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Reinterpretations of Ghajar art
Paintings by Rose Ghajar
August 9, 1999
The Iranian
Rose Ghajar has been painting for almost 50 years. "My high school
friend dragged me here to paint one of the houses and that's where I made
my first watercolor," she recalled, as we drove through the streets
of Georgetown. "One of the neighbors came out and gave us some lemonade.
I'd love to live here one day." ... GO
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The Last (Low-Budget) Action Hero?
Selling his fare abroad has never been more difficult for
producer-director-star Tony Zarindast.
By ROBERT W. WELKOS
Los Angeles Times
August 8, 1999
From his condo in Northridge, where he spends endless hours hunched
over an old editing machine he bought at a bankruptcy sale, Tony Zarindast
puts the finishing touches on feature-length action, horror and adventure
films that he then sells throughout the world.
But the Iranian-born producer of such low-budget fare as "Death
Flash" and "Hardcase and Fist" says the task of selling
violent action movies abroad has never been more difficult ... FULL
TEXT
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* No harm in defending minorities
Jamshid writes: Mr. Ali Akbar Mahdi's piece ["Harmful
favoritism"] on the response of Western governments and media
to the arrest of 13 Iranian Jews was well researched, yet a bit naïve
in its arguments. Mr. Mahdi complains and asks: "Why do the Western
media and Jewish groups fail to mention the others among this group [of
arrested Iranians]?" What he fails to realize is that the only reason
anyone is talking about the arrest of Jews in Iran--or any other country
in the world for that matter--is the well organized lobby of the Jewish
people...
Mr. Mahdi should not get me wrong. I too wish that the Western press
and governments would publicize the cases of all people arrested on unsubstantiated
charges in Iran whether they be Jewish, Muslim, Bahai, Christian, Zoroastrian,
Kurd, communist, agnostic or atheist. But let's not forget that the media
and governments react to their constituents. In the real politik world,
it is safe to posit that the amount of concern shown by the western media
and governments to such injustices worldwide is directly proportional to
the existence of active grass root efforts urging them to do so ... FULL
TEXT
* Passionate feelings
Asally Adib writes: The article
by Reza Razavi ["Who
are we kidding?"] was actually an article I could read and understand
very clearly. He is an excellent writer. I'm a journalist myself, and I
always look for stories that can have the passionate feelings in the writings
and can directly hit me through my mind and heart, simultaneosly. Rezavi
did just that! Hope to read more of his articles soon.
* Literature: Bookreading in New York
Join authors of "A World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays
by Iranian-Americans" (George Braziller, 1999) for a special New York
reading and book-signing at Barnes and Noble Union Square. Persis Karim
(co-editor and author) will read with Zara Houshmand and New York authors
Laleh Khalili, Nahid Rachlin, Roxanne Varzi, Maryam Ovissi, and Nika Khanjani
on Wednesday, August 18th at 7:30 pm. Barnes and Noble, Union Square.
Books of the Week
* The
Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez
Teachings of the Philosopher of Love
By Haleh Pourafzal & Roger Montgomery
The Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez is the perfect introduction to the man
known as the philosopher of love, whose message of spiritual transcendence
through rapture and service to others is especially important as our troubled
world enters the twenty-first century. His wisdom speaks directly to the
cutting edges of philosophy, psychology, social theory, and education,
and can serve as a bridge of understanding between the West and the Middle
East, two cultures in desperate need of mutual empathy ... GO TO
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Reformist government seeks political parties
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's interior minister Sunday called for the
formation of political parties in the Islamic republic, a move seen in line
with President Mohammad Khatami's vision of an Islamic ``civil society''
in Iran. ``Political development is a fundamental aspect of our system.
There's is no denying,'' Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari said.
''We must find a strategy to best achieve this goal, given the new atmosphere
created and emphasis in the constitution on the need for parties and people's
participation in the political process.'' ... FULL TEXT
Leftists launch first real political party
August
2, 1999, (Iran Weekly Press Digest) -- Iranian leftists proclaimed Monday
that they will launch the first real political party in Iran's history ...
FULL TEXT
Saddam blasts Iran on anniversary of war
end
BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Sunday
marked the 11th anniversary of the end of the Iraq-Iran war by accusing
Tehran of ill-treating thousands of Iraqi prisoners of war he said it still
held ... FULL TEXT
Iran retaliates in war of words with Iraq
August 9, (BBC) -- Iran has hit back at President Saddam Hussein
following the Iraqi leader's verbal attack on his arch enemy on Sunday.
The war of words between the neighbouring states erupted on Sunday on the
11th anniversary of the end of the eight-year war between them ... FULL
TEXT
Iran hands back two Turkish soldiers
ANKARA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Iran on Monday handed back two
Turkish soldiers it arrested last month in Iran amid a tense quarrel between
the two estranged neighbours over Tehran's accusations of Turkish air and
ground incursions. Turkish Foreign Ministry officials said the handover
had taken place at an isolated border crossing in Turkey's southeastern
province of Van.
Egyptian diplomat says ties with Iran "strategic
necessity"
TEHRAN,
Aug 8 (AFP) - Egypt's highest-ranking diplomat in Iran said cooperation
between the two nations was a "strategic necessity" and praised
the expansion of ties under Iranian President Mohammad Khatam ... FULL TEXT
More student unrest leaders detained in
Tehran
Tehran (dpa) - More leaders of last month's student unrest in Teheran
have been arrested and detained, the daily Neshat reported Sunday ... FULL
TEXT
Student group issues statement on arrests,
criticizes Revolutionary court
August 7, 1999, (Hamshahri , BBC Worldwide Monitoring) -- Following
the publication of reports about the arrest of a number of students in Tehran
and provincial cities who are either members of or are affiliated to the
student organization the Office for Fostering Unity, the organization has
issued a statement saying that the way the arrests were made and the interrogations
carried out does not reveal a serious determination to confront people who
promote violence ... FULL TEXT
Iran development projects not getting state
funds: paper
TEHRAN, Aug 8 (AFP) - Some 30,000 major development projects in
Iran risk being abandoned because state banks have failed to allocate the
necessary funds, a conservative newspaper said here Sunday ... FULL TEXT
New rules in largest state-affiliated conglomerate
July
29, 1999, (Iran Weekly Press Digest) -- The new head of Iran's largest state-affiliated
conglomerate pledged to introduce sweeping changes to the multi-billion-dollar
group that has been beset by charges of inefficiency and allegations of
corruption ... FULL TEXT
Sa'di & love
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Reza Imani looks into Sa'di's philosophy of love. "Silver
purfies itself when heated. Human beings, too, become pure when they burn
in the fire or love ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Guitarist Mirkhani
Tehran, (Neshat) - Classical guitar player Behzad Mirkhani has
put out a few albums in Iran in recent years. His latest is called Iranian
Rhapsody. He soke to Neshat's arts reporter ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Wrestling: Third in the world
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Yasser Nurzaie won gold at the youth world free-style wrestling
championships, helping Iran take third place ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
National team going to Japan
Tehran,
(Neshat) - The national soccer team will go to Japan for a friendly game.
Plus the latest on the make-up of the new team ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Persepolis German report card
Tehran, (Neshat) - Persepolis assistant coach Nasser Ebrahimi reviews
the team's performance during its recent training camp in Germany. He says
Hamid Estili will probably play for a second-division German team ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Absolutely right
We expect that parties will strive for greater transparency and play
the rules of the game. We have to learn to tolerate each other, that no
one is absolutely right.
-- Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari
Reuters
August 8, 1999
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