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Rumi
Fiction
The night before
"Nowhere else would I see the color of Tehran's mornings"
By Gina B. Nahai
August 24, 1999
The Iranian
Excerpt from Gina B. Nahai's Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
(p. 206). The novel spent twelve weeks on the Los Angeles Times
Bestseller list, including two weeks at #1. It has been released in
the U.S., England, Greece, Norway, and Italy, and is being translated into
six other languages.
I searched for a keepsake I could take to America. Looking around, I
realized that I shoudl have gathered Roxanna's belongings long ago, that
I should have locked everything away so no one could walk in on her memories
after I was gone. I saw the box where Roxanna had saved Mercedez's address,
quickly took the envelope, and shoved it into my dress pocket ... GO
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Chew on this
The origins of aadaamss
By Pedram Missaghi
August 24, 1999
The Iranian
I had no idea the word "aadaamss" comes from an old American
brand name: Adams chewing gum.
The story is similar to "Kleenex", which is also commonly
used in Iran to refer to paper tissues. In the case of chewing gum, the
Adams brand was the first of its kind and thus people went on to call it
by that name. (Remember aadaamss-e khorus neshaan?) ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Their man in Iran
Ha'aretz Magazine
August 20, 1999
He was the CIA's top expert on Iran , recruiting agents and running
them from Istanbul and Paris. Then he stalked out of the organization
and slammed the door behind him. In his first interview, Reuel Gerecht,
a.k.a. Edward Shirley, challenges the conventi Ronen Bergman
People familiar with the inner workings of both Gerecht and the Central
Intelligence Agency say they are not surprised that he did not survive
there for more than a decade. To begin with, he is a Jew in an organization
that for many years preferred Protestants almost exclusively. He is also
a natural rebel and hates accepting authority, traits that would seem
to be incompatible with work in an espionage organization whose rigid
bureaucracy has been the subject of endless verbiage ... FULL TEXT
Bad Iranain cement?
And what about Turkish cemenet? Care to ask what the quake
victims think?
Turkish Daily News
August 24, 1999
Chairman of an Anatolian cement producing company says the sale of Iranian
cement is conducted without control and that this damages the Turkish economy.
Cement factories have claimed cement imported from Iran could cause
deaths in parts of Anatolia because it is unreliable in earthquakes ...
FULL TEXT
More Letters
* Ankara in 1985
Vahid N. writes: I enjoyed reading your 'documentary' about your trip
to Turkey as well as the nice photos ["Mission
accomplished"]. I could connect with most of the pictures and
your descriptions of life in Turkey, as I got my student visa in Ankara
back in 1985, and for that, I had to spend about two months in Turkey.
One month to wait for my turn to have an interview, and three weeks for
my student visa to be approved.
Back then there were a lot more Iranians at the U.S. embassy each day,
maybe several hundred. And a U.S. Visa, for some people, was like the key
to the Heaven, or an exit from Hell! I could see people crying coming out
of the embassy, either from the joy of getting the visa, or the sadness
of their application being denied ... FULL
TEXT
* Just as racist
Mike Khatibi writes: I beg
to differ ["Mission
accomplished"]! I have met Turkish people, I have lived with
Turkish people and I know Turkish people. They are just as bit racist as
Iranians. Sorry to break the bad news to you.
They are very much like Iranians, good on the surface but cunning underneath.
That is why Westerners always have a very difficult time predicting Middle-Easterners.
* Lobbying: Iranians in America
This Radio Free Europe (Persian service) program is about the 2nd generation
of the Iranian Americans who do not wish to join political groups any more
but instead tend to form non-political organizations in order to become
a powerful lobby in the U.S. and other countries. Listen to the 2nd half
of the program (minutes 15 thru 27) ... HERE
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Quote Unquote
Nowhere else in the world
The car glided through dark streets. I listened to the sounds of the
tires scraping against the asphalt, of Mashti's shoes hitting the clutch
and the gas pedal, of Sohrab breathing next to me. As we drove north, the
sky began to lighten, slowly revealing the contours of the Alborz Mountains.
I rolled down the window and looked up. Nowhere else in the world would
I see the color of Tehran's mornings.
--Gina B. Nahai
Excerpt
from Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
The Iranian
August 24, 1999
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