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* Film: Iran's Oscar-hopeful
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* Literature: Golshiri
to get German rights award
* Film: Fajr Film Festival
awards
* Film: Oscar nomination
helps Iran movies
* Book: Winners of Iran's
book awards
* Theater: Artists condemn
attacks
* Theater: FEATURE: Women in
theater
* Theater: Street plays
* Literature: Novels by
women in high demand
* Architecture: Bids &
issues
* Art: Cartoonist in Jappanese
museum
* Play: Rostam & Sohrab
* Literature: Jack London
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* Iran's Oscar-hopeful director wins home film award
February 10, 1999, TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- A film by Majid Majidi,
the man who directed the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar,
has won the top prize at Iran's premier film festival, newspapers reported
Wednesday. "The Color of God," the story of a blind boy's difficult
relationship with his father, won the prize as the best film in Tehran
international Fajr film festival's competition section on Tuesday, the
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* Golshiri to get German rights award
Tehran (Iran daily) - Author Hooshang Golshiri and the Iranian writers
guild have been named the recipients of an award in Germany for their defense
of freedom of expression ... IMAGE
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* Fajr Film Festival awards
Tehran (Iran daily) - Tehran's Fajr Film Festival has ended with one
of the Best Film awards going to Rasool Qolipour's "Hiva" ...
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* Oscar nomination helps Iran movies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Although Iranian films have won awards at international
festivals for years, Tuesday's Oscar nomination for ``Children of Heaven'
is a first for a movie from the Islamic Republic. Despite strict government
rules for filmmakers, Iranian films have won praise for their frank portrayal
of social issues in Iran's restrictive society ... FULL
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* Winners of Iran's book awards
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Compilers of a children's encyclopedia have won
Iran's top book award ... IMAGE
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* Artists condemn attacks
Tehran (IRNA) - A group of some 100 artists have condemned attacks launched
by (conservative) newspapers against the theater feastival during the anniversary
of the revolution. One newspaper compared the festival with the Shiraz
arts festival in the Shah's era ... IMAGE
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* FEATURE: Women in theater
Tehran (Iran) - Film, theater AND TV actress Azita Hajian talks about
women in theater... FULL
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* Street plays
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A report on the Street Plays Festival in Tehran
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* Novels by women in high demand
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Books written by Iranian women have become very
popular in recent years. Why? Here's one look into the phenomenon ... FULL TEXT
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* Architecture bids: Issues
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The public knows little about architectural bids
in Iran and its failures. A feature from Hamshahri ... FULL
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* Cartoonist in Jappanese museum
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The works of cartoonist Ali Divandari have been
purchased by a museum in Japan ... FULL
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* Rostam & Sohrab
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Pari Saberi, the director and writer of a the play
"Rostam & Sohrab" speaks to Hamshahri ... FULL
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* Jack London
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A look at the life and works of the San Franciscan
writer, Jack London ... FULL
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