Friday, June 14, 2024

Flag Day

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On Flag Day, I can't help but think of Majidreza Rahnavard, the twenty-two-year-old hero who had the Iranian flag  — the real Iranian fl...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Book Review: The Ocher of Abundance

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I just finished reading The Ocher of Abundance , another captivating collection of poems by Wendy E. Slater. The author's masterful comm...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Toomaj

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On November 30, 2023, I published a short post about #ToomajSalehi: https://nooshasblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/eleven-days-later.html Toomaj i...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Hostage

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The Islamic Republic regime occupying Iran, led by Khamenei, has threatened to attack Israel and apparently launched drones and missiles.  E...
Monday, April 8, 2024

Solar Eclipse 2024

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Today I saw a total solar eclipse for the first time. I knew through social media that the eclipse would be visible in Arkansas, so I checke...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Fourteen

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My Hoppoo turned fourteen today.  This is his first birthday without his sister (from the same litter), Koochooloo — bittersweet. Thankfully...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Gender Equality

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Happy International Women's Day 2024! Since September 2022, with the slogan Woman Life Freedom Man Motherland Prosperity, Iranian women ...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Never Say Never

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My students taught me the most valuable lessons I learned as an ESL teacher — my students, not any book or professor or training or universi...