfiq@FTP.COM (Mark Towfiq)
Subject: Recognition of the Bab (was: Reply to  Bahaies  gang)
Reply-To: towfiq@FTP.COM
Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:15:39 GMT

>>>>> On Fri, 10 Apr 1992 03:37:28 GMT, seyyed@wuee1.wustl.edu (Seyyed
>>>>> Mahdavian) said:

sm> 1) What you say is not a paradox, it is a question. The worst
sm> thing we can imagine is that Moslems CANNOT realize when Mahdi (a)
sm> comes, what Qur'an and the Hadith mean, etc.

  Yes, you are right, this is the worst thing we can imagine.  And yet
this is what has happened since the beginning of time.  The Jews did
not accept Christ.  The Christians did not accept Muhammad.  The uncle
of the Bab raised similar points as you have, and in response to this,
Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i Iqan (Book of Certitude).  All of
your points are addressed in this book--if you accidentally happen
into a library again (:-)), I would suggest this book to investigate
the Baha'i Faith, not a book written *about* the Baha'i Faith.  Just
as you would want someone interested in Islam to read the Holy Qur'an.

  Here are two paragraphs from the Kitab-i Iqan which address your
point #1 above:

     Consider the past.  How many, both high and low, have, at all
   times, yearningly awaited the advent of the Manifestations of God
   in the sanctified persons of His chosen Ones.  How often have they
   expected His coming, how frequently have they prayed that the
   breeze of divine mercy might blow, and the promised Beauty step
   forth from behind the veil of concealment, and be made manifest to
   all the world.  And whensoever the portals of grace did open, and
   the clouds of divine bounty did rain upon mankind, and the light of
   the Unseen did shine above the horizon of celestial might, they all
   denied Him, and turned away from His face--the face of God Himself.
   Refer ye, to verify this truth, to that which hath been recorded in
   every sacred Book.

     Ponder for a moment, and reflect upon that which hath been the
   cause of such denial on the part of those who have searched with
   such earnestness and longing.  Their attack hath been more fierce
   than tongue or pen can describe.  Not one single Manifestation of
   Holiness hath appeared but He was afflicted by the denials, the
   repudiation, and the vehement opposition of the people around Him.
   Thus it hath been revealed "O the misery of men! No Messenger
   cometh unto them but they laugh Him to scorn." (Qur'an 36:30.)
   Again He saith: "Each nation hath plotted darkly against their
   Messenger to lay violent hold on Him, and disputed with vain words
   to invalidate the truth." (Qur'an 40:5.)

		-- Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i Iqan (Book of Certitude)
--
Mark Towfiq, FTP Software, towfiq@FTP.COM, W:+1 617 224 6275, H:+1 617 488 2818

Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged his belief in God and in His signs,
and recognized that "He shall not be asked of His doings."  Such a recognition
hath been made by God the ornament of every belief, and its very foundation.
		-- Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
From: bhoos@radarnet.hac.com (Bijan Hooshnam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Alumni of Community School, Tehran, Iran.
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:42:44 GMT
Reply-To: bhoos@radarnet.hac.com (Bijan Hooshnam)
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, Group Systems Group, Fullerton, Ca.

I'm looking for graduates/alumni of Community School, Tehran, Iran to ex-
change a few pleasantries with.  If there are any out there, contact me at
either:
            bhoos@radarnet.hac.com   or
            hooshnam@mipsl3.dnet.hac.com

Thank you-Bijan Hooshnam (Community School 1968-1975)
From: assana@polkadot.Eng.Sun.COM (Assana Fard)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Anyone needs a travel agent?
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:45:35 GMT
Reply-To: assana@polkadot.Eng.Sun.COM (Assana Fard)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: polkadot

Hello everyone.

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travel agent...so here's a recommandation! :)

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	18798 Cox Avenue
	Saratoga, Ca 95070

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	408/ 379 3853 -- Work
	408/ 379 8586 -- Fax

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[she also finds all this very low fairs! :) ]

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: derek@locus.com (Dariush Keyani-Yazdi)
Subject: Re: Electronic MoshA'aereh (why not : -)?)
Keywords: Poetry and more poetry
Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:33:40 GMT

David Fayegh writes:
>... I'll post a poem (usually a one-liner or bayt), 
>you follow-up with another poem (bayt) starting with the last letter of 
>the poem that I posted. 
>
>benAm-e khodAvand-e jAn-o hkerad
>                          kaz een bartar andeesheh bar nagzarad
>

