HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/persian_restaurants
                Keeper/Maintainer: bahman@mdi.com
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o persian_restaurants contains name, address, phone
                  number, price range, and comment on quality of food
                  on 63 Persian restaurants worldwide.

        ===============================================================

        - list of Iranian Travel Agencies world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/travel_agencies
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o travel_agencies contains name, address, and phone
                  number of 26 Iranian owned and/or operated travel
                  agencies world-wide.

        ===============================================================

        - list of Persian stores world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/stores
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o stores contains name, address, and phone number of
                  14 persian stores world-wide.

        ===============================================================

        - list of Iranian mail-order services world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/mail_order
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14
                  persian stores world-wide.

        ===============================================================

        - recipes of Persian dishes:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Recipes/
                Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o the recipe for for the following
                  dishes/appetizers/deserts/snacks are available in
                  the above directory in files with the same names:

                    abgousht
                    baghali_polo
                    chelo_sefeed
                    fereni
                    ghareghorout
                    halva
                    kabab_kubideh
                    khoresht_bamieh
                    khoresht_fesenjoon
                    khoresht_ghormeh_sabzi
                    khoresht_karafs
                    lavashak
                    nan_khamehie
                    paneer
                    rangeenak
                    tahcheen
                    zereshk_polo

        ===============================================================

        - pictures of SCI subscribers in gif format:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/travel_agencies

                o travel_agencies contains address, and phone number
                  of 26 Iranian owned and/or operated travel agencies
                  world-wide.

    ===================================================================

    8q. Where are the Persian/Middle Eastern stores/supermarkets in my
        area?

    8a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        -list of Persian stores world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/stores

                o stores contains address, and phone number of 14
                  persian stores world-wide.

    ===================================================================

    9q. Where can I find a Persian restaurant?

    9a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        - list of persian restaurants world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/persian_restaurants
                Keeper/Maintainer: bahman@mdi.com
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o persian_restaurants contains address, phone number,
                  price range, and comment on quality of food on 63
                  Persian restaurants worldwide.

    ===================================================================

   10q. What are the various Farsi magazines and newspapers, and how
        can I subscribe to them?

   10a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        - list of Farsi publications:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/publications
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o publications contains name, phone number, and
                  contact address of nearly 100 Farsi publications
                  world-wide.

    ===================================================================

   11q. What are the Iranian organizations around the world? How can I
        contact them?

   11a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        - list of Iranian organizations:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/organizations
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o organizations contains name, phone number, and
                  contact address of 34 Iranian organizations
                  world-wide.

    ===================================================================

   12q. If there is not a Persian store in the area that I live, how
        can I purchase some of the items that are likely to be found
        in Persian stores? Is mail order possible?

   12a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        -list of Iranian mail-order services world-wide
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/mail_order
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu

                o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14
                  persian stores world-wide.

    ===================================================================

   13q. Where can I get books in Farsi?

   13a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):

        - list of Persian bookstores:
Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/bookstores
                Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
                                   mack@isl.stanford.edu
                o bookstores contains name, phone number, and contact
                  address of 36 Persian bookstores, book distributors,
                  and publishers world-wide.

    ===================================================================

   14q. How do I watch a video cassette that was made in
        Iran/US/Europe? Where can I convert such videos from one
        system to another?

   14a. [someone help me with this --mack]

    ===================================================================

   15q. How can I post to soc.culture.iranian if I don't have posting
        capability, but have e-mail access? How can I post
        anonymously?

   15a. Mr. Shahrokh Mortazavi has been kind enough to set up a
        posting service that can be used via e-mail. Here's what you
        need to do:

        E-mail *anonymous* posts to : sci-anon-poster@handel.sun.com
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        Anonymous posts: lines after '--' in col 1 are removed (signatures)
                   >> Test before posting anonymously! <<

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: farhad@CS.Stanford.EDU (Farhad Shakeri)
Subject: Re: Question about rape
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:48:09 GMT

Mostafa Nofal writes:
|> I hope that Allah forgive of I did a mistake or I misunderstand.
|> And I and my family will be always fearing him.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Why do you fear him my dear?   She aint a monster!

