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* Booksigning:
A World Between, in Los Angeles
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* Rights: Iran human rights meeting, New York
* Concert: Shahin and Sepehr performances in Washington DC
* Conference:
U.S.-Iranian Agricultural Markets
* Conference:
Iranian studies, Maryland
* Women: International conference
* Conference: Iranian-Americans: Who Are We Becoming?
* Music: Aldoush performance in Berkeley
* Noruz: Celebration at Stanford U.
* Conference: Iranian academic conference, New York
* Performance: Wilson and Glass do Rumi
* Lecture: Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series, UCLA
* Conference: Mechanical eng. conference, Tehran
* Film: Iranian film festival in Houston
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* Booksigning: A World Between
There will be a booksigning at the Ketab Boostore located at 1419 Westwood
Blvd. in Los Angeles on April 25 at 6 pm with the authors and editors of
"A World Between". For more information, you can check our website
at www.ketab.com, and click the blue
banner stating next bok signing.
If you have any questions, please email back or contact Mr. Bijan Khalili
at (310) 477-7477 at the bookstore, or (818) 908-0808 at Ketab main office.
* Iran human rights meeting, New York
Iran National Front- New York Section Invites: Join us to celebrate:
the 50th. anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Declration.
Part 1 : Mr. Mahmoud Rafi , Secretary of " The League for the Defence
of Human Rights in Iran" On : " Difficulties of Islamic Republic
on Conceptions of Human Rights" & Dr. Mansour Farhang on "
The Necessity of Promotion of Human Rights in Iran"
Part 2- A Documentary Film : " Shamloo the Great Poet of Freedam
"- 60 Minutes, Director : Moslem Mansouri; Producer: Bahman Maghsoudloo
: A display of " Life, Art & Thought of Ahmad Shamloo"
Date: Saturday April 24, 1999
Time : 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Mathematics Building - room 312- Columbia University; Manhattan
New York. ( 116th. Street & Broadway )
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* Shahin and Sepehr performances in Washington DC
The musical duo Shahin and Sepehr are performing on April 2nd at the
Borders bookstore, in Tysons corner, Virginia around 8 pm. And on April
4th they will be at the Washington Monument mall (Babak Yektafar invited
us to do this one) for the Sizdah-bedar festivities from 1-2 pm. For more
information go to the Shahin and Sepehr webpage
and click on tours.
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* Conference: U.S.-Iranian Agricultural Markets
The Iranian Trade Association has organized an outstanding cast of leaders
to address the issues of: "US-Iranian Agricultural Markets: The Law
of Supply & Demand". This conference will be held on April 30th,
1999, 8:00am to 12:00pm at the Hyatt in Washington DC. BY INVITATION ONLY.
Confirmed speakers are:
* U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
* Jack Eberspacher, President, National Association of Wheat Growers
* Carole Brookins, CEO, World Perspectives Inc.
* Richard Bliss, CEO, Niki Trading Company
* Dr. Shirin Entezari, Esq., Shirin Entezari & Associates ... DETAILS HERE
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* Conference: Iranian studies
The Third Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, May 25-28, 2000, Hyatt
Regency Hotel, Bethesda, MD; organized by the American Institute of Iranian
Studies (AIIrS) and The Society for Iranian Studies (SIS) ... DETAILS HERE
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* The Iranian Woman at the Threshold of the Year 2000
The Tenth International Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
presents: The Iranian Woman at the Threshold of the Year 2000 - July 2-5,
1999 Montreal, Canada Concordia University... DETAILS
HERE
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* Iranian-Americans: Who Are We Becoming?
