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Khayyam
Family
Thinking of you
Never got to meet my Amu Hamid and Ameh Nahid
By Roozbeh Shirazi
December 24, 1999
The Iranian
I watch American grandparents beam over their new grandchildren, aunts
and uncles chide their nieces about colleges and boyfriends, and I watch
cousins play chess and chase each other around while uncles get quietly
drunk with nephews in a corner.
I use these images and then desperately try to substitute the faces
of American strangers with Iranian ones -- the grandfathers who I never
got to meet, my Amu Hamid and my Ameh Nahid and Ameh Aghdas and Ameh Pari.
I try to picture me laughing and talking about women with my arms around
my cousins Babak, Arash and Miad -- whose voices I hear once or twice a
year -- instead our awkward Noruz fiber optic family experiences >>>
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The spy who knew too much
Saeed Emami in his own words
 December 1999, (Payam Emrooz) -- Four years before his
mysterious "suicide" in prison, Saeed Emami, a senior director
at the Intelligence Ministry accused of involvement in the chain murders
of dissidents, gave a talk to students in Hamadan.
He discussed his encounter with political prisoners and what he considered
ideological threats to the Islamic Republic. A video of his talk was recently
shown to a group of students in Tehran >>>
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 Joonoon-e Jesus
BBC World Service
December 24, 1999 - Israel is beefing up its mental health services
as it prepares for an outbreak of Jerusalem Syndrome, a condition which
convinces thousands of tourists they are Jesus or another biblical figure.
It has been estimated about 40,000 people will suffer biblical delusions
during their Christmas visit to the Holy Land >>>
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More Letters
* Not the center of the world
Ramin Tabib writes:
I truly appreciate Ms. Shashaani's earnest attempt to demonstrate yet another
"borrowed idea" taken from good old Persia and enacted in the
West ["Borrowed
ideas"]. But her idea of Christmas being a borrowed Persian concept
is at best questionable.
May I suggest that Persians were not the only ancient civilization that
worshipped the sun and celebrated the winter solstice. Most ancient civilizations
did! As they worshiped the sun, there was common fear among people that
the shorter days during the winter solstice meant that the sun was about
to abandon them or punish them with bad harvest....
Ancient Persian civilization was rich in tradition and festivities,
but may we all accept that we are not the center of the world and never
were >>>
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* Sacred marriage
Nikan writes: I was
indeed interested in your summary of Zoroastrian divorce laws ["Zoroastrian
divorce"]. I am a Zoroastrian and do believe that marriage is
a sacred contract that should not be broken. The majority of times, Zoroastrians
do not get divorces, very few. Well, it was great to read your article.
* Academic: Travel grants to Iran
The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) offers travel
grants for brief visits to the countries of Central/Eastern Europe, the
Newly Independent States of Eurasia, Mongolia, Turkey, and Iran for projects
in the humanities and social sciences. These grants are for projects which
do not require any administrative assistance or logistical support (such
as placement or access to archives, housing, visas, travel, etc.) >>> DETAILS
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Books of the Week
* Saaniyeh-yeh
aakhar (1999)
Y2K issues in Iran
By Dr. Ali Parandeh
* Barandeh-haa
ham baazandeh-and (1999)
A memoir by a former mayor of Tehran, with photos
By Ahmad Nafisi
* Jazireh
sargardaani (2nd edition, 1998)
Novel
By Simin Daneshvar
* Mumia
va assal (1996)
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By Shahriar Mandanipour
* Mehr-e
giaah (1998)
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ByAmir Hassan Cheheltan
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The government should curb the press before
its ``unlimited'' freedom had serious consequences, a leading hard-line
cleric in Iran said Friday. ``Stop this trend of insults. We have to do
something to stop it, not just talk about stopping it,'' Ayatollah Mohammad
Yazdi told worshippers at the traditional Friday prayers sermon at Tehran
University.>>> FULL TEXT
Turkey secures foreign credit for final
phase of Turkey-Iran gas line
ANKARA,
Dec 24 (AFP) - Turkey has secured a credit of 102 million dollars from Spain
to build the final phase of Turkey's section of a pipeline to carry Iranian
gas, the Turkish state-run oil company BOTAS said Friday. A BOTAS statement
said it signed an agreement with Spain's Banco Santander Hispano on Thursday
under the guarantorship of the Turkish treasury >>> FULL TEXT
Documentaries
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadegan) - Internews, an American non-profit company, has expressed
interest in cooperating with Iranian documentary film makers, including
a film festival in Iran >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Gizellah Sinaie
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Gizella Varga Sinaie is a Hungarian painter
who has been living in Iran for more than three decades. Her latest works
are now on exhibit >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Khosro Sinaie
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Khosro Sinaie (Gizella's husband), who
is better known as a documentary film maker, has been awarded for his research
in the making of his new film "Aroos-e Atash" >>> FULL
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Tehran
(Asr-e Azadegan) - Painter Jalil Zia-Pour has died at the age of 79 >>>
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Iran to play in US after controls eased
TEHRAN, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday it had agreed to
play a friendly soccer match in the United States after receiving assurances
that players would not be fingerprinted upon arrival, a procedure Tehran
has denounced as offensive. The match would mark the first time the U.S.
has played host to an Iranian sports team since the 1979 Islamic revolution
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Hashemian
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Vahid Hashemian, one of the three Iranian
players in Hamburg, says his injuries have prevented him from joining the
national team in Kish >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
It's cool
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Rasoul Khatibi who was recently acquired
by Hamburg, says he's not upset that he was not invited to the national
team >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Reminder
Ancient Persian civilization was rich in tradition and festivities, but
may we all accept that we are not the center of the world and never were.
-- Ramin Tabib
Letter to The Iranian
December
24, 1999
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