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		<title>The Big Picture: Persian New Year or Nowruz</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marking the first day of Spring, Nowruz is celebrated not only by Iran and the Iranian Diaspora, but in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The celebrations include Spring cleaning, visits to and from family and friends and a Haft-Sin table, which has specific symbolic items that start with the letter &#8216;S,&#8217; like &#8220;sabzeh&#8221; (wheat) symbolizing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Nowruz, or Persian New Year as an Armenian</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would be lying if I said that I solely identified myself as an Armenian. With my family from Tehran and a maternal grandmother from Tabriz who spoke Armenian, Farsi and Turkish, I have as much Iranian influence running through my veins as I do Armenian and American. My parents grew up during a time [&#8230;]]]></description>
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