Catherine Bell (the female lawyer in JAG) is also Persian. (Bell is her stage name). Mmmm....

In my own experiences, the word "Persian" is used to refer to those who left Iran before the revolution, or to those who remain in Iran and consider themselves revolutionaries. Iranians are Persians, but those who call themselves Persian first tend to do so because they'd rather identify with the culture than with the state.

Also, as others have mentioned, they don't speak Arabic. They speak Farsi. It's a really interesting language, as it's written like Arabic, but its sentence structure is more like European languages. I tried to learn a bit so that I could pick up some conversation with my distant relatives, and it wasn't too bad as long as you stay to the spoken form.

As for looks, I think Persians in general are a bit more fair skinned than Arabs. I am able to tell the difference most of the time, but there are just some certain features that tend to come from the Persian bloodline that you get used to seeing after a while.

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i'm liking this thread MORE and MORE and to top it all off, i think one of few positive and civil threads - hope keeps this way. thanks to all for your input.

woohoo!

>JM<

Do you guys know who else was persian??? FREDDY MERCURY of Queen!!!!!!!

His first name was Farokh..but his classmates couldnt pronounce it so they called him "freddy" and it stuck through his life.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King Do you guys know who else was persian??? FREDDY MERCURY of Queen!!!!!!!

Not even gonna touch that one. It almost looks like a set-up!

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Originally posted by Shakka Not even gonna touch that one. It almost looks like a set-up!

LOL... i know...

But he is a legend though!

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That news lady is pretty darn hot, never seen her before on tv though.

Christiane Amanpour is another CNN journalist. But she's not hot like Bakhtiar.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King Do you guys know who else was persian??? FREDDY MERCURY of Queen!!!!!!! His first name was Farokh..but his classmates couldnt pronounce it so they called him "freddy" and it stuck through his life.

hehe actually he is not,he is arabic,but I forgot from which country he was tho.

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well i am from egypt which is north africa...mostly a muslim country but i am roman catholic haha..arabic is different from farsi though i can catch a word here and there..arabs r fairly darker than persians...and persian chicks r hotter..we r very close in culture though...oh and lebanese chicks r the hottest anywhere..

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Originally posted by tranceaholic well i am from egypt which is north africa...mostly a muslim country but i am roman catholic haha..arabic is different from farsi though i can catch a word here and there..arabs r fairly darker than persians...and persian chicks r hotter..we r very close in culture though...oh and lebanese chicks r the hottest anywhere..

Though they all have to be very careful about their mustaches and other...hair.

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Originally posted by tranceaholic well i am from egypt which is north africa...mostly a muslim country but i am roman catholic haha..arabic is different from farsi though i can catch a word here and there..arabs r fairly darker than persians...and persian chicks r hotter..we r very close in culture though...oh and lebanese chicks r the hottest anywhere..

a Roman Catholic in Egypt ?

way to go!!!

(i guess you can call me a Roman Catholic)

>JM<

I'm from Syria, majorly muslim, but I'm Christian Orthodox. My skin is pale(er) and people think i'm either Italian(95%) or Greek (4%). I speak arabic and my father speaks Syriac too. One of my grand parents is Armenian.

Syrian women are the hottest

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