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Zorba, the Greek, Click to see and enjoy

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Parisa

Ela Ey Peer-e Farzaaneh, Click to listen

Hamed Nikpay

www.hamednikpay.com

Haji Firouz

Haji - Asef, Click to listen

Jesus Christ, click to listen

D.J. Mazhabi - Abolfazle, click to listen

Child's Cry, click to listen

This is how they stop a purse snatcher in TEXAS. NO wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Click to listen

Nima Yushij

Monika Jalili' performance at the Trinity church in NYC, quite magnificient

Check out the attached webcast performance held at the Trinity church in NYC. This lady was apparently interviewed on the Iranian TV. She's an American married to an Iranian. Her mother-in-law has taught her the lyrics to the songs she performs. Monika Jalili’s performance is truly magnificent. Her band, NoorSaaz, has released a CD which is inspirational for a group of non-Iranian musicians. The Persian community is all goo-goo gaga over this one... so here it is for your amusement.

Click on the link; sit back, listen, watch, and enjoy!

Forough Farrokhzad

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Smile though your heart is aching!!

What does Mona Lisa do when the museum is closed?

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Are you Persian!!!?

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Eating chicken is good for your health!

Ta'zieh

The poor man's romantic date!- Iran, of-course!

Sent by a friend

Fun Poem

We all came from Iran, to the land of Uncle Sam.
We went from eating NIMROO, to eating eggs and ham.

Oh my, how times have changed from when we were just boys.
When life was safe and simple, no Barney among our toys.

KALEH PACHEH for breakfast, was not a weird thing.
We idolized Dariush, and listened to Googoosh sing.

We all watched Samad's finger, go into someone's eyes.
We laughed at that so hard, no Lows and all was Highs.

We went to the Noonvaie, picking up Sangak.
Now it's going to Megamarket, and picking from the rack.

We all did open our fists, and played lili lili hozak.
Now our kids play Nintendo, with a little boy named Jack.

Grandma's house was so cute, and doors were open wide.
We crawled into her baghcheh, and found a place to hide.

How she told us stories of Rostam and Zaha'k.
Now we tell our kids stories, about Bugs and Daffy duck.

Sport we loved was soccer, playing the round ball.
Not this funny looking oblong, thing they call football.

We used to enjoy Fardin, and Beyk Imanverdi.
Now it's going to Cineplex, watching Bone Collector, Hasti?

We jumped into a taxi, to go from A to B.
The greatest ride in whole world, was drive to Caspian Sea

We drive on super highways, and watch for a radar gun.
We forget we all used to be driving a PEYKA'AN.

Our vacations are spent, somewhere on a beach.
Far from Rasht and Ra'msar, where we smell but can't reach.

Koloocheh eating in shoma'l, we all can still taste.
How we hold onto memories, not let them go to waste.

How we used to be comfy, in that entourage.
Now we fake our way through life, and try to camolflaughe.

We left that country behind, and came to a new world.
When our King went down, tripping on his sword.

We watched Saddam attack our country in a pop.
We hated them Iraqis, without bleeding a single drop.

We don't know how to let go, or hang on to our past.
We know something for sure though, nothing will ever last.

These people amongst we live, who show that they are kind.
What do they really think of us, in back of their mind?

No one but us knows SOMAGH, and how good is TAHHDIG.
They see us eating burned rice, and think we've flipped our wig.

We chop up cucumbers, and put it in our MAST.
They look at us eating that, and think that we are lost.

These patriotic songs that, they always sing 'em.
Does anybody wonder, what's our national anthem?

Do we belong to here, or do we belong there?
Does anybody knows us, does anybody care?

They ask us about fanatics, they ask us how we feel.
We give 'em our stock answer, they sure can't help us heal.

We all are so much at odds, with where we're living now.
We all can be writing books, on adopting and how.

The Iranian gene that, we carry in our mind.
Has made us all to look for, our very own kind.

So much of what that makes us, it's made from the same mold.
The Iranian in us, that we treasure like gold.

I say "alef, beh, peh, teh, seh..." and you know what I mean.
I ask for seven 'S'es, and you know I mean haft sin.

I say something is not SHOL, and you know it is SEFT.
You tell them something like that, & they look at you left left.

There must be hundred thousand, species on this Rock.
We must be 100th and one, that do on this Earth walk.

Solution to our problems, is one we can not solve.
In this melting pot someday, may all of us dissolve.

So hold on to the 'SHa'hna'meh'and hang on to 'KHaya'm',
And do not let those memories, get buried under time.

We are all from one country, with borders like a cat.
Now that all of us are out, let's not just forget that.

And if anyone ever told you, that Irooni must die.
You sharpen your big finger, and stick it in their eye!

Everything you need to know

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by

eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first "Marlboro Man."

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro,

Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet

away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (I

keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name

contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second?

William Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Now you know everything there is to know

Sent by a friend, such is life!

ALL THE GIRLS WE'VE LOVED BEFORE...................................

How's This For Depressing you!

Brigette Bardot ..........71
Stella Stevens............ 68
Sophia Loren ............71
Gina Lollobrigida .......78
Deborah Kerr........... .94
Lena Horne ...............88
Kay Starr ...................83
Patti Page ...................78
Annette Funicello ........63
Barbara Eden .............71
Angie Dickenson ........74
Doris Day ...................81
Joan Collins ...............72
Julie Christie............... 64
Leslie Caron................ 74
Carroll Baker ...............74
Ann-Margret ................64
Debra Padget ...............72
Julie Andrews ...............70
Ursula Andress.............. 69
Rita Moreno ..................74
Jean Simmons................ 76
Julie Newmar .................72
Kim Novak ....................72
Jane Powell ....................76
Debbie Reynolds ............73
Shirley Temple ...............77
Jane Russell................... 84
Kathryn Grayson ...........83
Esther Williams .............82
Elke Sommer ...............65
Gale Storm ..................83
Jill St. John .................65
Liz Taylor ....................73
Mamie Van Doren ........74

UNBELIVEABLE!!! HOW IN THE WORLD DID THEY GET OLD AND WE DIDN'T ???

THE SEXES

for men only!

1. NAMES:
If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out to lunch, they will call each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara.
If Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Scrappy.

2. EATING OUT:
When the bill arrives, Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom will each throw in $20, even though it's only $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

3. MONEY:
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need, but it's on sale.

4. BATHROOMS:
A man has five items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a ! bar of soap, and a towel from the Marriott.
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.

5. ARGUMENTS:
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

6. CATS:
Women love cats.
Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.

7. FUTURE:
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

8. SUCCESS:
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

9. MARRIAGE:
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change and she does.

10. DRESSING UP:
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

11. Looks
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. ha?
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

12. OFFSPRING:
A woman knows all about her children. She knows about their dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

13. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

AND FINALLY...
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, jack asses, and pigs, the husband sarcastically said, "Relatives of Yours?" "Yep," the wife replied, "In-laws." (good answer! rozaneh).

Rhiannon Brady

Wisdom Tips

1. If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
2. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
3. Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
4. The best vitamin for making friends....B1.
5. The 10 commandments are not multiple choices.
6. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
7. Minds are like parachutes...they function only when open.
8. Ideas won't work unless YOU do.
9. One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
10. One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.
11. The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
12. Don't learn safety rules by accident.
13. We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
14. Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
15. A turtle makes progress when it sticks its head out.
16. One thing you can give and still keep ...is your word.
17. A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
18. The pursuit of happiness is: the chase of a lifetime!