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    <body><![CDATA[this is a really good book to get a bit of perspective on what's going on in iran right now. it's from the early 2000's but it give a good overview of the current youth culture in iran. and since 70% of the country is under the age of 30, that's a lot of iran. it's mostly blog entries, but she write...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73804829">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great read for anyone interested in the youth of Iran. What we generally see and read in the &quot;Western&quot; mass media is political games as usual. This book was a brilliant idea! Who would have thought that Iran has the fastest growing rate of bloggers in the World! Want to know what some youn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3150811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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