Be Brave!

-- 

Farhad
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: zamie@zamiepcSanDiego.NCR.com (Zamie Mehraz)
Subject: Re: Hajji Baba Ispahani, the novel
Reply-To: zamie@zamiepcSanDiego.NCR.com (Zamie Mehraz)
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing, San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:20:23 GMT


Ooooops! Sorry for the incomplete version.  Here is the whole thing.

On the eve of the Constitutional Revolution (Enghlab Mash-Rotiat, 1906),
two books appeared in Persian that greatly influenced the coming events,
the awakening of the people, and the literary revival.  These were the
"Siyatnam-yi Ibrahim Beg" and the Persian version of James Morier's
remarkable novel, "The Adventure of Hajji Baba of Ispahan".

This picturesque and picaresque novel by Morier has been a source of
misapperehension and some speculation ever since it first appeared in
England in 1842.  This is mainly due to the dualcharacter of the book. 
On the one hand the picture drawn by Morier is sometimes preposterously
exaggerated, and therefore regard Hajji Baba as a typical Persian is
misleading.  On the other hand, the author displays such amazing
knowledge and understandig of the private lives, customs, and practice
of some sectors of Persian society that is difficult to credit a
foreigner with these meticulous observation.

Hajji Baba was a real person, namely, the historical Mirza Abu'l-Hassan,
the Persian Envoy Extraordinary to Great Britain, who accompanied Morier
on his journey to England from Persia. The book was translated from
French to Persian.  The original Hajji Baba, despite all the fame and
brilliance, is a one-sided, prejudiced, and exaggerated picture of only
certain aspects (and perhaps the worst) of Persian life; and the Persian
version because of the translator's religious and political bias, is
even more so.  The original translator was Mirza Habib Ispahani (where
later Bahar improved the translation).

The english version of this book is a humorous satire.  In this book,
they described the life of "mullahs".  It was mainlydisturbed the
religious dignitaries.  The description of court mannes, his exposure of
"mullahs" has a very funny look.  Also using proverbal poems that are
fitted into appropiate places give the Persian version an outstanding
look.  Malek'l Shoara-yi Bahar translation made this book as a new entry
for the 20th century writing that Jamal-Zadeh started with the story of
"Yeki Bood Yeki Nabood".  The new way of writing of simplicity started
since then and Persian literature is following that even today.
From: assana@polkadot.Eng.Sun.COM (assana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: A few pure Persian words from Shah-Nama
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:04:29 GMT
Followup-To: assana@polkadot.eng.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: polkadot

In article <1993Jan8.154537.21335@Princeton.EDU> bsadeghi@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Behzad Sadeghi) writes:
>In article <lkqfq8INNg8g@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> assana@polkadot.Eng.Sun.COM (assana) writes:
>
>you want to talk about shaahnameh, as they say in our "proud language"
>een gooyo een meydaan, pass begard taa begardam.

I'd love to have the knowledget to do so, however, since I don't, I'll just
listen to those who do, like Zamie.

>SOMETIMES!? we have been sounding like a broken record for the past
>2500 years of our "proud history".

I'm talking about SCI. Thought SCI's been around for about 3 years, now!

	[Stuff deleted]

>assanaye azeez, what does rusty farsi skills have to do with
>shaahnaameh?

What Zamie is trying to do is to introduce (re-introduce?) some
of the words that have persian roots. And shahnameh is a very good
source for such words, for obvious reasons. What seems to be your
problem?

>my point, which i can see you have totally missed as usual, was that
>the farsi that is spoken today is far from what is written in shahna.
>we are living in different times, our culture as well as our language
>and... have gone through much changes, 

I agree...and I didn't say we should speak and communicate with the same
language ferdosi uses in shahnameh. I just said that shahnameh is a good
source of persian words.

