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Article: Inside Iran: what is life like 25 years after the Islamic Revolution?(World)
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- Junior Scholastic
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- April 5, 2004
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On a late afternoon in Tehran, Iran's capital largest city, young people are checking out Nike sneakers, foreign-music CDs, and handmade Iranian crafts at a shopping mall. Shadi, 15, peers through a store window with her friend. Shopping is one of Shadi's favorite pastimes. She also enjoys going to the mountains north of town and visiting with friends in coffee shops. She wants to be an artist someday.
If you drive 45 minutes south, you will see Qasem (ghah-SEM) sitting on the grass, talking with his family. Ask what his favorite food is and Qasem, 15, will tall you: "Whatever God gives me. It doesn't matter."
Like most Iranians, Shadi and Qasem are ...