Norouz

A snappy new group show at Queen Gallery, entitled Norouz (one of many English spellings of the word), celebrates the holiday with a varied assortment of works by seven Iranian-Canadian artists, all of whom approach the forward-looking theme - the transliteration of the Persian word nowruz is literally "new day" - with a winning combination of clear-eyed bluntness (particularly around the ongoing oppression and political turmoil in Iran) and informed hopefulness.

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Link call me a sentimental fool but my eyes welled up watching president obama talk about Norouz which is one thing ALL persians agree on.

Obama, Peres and Colbert on the Persian New Year - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

But in countries and cultures across the Middle East and central Asia, notably Iran, 21 March is Nowruz or Nawroz, in Kurdish, or Norouz or Nauroz or several other variant spellings that shift from city to city across Asia, the ancient festival of the new year.

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Second, the government hopes that by March 20, demonstrators will go back to their homes to celebrate the Iranian New Year, or Norouz.

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The firecrackers – which are popular at the Iranian new year festival Norouz and at football matches — are known as "narenjaks", the same word used for a grenade.

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Reformist newspapers published the letter in full, before all media were ordered not to mention it—prompting the reformist newspaper Norouz to leave blank space on its pages where it had planned to report on reactions, including a statement of support for the cleric from 125 members of parliament.158

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The half-Iranian San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi (above right) held a party on Friday evening celebrating Norouz (one of many spellings), which has been a combination of New Year's and Easter in the Iranian world for centuries before Christ, dating from the prophet Zoroaster.

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Norouz: Sabzi polo all over the world herbs for sabzi polo: dill, parsley, chives, fenugreek

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Served with fish alongside, sabzi polo, basmati rice with fresh herbs, is the traditional meal for Norouz, the Persian New Year,which happens to be today.

Norouz: Sabzi polo all over the world tannaz 2009

With Obama in charge, promising an open hand and sending Happy Norouz messages to the people of Iran, the Great Satan is no longer the boogie-man that it once was.

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