Word: persianism
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...They have a saying in Persian: ‘From heart to heart there is a road,’” she says. “You can always find ways to be humane and courteous...
Bois said the book, which will be published by Yale University Press, examines a scrapbook of Persian paintings and calligraphy collected by medieval courtiers...
...dealing with difficult security situations, Israel cannot let the possibility of a few SCUD missiles get in the way of a good time. America began military action against Iraq in the midst of Purim, a holiday that commemorates the Jewish people’s unlikely survival against an evil Persian ruler’s plans of genocide. The holiday is celebrated by dressing up in costumes, gift-giving and parties. As bombs began to rock Baghdad, the celebrations continued on as planned, the streets were filled with costumed families and the night clubs were packed...
...with Iraq threatened to create a much different reality here than the daily threat of terror Israel’s residents have learned to deal with in the past few years. Those who remember the Persian Gulf War 12 years ago recall hours spent in sealed rooms wearing gas masks waiting for the inevitable. In fact, 39 missiles did land in Tel Aviv and the surrounding suburban areas. Luckily, only one person was killed—no thanks to the American military support. The Patriot missiles supplied in 1991 had a 100 percent failure rate...
...world with some amazement. Millions of people in Australia, Europe and America gathered to support peace instead of war. If only it were that easy. Most Israelis support a war against Iraq, at least in theory, not because we are warmongers, or even because we harbor resentment from the Persian Gulf War. Almost paradoxically, it is because we consciously feel our proximity to Iraq—because we are aware of the risks to safety inherent in having Saddam Hussein as a neighbor...