>and if you like to brush up on your "rusty farsi skills" i recommend 
>the following: first get to your nearest persian bookstore and try 
>reading for a change, and second, try hanging around iranians who have a better
>command on persian vocabulary (which maybe very hard in your case).

Mr. Sadeghi, one can never know it ALL, or know enough for that matter. 
If you know so much that think there's nothign one could add to your 
vast knowledge, I very much envy you. Otherwise, I suggest you start 
taking advantage of the flow of information that is freely available 
to you, instead of practicing your power of sarcasm and rudeness.

>with highest regards,
>behzad

I'm starting to notice a relationship between this phrase 
"with highest regards" and the poster's IQ?
--
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From: >>>>>> Anonymous
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: a poem [sci-anon-poster]
Date: 12 Jan 1993 19:54:01 GMT
Organization: Notgheh MajjAni, Inc.
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     Vagarna meeshekaneem bAlhAye doosteeyemAn rA.
 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: afshin@nynexst.com (Afshin Goodarzi)
Subject: A newsletter in postscript
Reply-To: afshin@nynexst.com
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 16:56:16 GMT

We (the Iranian association of Connecticut) has been publishing a newsletter in farsi
for over 2 years as a means of keeping in contact with the community...we have somewhat matured and I think need to start apealing to a wider audience.  
"Nameh-Doost" is an independent cultural publication with local news and cultural
articles, childrens section ..... We currently print ~500 every 6 weeks. 
This is a call to the net to find out if anyone is interested in recieving a postscript
version of the newsletter. 
Please send me email if you are interested. 

afshin
afshin@nynexst.com


Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: psc@sei.cmu.edu (Peter Capell)
Subject: Jesus etc.  
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:51:03 EST


>10-Jan-93 ijaz@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Tahir Ijaz) JESUS HAS DIED 

>Peace was on me the day I was born, and peace there shall be on the day I
>shall die, and the day I shall be raised up to life again (19:31-4)."

This sounds exactly like the Christian version and implies that Jesus was
"raised up to life again" whether physical or not.


>The verse shows Jesus must have died,  and  could  not  exist  in
>heaven  with  his  physical  body.  1)  If he was still alive, he
>would have to give alms in heaven, but who would need alms there?
>2)  If  he  would  descend again to earth alive, he would have to
>follow the Jewish prescriptions on both prayer and alms-giving  -
>and could not be a follower of Islamic law. 3) Did his mother ac-
>company him to heaven physically?  How could he otherwise  behave
>like a dutiful son towards her?

Fundamentalists are everywhere the same--why do you take these words so
literally?  

Many times when I read the Qur'An I get the impression it was written in
partial answer to Christians who must have been fairly influential by then.
Why talk about Jesus in the first place?  Muslims are slaves of God.  Jesus is
unecessary to their schema, so why devote so much time insisting this or that
doctrine which SIMPLY CANNOT BE PROVEN BY ANY HUMAN MEANS.

>1)  The notion that Jesus floated into the sky towards God is  an
>Un-Quranic  concept.  Before going into the specific verses which
>refute this popular belief, it should be noted that Heaven  is  a
>spiritual  state  which  our souls experience AFTER death.  It is
>not a physical location beyond  the  stratosphere.   By  climbing
>Mount Everest, we do not come closer to God!

Is it an Ahmadiyyan belief that Jesus floated to heaven physically?  It isn't
a in the Bible I know.

>IF ANY HUMAN BEING WAS ABLE TO GO TO  HEAVEN  WITH  HIS  PHYSICAL
>BODY  THEN  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR BELOVED HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD,
>THE GREATEST OF ALL PROPHETS. 

What unfathomable dogmatism--all based on your belief in a book--just as
Christians fully believe in their book--just as Jews believe in their book.
Whom to believe therefore, is the question?  

