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	On the Hoopoe

Gul Agha

6-15-2008 3:19 PM

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birds, sufism, israel, iran

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6-15-2008 3:31 PM

JohnWaterman

Thanks for clipping this. That's an interesting article - and a pretty bird

6-16-2008 5:04 AM

Fast T friend

Indeed, i second that JohnWaterman. And interestingly, the Hoopoe was elected the national bird of the state of Israel recently. Would that it will lead the place to some wisdom...

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