Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsj!ralph
From: ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Discussion: soc.culture.iranian
Message-ID: <2380@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 89 01:22:55 GMT
References: <7039@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
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In article <7039@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Is Iranian culture that much different from that of neighboring Islamic
>states? 

Actually, yes it is.  Ethnically, the Islamic states to the west are
of Arab origin; Iranians, however, are Persians, not Arabs.
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Ralph Brandi     ralph@lzfme.att.com     att!lzfme!ralph

Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.