Ok, here's my 'dal':

dast az talab nadAram tA kAm-e man bar-Ayad
			   yA tan resad be jAnAn yA jAn ze tan bar-Ayad
bogshAy torbatam rA ba'd az vafAt-o  bengar
			   kaz Atash-e daroonam dood az kafan  bar-Ayad

								"Hafez"
Another 'dal' anybody?
--
Dariush
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: fitch@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Chris the wonder Scout)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: An observation: (Re: Drinking Chai )
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:36:14 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.iranian
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

It's also called chai in Russian.
From: kamrani@ifi.uio.no (Kamran)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Already
Date: 11 Apr 92 13:03:41 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Originator: kamrani@bakken.ifi.uio.no


What about TA-HALA or TA-ALAAN or more formally (TA KONOON).
But I am sure that I don't stand a chance when BS comes with his
 suggestion. I remember that he once for a couple of weeks ago ranked
himself with Saadi, which reminds me of a history about KHAJOYE-
KERMANI who lived at the same time, and after hearing about Saadi, he
 left Kerman to meet Saadi in SHiraz and do some MOSHAERE.
Arriving in Shiraz after some search he finds Saadi's house and 
Saadi's daughter which too was famous of having inherited his father's
 talent opens the door and KHAJOO introduce himself with a verse.
 which I unfortunately do not remember and ask for Saadi, so she turns
around calling his father says:

 BABA BIA, BABA BIA SHAER ZE KERMAN AMADEH
                   KERMAN ZE GOH AMAD BOROON, EEN GOOH ZE KERMAN AMADEH

 to all kermanees, no offence meant.
-- 
IBN-BATUTE
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: minhaszt@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Reply to  Bahaies  gang
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:40:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucbeh.1992Apr12.134023.1088
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <1992Apr12.144849.29306@cco.caltech.edu>, bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes:
> In article <1992Apr11.193027.15780@athena.mit.edu> nsohrabi@athena.mit.edu (Naghmeh Sohrabi) writes:
> 
>>anyway, just to make a controversial statement, don't you think if seeghe is
>>"legalized" temporary prostitution, most (I said most) marriages are "legalized"
>>permanent prostitution also? (just a thought...)
> 
> Sounds like you're somewhat influenced by Haeri's book.  
> 
> To pose an even more controversial question:  Do you think Iranian women
> associate the hair on their head with pubic hair?  This view is held
> by S. Ha'eri in her book.  
> 
> Behnam Sadeghi
> 
> P.S.   An interesting point is that the author claims it to be HER OWN
> discovery that Iranian women associate the hair on their head with  
> pubic hair.  This a case of plagiarism because I had already read the
> same discovery in another book and the book is cited in Haeri's
> bibliography.
> 
> P.P.S.  The author cites no evidence for this interesting and 
> controversial finding.  (Typical of the rest of her book).
> 
> P.P.P.S  Those of you who think I am joking or making this 
> stuff up:  I am dead serious.  
> 

I read Haeri's book myself, I have _NO_ idea where she came with her
conclusions.

zafar
From: minhaszt@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Az Div o Dad Maloolam
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:50:21 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <ku6tfcINNi7g@spim.mips.com>, cheragh@alborz.mips.com (Mash Cheragh_Ali) writes:
> In article <1992Apr8.105650.1059@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>,
> minhaszt@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
>> In article <CMM.0.90.2.702657546.kambizm@svarte.ifi.uio.no>,
> kambizm@ifi.uio.no (Mobarekeh Kambiz Iranpour) writes:
>> > Di Sheikh ba cheragh hami gasht dor shahr 
>> >                        Az div o dad mallolam o ensanam arezoost
>> > 
>> > This board has become " meydan yeke taze" ultra nationalsts and rude
>> > fundamentalists. I here by plead normal people to come out of their
> holes and
>> > contribute with their intelligence and some originality. If nothing is done
>> > soon we will have a Islamic.soc instead of our board.
>>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>> >                                                 Kambiz
>> 
>> Could you please explain what you mean? Isn't Islam a part of the culture of 
>> Iran? Or is it that whenever Islam is being talked about the only thing you 
>> want to hear is voices disgreeing or attacking it, never mind whether they 
>> know anything about it or not? You know the way others say if one
> doesn't like
>> an article just type "n", why don't you do the same thing as well?
>> 
>> zafar
> 
> I wish I could say that Islam isn't part of Iran's culture.  However, that's 
> not an easy claim to make.  So let's say that Islam is there.  That still does
> not justify posting every Islamic article to SCI.  And don't try to use the
> "ctrl/n" excuse.  While ctrl/n is a solution, common sense is by far the most
> effective solution!
> 
> MCA 
> 
> P.S. How about if we balance it out.  For every WATERY Islamic article that 
>      you find/discover/extract from soc.this soc.that for us, we can dig out 
>      some DIRT from alt.atheism for you.  We can go MUD wrestling then :-)
> 
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start your engines.
zafar
From: amoojoon@ghahveh.khooneh.mash.yadollAh (Bacheh Morshed)
Subject: Re: Electronic MoshA'aereh (why not :-)?)
Keywords: Poetry and more poetry
Organization: naghAl khooneh
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 02:48:49 GMT

