* How can I not?
When I saw Saman's
latest cartoon in my email box, my first reaction was, there's no way
I'm going to publish this. But as I write to you, I'm thinking,
how can I not?
The fact is that I think the National
Iranian American Council (NIAC) does good work. And I think its president, Trita Parsi,
cares about the community. He has built an organization that is
working hard to raise awareness about the issues facing Iranian-Americans.
It has also done a great job to encourage people to donate money
for
earthquake victims in Bam.
So, it came as a shock that
Saman sees it quite differently.
I have refused to publish articles, letters, photos, cartoons,
art... but never because I disagreed with the writer or artist.
(Actually, I did refuse to publish something my morther wrote about
my father. But I won't get into to that now.)
Am I making a big deal out of a simple cartoon? Probably.
But in my professional world, it's really important to be fair
and encourage free speech. It's the kind of stuff
I deal with on a regular basis. Publish or not
to
publish?
The
answer
is publish, almost always.
-- Jahanshah Javid
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* Father Karim in Tuscany
Note about [Secret
treasure], unedited:
Dear Javid,
I'm Karim Magjidi, I've readen Your joyful story in Noushahr.
I had been there too, in the years 1975 to 1980. I'd studied at
Andisheh Don Bosco School for ten years 1970 - 1980. Now I'm priest,
in this moment i'm the only iranian cattolic priest. I'm Salesian
too. The Salesian are always in Iran at Teheran. They've no more
the school, but they are working in the churh in Farance rd the
Nowshahr camp it always belong to them but they don't practice
no more the past activities. I'm im Italy in Tuscany at Livorno
I'm the director of salesian at Livorno and I can tell you that
I'm making living those beatiful experience that you have leaven
to more childrens at Livorno.
God bless you
your friend Karim
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* Under their nose
Chatting about something that caught the eye in Tehran:
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* Cool
Cool as the other side of the pillow.
-- Heard on ESPN about an athlete
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* Saal tahvil
So as to make your "eydeh norooz" and "saal tahvel" planning
easier, here is the schedule of all "saal tahveels" until
the year 2020 - look for the Vernal
(Spring) Equinox schedule.
For example, this upcoming Eyd, March 2004: VERNAL EQUINOX (SPRING) MAR 20 2004 149 AM EST - 0649
UTC.
Which means "saal tahveel" will be on SAT March 20th,
2004 at
-- 1:49 AM Eastern Time (Washington DC, NY, Toronto, Montreal,
Boston)
-- 06:49 AM Universal Time (formerly known as Greenwich Mean
Time)
-- 10:19 AM Iran TIME (Tehran, Esfehan, Shiraz, Ghoochaan, Boraazjaan)
-- 12:49 AM Cental Time (Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Houston)
equivalent to FRI March 19th, 2004:
-- 11:49 PM Mountain Time (Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Edmonton)
-- 10:49 PM Pacific Time (Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco,
LA, San Diego)
In case you wonder why "saaaal tahveel" is on a Saturday
on the East Coast (and Iran) and on a Friday on the
West Coast, please bang your head several times against the
wall and you will then know (sorry bad memories from prior emails
:-)
-- Aref Erfani
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