These days you hear a lot about “The anti-semite state of Iran”. This is a running term among every opponent of Iran, and since being anti-semite is as bad as one can get, then by default Iran has become the most evil country currently on the face of the planet. In my opinion the harm [...]
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France is know for her wine, cheese and strikes. I personally have nothing against social movements. If a group of people feel that the government is abusing their rights, they have the right to protests. In France, these kinds of protests are very well programmed and announced in advance. For example, now we know that [...]
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They say the problem with crazy people is that they don’t agree that they have problems, and therefor they refuse assistance. Then the question is how do we know we are sane? The other day I get in the bus and I spot another one of these mentally deranged people. I say “another one” cause, [...]
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Today, feeling a bit sick and taking advantage of the French transportation strike, I decided to stay at home and work on my computer. At lunch time, I headed out to my marché to bring home some food (as if I was going hunting ot something). Since it is the middle of the week, the [...]
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It is hard to admit that you have been an idiot. Those three words, “I was wrong”, requires a lot of courage. But insisting on your mistakes, is even harder. Some people learn to be brave, analyse and judge themselves fairly. If they find that they might be unjust, they just say it and get [...]
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After eating a lentil salad that I had made with the twist of adding pomegranate paste in the sauce, my friend asked me if pomegranate was the Iranian national fruit. I don’t know what a “national fruit” means really, but I know that pomegranate is the Armenian national fruit. In this sense, it is the [...]
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I am sorry but sometimes I feel these US politicians think that people are idiots or something. Tonight on BBC’s Hardtalk, Stephen Sackur was asking this women, Colleen Graffy, in charge of “promoting America’s image abroad” (whatever that means) what her opinion was about Guantanamo, if she thought that it was a mistake and it [...]
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I was ten years old. We had been in Paris for almost five months taking care of my sister. She had come to France to get into the university and my mom was worried to leave her alone. So, she took me out of school and we came to France to keep my sister company [...]
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