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Restoring
Ancient Glories
The Last Empire Of The East (224-637)
From the Sasanian Paradiseo To The Islamic Eden
About the palace built on the Tigris for the Sasanian king
Khosrow II-Parviz (591-628), Edward gibbon tells us with relish,
"the adjacent pastures were covered with flocks and herds:
the paradise or park was replenished with pheasants, peacocks,
Ostriches, roebucks, and wild boars; and the noble game of lions
and tigers was sometimes turned loose for the bolder pleasures
of the chase.
(In Full)
A
Voice of Exile
A Review of "A
Stranger Within Me" by Shokouh Mirzadegi
by: Jaleh Pirnazar
MOST CHARACTERS IN PERSIAN NOVELS, written in exile
since 1980, manifest feelings of alientation, loneliness, and
disconnectedness. They have experienced personal loss,
displacement, and disbelief. (In
Full)
An Iranian Story
by: Linda Ghasemi
Last night Baba came from Iran and Babak (my brother) picked him up from
the airport. I couldn't go, I was busy at work. (In
Full)
Animal Farm
by: George Orwell
An Overview and the Historical Background
Russian society in the
early twentieth century was bipolar: a tiny minority controlled
most of the country's wealth, while the vast majority of the
country's inhabitants were impoverished and oppressed peasants.
(In Full)
The
Myth of Sisyphus
by: Albert Camus
Albert Camus was born in
Algeria in 1913 and died in France in 1960. He published
plays as well as two notable novels, the Stranger and The
Plague, and two volumes of reflections, The Myth of
Sisyphus and The Rebel. He was close to Sartre at
one time, but the two men broke after Sartre decided to make
common cause with the Communist Party in France. (In
Full)
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