I apologize for saying so, but this style of reasoning is completely circular
and without merit.  It is the mark of a fundamentalist to simply announce his
belief in a book, and then insist that the book is the only book.  I
personally am a mere human being.  To me, there is no way to distinguish your
"truth" from the Christian "truth" from the Buddhist "truth" or for that
matter from the scientific "truth."  Why is this a hard concept for the
overtly religious to understand?  How does anyone know you are correct except
by your belief and a book to which you may point?


Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: mtaghavi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Amir Taghavi)
Subject: Report: U.S. weighs chemical plant sale to Iran 
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:50:44 GMT


	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Bush administration reportedly is considering
whether to authorize the sale to Iran of a chemical plant, which would
create as a byproduct a substance used as a chemical warfare agent.
	The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Commerce Department
backs the sale for an estimated $200 million to $300 million of the
plant from BP Chemical.
	Asked about the reported sale, White House spokesman Marlin
Fitzwater, traveling with President Bush to West Point Tuesday, told
reporters, ``It was decided a month ago not to do that.''
	Fitzwater speculated that the story was leaked by competing factions.
	The U.S. subsidiary of British Petroleum has assured the
administration that the plant would be used by Iran to make
acrylonitrile, a substance in manufacturing synthetic fibers.
	But officials from Capitol Hill as well as from within the
departments of State and Defense argue that the plant would unavoidably
create quantities of hydrogen cyanide, a substance used as a chemical
warfare agent in World War I by France, Britain and Russia.
	A BP Chemical spokesman said the company would design the plant in a
way that inhibits such hydrogen cyanide diversion.
	``It is absolutely crazy on its face,'' the Post quoted one
administration official as saying. He said the sale would undermine
Washington's diplomatic efforts to persuade European countries not to
sell large chemical factories and other sophisticated technology to Iran
because of its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
	CIA Director Robert Gates warned in a speech last month that Iran
already has ``an active chemical weapons program and it makes no bones
about its right to chemical weapons.''
	The Post reported that several administration officials said BP
Chemical's application for an export license is expected to be discussed
Tuesday at a meeting of senior officials from several agencies.
	But one official said the meeting would not take up the chemical
plant export. The agenda, the Post said, also includes the controversial
proposal by the Ayres Corp. of Albany, Ga., to sell Iran 10 airplanes
worth $7 million and designed to spray pesticides on crops.
	Fred P. Ayres, president of Ayres Corp., confirmed his firm's
proposed sale and told the Post that the planes are just the first
portion of a deal that could eventually include several hundred
aircraft. He said the planes cannot be used to spray chemical warfare
agents without endangering pilots.


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From: afsar@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Haji Firoz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Haji's test [sci-poster]
Date: 7 Jan 1993 00:04:03 GMT
Organization: SCI Friends & Family, Inc.
Distribution: world
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I want to know about this sci-poster@handel.sun.com

and how it works.

Haji Firoz
 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: zamie@zamiepcSanDiego.NCR.com (Zamie Mehraz)
Subject: Re: "Danestanehayeh Irani"
Reply-To: zamie@zamiepcSanDiego.NCR.com (Zamie Mehraz)
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing, San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:57:29 GMT


Did you know:

Iranians were the first people who discovered "Saffaron".  It was
started in eastern Iran, and in late autumn lavender blossoms of wild
crocus (source of Saffron) start producing dried orange-red stigma.  It
was first discovered during Achamenians and used as perfume, coloring
hair, spicing wine, and spicing food.  Later moved to Greece and Roman
empire.  Arabs introduce this into Spain sometimes in 10th century and
in the 13th century, Mongols took Saffron to the east.

I think, it explained why Khorasan has the best Saffron in Iran (I
think), and they plant Saffron in Spain even today for the excellent
climate they have similar to Khorasan.


Rooz Khosh
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