Things I learned today:
* While Sunnis pray five times a day Shias only do it three.
* Roxanne is a Persian name.
* You can find plenty of towns and cities in the Middle East named after Alexander the Great -- Alexandria, Egypt (duh), Iskandariyah, Iraq and Kandahar, Afghanstian -- but few if any of them are located in Iran. While Alexander is/was highly regarded in many parts of the world this is less so in Iran due to his sacking of Persepolis.
* While Sunnis pray five times a day Shias only do it three.
* Roxanne is a Persian name.
* You can find plenty of towns and cities in the Middle East named after Alexander the Great -- Alexandria, Egypt (duh), Iskandariyah, Iraq and Kandahar, Afghanstian -- but few if any of them are located in Iran. While Alexander is/was highly regarded in many parts of the world this is less so in Iran due to his sacking of Persepolis.
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