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  2. Firoozeh Koobi - Wikipedia

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    Firoozeh Koobi (Persian: فیروزه کوبی‎; Firouze Koobi, or Firuzehkubi) is an Iranian handicraft made of a copper vessel that is covered with inlayed turquoise stone. [1] It is one of the most popular souvenirs of Isfahan. [2] Although the technique has a short history (less than 100 years), due to the use of precious stones and the ...

  3. Firoozeh Dumas - Wikipedia

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    Firoozeh Dumas (Persian: فیروزه دوما) (born June 26, 1965, in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian-American writer who writes in English. She is the author of the memoirs Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America (2003) and Laughing without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen (2008), and the semi-autobiographical novel It Ain't so Awful, Falafel (2016).

  4. Talk:Firoozeh Koobi - Wikipedia

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    1 Firoozeh Koobi. 1 comment. Toggle the table of contents. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: Firoozeh Koobi. Add languages. ... Download as PDF; Printable version ...

  5. Iranian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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    Firoozeh Koobi, made of a copper vessel that is covered with inlayed turquoise stone. Stone inlay, the most popular stone used is carnelian, followed by turquoise to make traditional jewelry. The inlay is typically laid in mastic and wax, then fixed with enamel and/or niello.

  6. Control of fire by early humans - Wikipedia

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    The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These cultural advances allowed human geographic dispersal, cultural ...

  7. Funny in Farsi - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 0-8129-6837-9. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America is a 2003 memoir by Iranian American author Firoozeh Dumas. The book describes Dumas's move with her family in 1972, at age seven, from Iran to Whittier, California, and her life in the United States for the next several decades (with a brief return to Iran).

  8. Firouzeh Vokhshouri - Wikipedia

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    Princess Noor bint Asem. Parent. Hamid Vokhshouri (father) Firouzeh Vokhshouri is a Jordanian diplomat and former member of the Jordanian royal family. She was married to Prince Asem bin Nayef from 1974 through 1985.

  9. Homo naledi - Wikipedia

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    Homo naledi is an extinct species of archaic human discovered in 2013 in the Rising Star Cave system, Gauteng province, South Africa (See Cradle of Humankind), dating to the Middle Pleistocene 335,000–236,000 years ago.