In article <181062@pyramid.pyramid.com> suzi@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Suzan Ehdaie) writes:

>In article <1992Apr14.073613.16758@cs.ubc.ca> fayegh@cs.ubc.ca (David Fayegh) writes:
>>
>>benAm-e khodAvand-e jAn-o hkerad
>>                          kaz een bartar andeesheh bar nagzarad
>>
>>(your bayt must start with a dAl -- or dAl bedeh :-)) 
>>
>>Cheers for now --df

>Hello :-)

>Di sheikh hami gasht gerd-e shahr ba cheragh

>       ke as div or dad malolam-o ensanam arezoost

>- Now start the other bayt with "Ta".



>Have a Beautiful Day, 

>Suzan

 To rA bA nabardeh daleerAn cheh kAr
                                to barzegari beelat Ayad beh kAR
                      
                                             (nothing personal)
 "reh" mohebbat befarmAyeen,

 amoojoon
From: sepehr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ramin S.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Terrorist Khomeini regime attacks an NLA Base
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:00:24 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <sehari.702607261@vincent1.iastate.edu> sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari) writes:
>
>an Islamic State, cost all of us, Iranians, a lot.  May god guide us all
						     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>to the right path.  May be this is a reason, that all the Moslems should
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>pray to the god and ask for guidance from the god 10 times a day,reading
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the Hamd Sora.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Babak Khaan , 

This is exactly our problem, we always waited for god or some unusual
thing to better our situation ..... we were always praying for higher
power to help , where we could find this power in ourselves but we are
too chicken to make a move , we don't have enough faith and trust on
ourselves , No more " god help me " , no more begging for a little
push , you can do it ....

cheers
From: alireza@eng.umd.edu (Alireza Karimzadeh-Rad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Already
Date: 11 Apr 92 20:19:26 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Apr11.130341.10765@ifi.uio.no> kamrani@ifi.uio.no (Kamran) writes:
>
>What about TA-HALA or TA-ALAAN or more formally (TA KONOON).

It is a very good attempt but I don't think the above mentioned words
capture the meaning of already exactly. Let me give you an example. If
you say "I've already read that book" it's not the same as saying, "Ta
konoon an ketab ra khandeh am". You probably could get away with
"Ghablan an ketab ra khandeh am", but it's still not dead exact.
Anyway I'm looking forward to other responses.


>But I am sure that I don't stand a chance when BS comes with his
> suggestion. I remember that he once for a couple of weeks ago ranked
>himself with Saadi, which reminds me of a history about KHAJOYE-
>KERMANI who lived at the same time, and after hearing about Saadi, he
> left Kerman to meet Saadi in SHiraz and do some MOSHAERE.
>Arriving in Shiraz after some search he finds Saadi's house and 
>Saadi's daughter which too was famous of having inherited his father's
> talent opens the door and KHAJOO introduce himself with a verse.
> which I unfortunately do not remember and ask for Saadi, so she turns
>around calling his father says:
>
> BABA BIA, BABA BIA SHAER ZE KERMAN AMADEH
>                   KERMAN ZE GOH AMAD BOROON, EEN GOOH ZE KERMAN AMADEH
>
> to all kermanees, no offence meant.
>-- 
>IBN-BATUTE

This time you got it exactly right. Well said.

Payandeh Baad Iran
Alireza
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: saied@odin.unomaha.edu (Saied*)
Subject: Re: Terrorist Khomeini regime attacks an NLA Base
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 00:20:17 GMT

arash@sunee.waterloo.edu (Arash Jahangir) writes:
[stuff deleted]
>Iraqis with all their resources and forien aid and airplanes and 
>missiles and whatever else did not mannage to overthrow the regime, just who
>do you think MKO are, supermen?

