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Offside

Film Review: Offside

Iran is the setting and soccer is the venue for Offside, a film that centers around six young wom...

Iran Celeste Heiter

The Mirror

Film Review: The Mirror

Life imitates art in this 1997 film by Iranian director Jafar Pahahi, in which a young girl whose...

Iran Celeste Heiter

Recipe: Chelo Kabab - Kabab with Rice

Serves 6 2 pounds tender steak, cut about 3 inches long, 1 1/2 inches wide and and1/2 inch thick ...

Iran Habeeb Salloum

Steamed Artichokes With Drawn Butter

'The Color of Paradise' Recipes and Photos

This Middle Eastern menu features Steamed Artichokes with Drawn Butter, a Mediterranean Salad wit...

Iran Celeste Heiter

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Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

* * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books,...

Iran / Indonesia / Malaysia Kenneth Champeon

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Recipe: Kukuye Sabzi - Omelet

Serve 4 5 eggs, beaten 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup finely chopped gre...

Iran Habeeb Salloum

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Iran / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

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Recipe: Koresh Bamieh - Okra Stew

Serves 6 4 tablespoons butter 1 pound lamb, cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1 medium onion, finely choppe...

Iran Habeeb Salloum

Recipe: Maast-o-Khiar - Cucumber in Yogurt

Serves 4 2 cups plain yogurt 1 small cucumber (about 5 inches), finely chopped 1/2 cup finely cho...

Iran Habeeb Salloum

Orange Chicken Koresh

Recipe: Orange Chicken Koresh

This recipe is excerpted from Laura Kelley's cookbook, The Silk Road Gourmet. "Orange and chicken...

Iran Celeste Heiter

Kufteh Soup

Recipe: Kufteh Soup

This soup is a variation on two recipes, a Persian soup called Aash-e Gojeh Farangi, and a meatba...

Iran Celeste Heiter

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Recipe: Chelo Seebzamini - Iranian Rice

Serves 6 8 cups water 2 cups basmati rice, thoroughly rinsed, then drained 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1...

Iran Habeeb Salloum

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Fact File: Asian Internet Top Domains

Afghanistan - af Armenia - am Azerbaijan - az Bahrain - bh Bangladesh - bd Brunei - bn Cambodia -...

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Taste of Cherry

Film Review: Taste of Cherry

When life's woes become unbearable for Badii, he decides to commit suicide, and takes to the stre...

Iran Celeste Heiter

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Gooood morning Tehran! This is Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, October 2, 2006 - While arch-foes Israel and Iran step up the tough political rhetoric...

Iran AFP/Ron Bousso

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Iran on the Web

Iranian Cultural & Information Center . The Iranian Cultural & Information Center is touted as th...

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