A Dialogue Convened by the Iranian-American Cultural Association on
Saturday, 17 April 199, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm, at Georgetown University, Washington,
DC. ... DETAILS
HERE
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* Aldoush performance in Berkeley
X DOT 25 Music invites you to a concert by Aldoush & The Human Exchange:
A New Interpretation of the Persian Folk Music
- Special Appearance by: Koorosh Angali, Reciting Poetry of Rumi, Hafez,
Sepehri, Angali
* Scott Hill: Alto, Soprano Sax, Clarinet
* Jeff Obee: Fretless Bass
* Dave McQueen: Tumback, Daff
* John Waller: Percussion
* Aldoush: Vocals, Nazaneen, Acoustic Guitar
* Koorosh Angali: Keyboards
When: Sunday March 28, 1999 8:00 PM
Where: Freight & Salvage - 111 Addison St. - Berkeley
Tickets $13.00 in Advance/$14.00 at the door - Info: (510) 548-1761
When: Sunday April 18, 1999 8:00 PM
Where: Ashkenaz - 1317 San Pablo Ave. - Berkeley
Tickets $7.00 at the door - Info: (510) 525-5054
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* Iranian Academic Association conference, New York
Dear colleague:
It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit papers for the 4th IAA
(Iranian Academic Association) Annual Conference. The meeting will convene
at the City University of New York, New York City, on September 18-19,
1999. The theme of this scientific gathering has been chosen as: Oil, Petrochemicals,
Energy and the Environment ... DETAILS
HERE
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* Wilson and Glass do Rumi
MONSTERS OF GRACE
Music composed by Philip Glass
Designed and directed by Robert Wilson
English Libretto from poems of Molana Jelaluddin Molavi (Rumi)
Where and What: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall; Portland, Oregon
Box office information: 248- 4335
$34.50 General Admission (including service fee)
Wed. April 7th, 1999, 7pm and 9pm... DETAILS
HERE
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* Mechanical engineering conference, Tehran
First call for Papers ISME2000
4th International Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers
May 16-19, 2000
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Conference Chairman: Prof. Mohammad Durali, School of Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology ... DETAILS
HERE
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* Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series, UCLA
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA Presents
The Third Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series Given By J.T.P. de Bruijn
Professor Emeritus of Persian Literature, Leiden University on "Aspects
of the Persian Masnavi"
* Lecture 1: "The Cycle of Human Existence: Ideas About the Past,
the Present and the Future of Humanity in Persian Masnavis"
Monday 5 April 1999 at 4 PM in 147 Dodd Hall
* Lecture 2: "The Masnavi in the History of Persian Literature"
Tuesday 6 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 3: "Storytelling in the Masnavi"
Wednesday 7 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 4: "Moral and Mystical Teaching in the Masnavi"
Thursday 8 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 5: "Occasional Poems in the Masnavi" Friday 9 April
1999 at 10 AM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* The Public is Welcome -- Admission Free
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* Noruz celebration at Stanford U.
The Persian Students Association of Stanford University and The Bay
Area Persian Center present:
The AVAZ International Dance Theater performing "The Silk Road"
- a celebration of Noruz
Sunday, April 4th, 1999 4 PM - 7 PM
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford University
For more information and tickets, please call (650) 497-9487 or visit:
www.stanford.edu/group/psa
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* "Shab bekheyr maadar"
The Darvag theater group in Berkeley, California, presents Sepideh Koosha
and Mojdeh Molavi in "Shab bekheyr maadar" -- "Goodnight,
mother" -- a play by Marsha Norman (winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize),
translated and directed by Hamid Ehya. Performances will be on March 12
& 13 at the Live Oak Theater in Berkeley .... MORE
DETAILS HERE
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* Shahin & Sepehr free Noruz concert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Ellen Beard February 26, 1999
(703) 518-5170
FREE CONCERTS BY WASHINGTON D.C. RECORDING ARTISTS SHAHIN & SEPEHR
SAT., MARCH 20 - MCI CENTER'S DISCOVERY CHANNEL STORE
Washington, D.C. - D.C. recording artists Shahin Shahida and Sepehr
Haddad will perform with the band from their 4th CD World Café in
two free 45-minute concerts on Saturday, March 20, at 1:00pm and 4:00pm,
at the MCI Center's Discovery Channel Flagship Store, located at 601 F
St., N.W. ... MORE
DETAILS
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* Iranian film festival in Houston
The series offers three powerful feature films from the quality cinema
made by veteran directors Mehrjui and Panahi and by newcomer Parviz Shahbazi.
It also features a remarkable full-length documentary co-directed by an
Iranian anthropologist and a well-known British filmmaker. Together, these
films offer affectionate and devastating glimpses of contemporary life
in Iran... MORE
DETAILS
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