One small correction and one small comments about the
above article from Mr. Arash Jahangir:

First, the Iraqis had no intention of overthrowing the Khomeini
regime and thus their resources was not used as such. I think
their intention was to take over Khouzestan (or part of it.)
The Khomeini regime, on the other hand, had such an intention
and it declared it both prior to the war and during the war.
In addition to overthrowing the Iraqi government and installing
an akhoundism regime in Iraq, Khomeini declared its determination in
freeing Palestine thru Karbala (and of course with the help of
Israeli's arms)! With all the help it receive from Israel and 
the US, the Khomeini regime was only able to take over the Faw
island but was kicked out in 1988.

Second, the Mojahedin have always stated that they will free Iran
with the help of people. The NLA is there to confront the armed
forces of the regime; everything else is to be done by the people.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: saied@odin.unomaha.edu (Saied*)
Subject: Re: Terrorist Khomeini regime attacks an NLA Base
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 00:42:35 GMT

baze@milton.u.washington.edu (Behzad) writes:

>  The Mojahedeen have never displayed any class from the beginning.  They

Depends on how you define "class." If you define "class" as
closing their eyes to the Khomeini regime's crimes and keeping
quiet while the Khomeini regime destroyes Iran, then yes; the
Mojahedin have no such class.

>  are people who collaborated with the enemy (Iraq)

The enemy of Iran has been the Khomeini regime. Period. It has
been the Khomeini regiem that has destoryed Iran, its people, its
resources, its culture, its image, etc. The Mojahedin have done a
very good job in fighting this enemy of Iran.

>  Besides, the Mojahedeen are still at war with Iran, so they
>  shouldn't complain about an attack on them by Iran.  

Of course, the Mojahedin are still at war with the enemy of Iran,
i.e., the Khomeini regime. They are not complaining. (In fact,
they welcome such moves from the regime.) They only want to get
the world's attention to legitimize their own future actions.

>  People are entitled to their opinions, however, the Mojahedeen have been
>  a real embarrassment to our country.

The real embarrasment to our country has been the backward,
reactionary and terrorist akounds that have destroyed Iran. The
akounds who order raping young girls before they are executed;
who stone poor women; who officially order execution of girls as
young as 9 years old; who have practically destroyed everything
that was the source of pride for Iranians, ..., are the real
embarrasment.

On the other hand, the Mojahedin, with their consistent and
persistnet fight against this stone-age akhounds are in fact
buying pride and honor for the Iranians. It has been the
Mojaheidn who have never stopped fighting this evil regime; it
has been the Mojahedin who have exposed the Khomeini regime
crimes worldwide, etc. So the Mojahedin are the source of pride.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: ``Reh Bedeh...''   .-)
From: desert@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (Desert Man...)
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:30:15 MST
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Univ. of Arizona...,TSN, AZ...
Nntp-Posting-User: desert

In article <1992Apr15.065923.25943@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>, farhad@Tehran.Stanford.EDU (Farhad Shakeri) writes:
> 
> Doostan dar pardeh megooyam sokhan
> 			gotfteh khAhand shod bedastAn neez ham.
> 
> meem bedeh.

Ok! So it's late BUT!

MA-yAzarr Mooree keh dAnekesh ast
				  Keh jAnn dA-rado jAn khoosh ast,

MA-Zann barr sareh nAtawAn Dasteh Zoorr
				  Keh Roozee dAr oftee beh pAyAsh cheh Moorr!

						(Ferdowsi...)

Reh bedeh...

Ali...
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From: mtaghavi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Amir Taghavi)
Subject: Iraq accuses Iran of delay in prisoner swaps
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:19:25 GMT


	BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Ahmad Hussein Friday
accused Iran of employing delaying tactics in Geneva-based negotiations
on the exchange of prisoners of war captured during the 1980-88 Iran-
Iraq war, the Iraqi News Agency said.
	Hussein said Iraq was committed to the Geneva accord signed at the
end of the war, saying ``all its chapters are clear regarding a complete
and unconditional swap (of prisoners).''
	However, he accused Iran of delaying tactics in the exchange of
prisoners amid the Geneva negotiations, and of ``exploiting this
humanitarian issue for political purposes.''
	``Iraq hopes that Iran respects its commitments in line with the
Geneva accord and hands over all Iraqi prisoners without delay,'' he
said.
	Iraq has previously complained about Iran's alleged failure to
respect the Geneva accord, claiming the country has changed prisoner
exchange dates and the number of prisoners released at each swap.


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