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Miss Arbabzadeh, formerly called Yalda, served as a honey trap to lure
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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At the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, Iranians buy fruit, nuts and other goodies to mark the feast of Chelleh, also known as Yalda, an ancient tradition when families get together and stay up late, swapping stories and munching on snacks.
The Seattle Times 2010
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At the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, Iranians buy fruit, nuts and other goodies to mark the feast of Chelleh, also known as Yalda, an ancient tradition when families get together and stay up late, swapping stories and munching on snacks.
Fore, right! 2010
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At the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, Iranians buy fruit, nuts and other goodies to mark the feast of Chelleh, also known as Yalda, an ancient tradition when families get together and stay up late, swapping stories and munching on snacks.
ajc.com - News 2010
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At the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, Iranians buy fruit, nuts and other goodies to mark the feast of Chelleh, also known as Yalda, an ancient tradition when families get together and stay up late, swapping stories and munching on snacks.
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At the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, Iranians buy fruit, nuts and other goodies to mark the feast of Chelleh, also known as Yalda, an ancient tradition when families get together and stay up late, swapping stories and munching on snacks.
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With no official recognition of their existence - let alone a law that protects the rights of the disabled - people such as Yalda and her fatherless family have little hope of official support.
unknown title 2009
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With no official recognition of their existence - let alone a law that protects the rights of the disabled - people such as Yalda and her fatherless family have little hope of official support.
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Yalda celebrates rebirth in the midst of winter's death, the victory of light over darkness, a victory on the very day in the calendar when at last light will once again begin a steady gain on darkness.
Marc Gopin: The Iranian Yalda And The Fateful Choice Of Light Over Darkness Marc Gopin 2012
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Yalda is a Syriac word meaning "birth," but yalda is the Hebrew biblical name for daughter, dating back to at least a thousand B.C.E. The Hebrew ho'lid is "gave birth."
Marc Gopin: The Iranian Yalda And The Fateful Choice Of Light Over Darkness Marc Gopin 2012
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