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ARYC:
yeah we(the people of Lebanon) use to be the phoenicians we looked like mediterranean people(and the christians of us still do cause we didn't mate with the arabs)  , i don't really care about that cause it happened ages ago BUT it does suck when i have to be put with the same group of people that i hate(syrians, palestininans) because of my name.

Maradona:
Don't take any offense, but I think you're just feeling this way because of all the fundamentalism/terrorism going on in the Muslim world at the moment. You feel like people are looking down on you because of that. Your belief is causing you to look at your own people and country differently. Now you're blaming the problem on something that happened over a thousand years ago. First of all, that's how society has evolved for many years before the Arabs. People were conquered, civilizations created and destroyed, people migrating, etc. I couldn't hate myself or anyone else for what happened thousands of years ago. Let's say I was Persian, I wouldn't hate all Arabs, I would hate Muslim leaders who are corrupt and hypocritical in what they do (Saudi royal family for example). But you're entitled to your own beliefs and opinions. I'm just giving you feedback from my perspective.

Back to the appearance thing, there is no way of telling what the Persians before the Arab invasion looked like. However, one good explanation for the lighter skinned, lighter-eyed ones is the expansion of European empires. For example, Alexander the Great conquered lands reaching east to Afghanistan. Persians themselves had to get to the land where they now are from somewhere. History shows that Persians in actuality are descendants of Turks and Arabs (majority). Pretty much all Middle Eastern people are descendants of these 2 groups because they have basically dominated the area in the past (Arab empire during their spread of Islam, Ottoman Empire, etc.) Also, you might notice some Persians to be a lil on the chinky side, that's thanks to the Mongol and northern Turk influence (Uzbekistan, Kazhakistan, Turkmenistan)

Don Jacob:
sounds like the same recentment mexicans (in mexico or "chicanos") have against the Spaniards

infinite59:
If I was an Iranian I would be proud of it. 

What you are seeing in Iraq and Afganistan right now, a similar thing happened in Iran in 1953.  The United States and Britian (formented a coup using CIA operations) overthrew a democratically elected leader, Muhammad Mosedeg, and replaced him with a puppet dictator, the Shah.  The Shah ruled over Iranians for nearly 30 years, although the economy grew, the Shah oppressed Islamic institutions inside the country, banned the hijab in some area's, threw imam's in prison, exiled them, massacred protestors, and sought to rid the country of all Islamic influence.

What's beautiful about Iran is that out of all these Muslim countries that have had an imperial power put in place a puppet dictator to facilitate Western business interests, Iran, under the direction of Imam Khomeni, was able to overthrow that puppet regime during the Islamic revolution of 1979 and reclaim full control of their country without the foriegn influence.

Iran however, was not able to shine and show themselves to the world after this event, because shortly after revolution, the United States and Saddaam Hussien engaged Iran in a devastating war that would last 9 years!  The country stood strong and they were not defeated, but it has been a long hard road to full recovery.


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If that history doesn't inspire an Iranian to have pride in themselves, then maybe they are more interested in Jennifer Aniston, then those who fought and died so that their country could perserve Islam.

ARYC:
well the islamic regime in Iran isn't exactly something to be proud of....don't they still whip people as punishment for breaking some laws?

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