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* Film: Runaway love
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* Yazdanian's
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* Iranian film wins in Portugal
* Divish masks
* Young poets
* Photo exhibition
* Mohammad Nouri still on top
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Friday
July 23, 1999
* Sales of jailed thinker's books soar
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Mohsen Kadivar who's been
imprisoned for his criticism of the Islamic Republic will be happy to hear
that his books are doing a killing at bookstores. (See bottom of this news
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* History of Zandiyeh and Afshars
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Dr. Reza Sha'bani has just
published his "Taarikh-e mokhtasar-e Iran dar doreh-haaye afshariyeh
va zandiyeh" (Brief history of Iran in the Zandiyeh and Afshar period"
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* Tabriz theater revival?
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Tabrizis will have a choice
of 24 plays to watch this year. This is the highest number of plays brought
on stage in Tabriz since 1979 ... FULL
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Thursday
July 22, 1999
* Shamlu accused
Tehran, (Neshat) - A conservative newspaper has
claimed that poet Ahmad Shamlu has been linked to a mysterious murder.
Here's a reply ... FULL
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* Film: Runaway love
Tehran, (Neshat) - Rasul Sadr Ameli's latest film
"Dokhtari baa kafsh-haaye kataani" (A girl with sneakers) has
been test screened with positive reviews. The story is unusual: A girl
runs a way from home to be with her boyfriend ... FULL
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* Art show in Switzerland
Tehran, (Neshat) - Works for 108 Iranian artists
are on displat the United Nations office in Geneva ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Wednesday
July 21, 1999
* Shamlu translates play
Tehran, (Neshat) - Ahmad Shamlu has recently translated a play by a
South American writer which will be brought on stage in Iran ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Writer baffeled by sudden fame
Tehran, (Neshat) - Davood Ghaffarzadegaan is a young writer who has
made quite a name for himself with a series of novels and short stories.
He was one of the writers who recently received an award for his contribution
to literature during the last two decades. But he's baffled by the sudden
fame ... FULL
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Tuesday
July 20, 1999
* Yazdanian's success in France
Tehran, (Neshat) - Payman Yazdanian recently took
part in France's international music competition and won second place.
But almost no one in Iran heard about his achievement. In this interview
he explains ... FULL
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* Iranian film wins in Portugal
Tehran, (Neshat) - Bahman Qobadi has won the top
prize at a Portuguese film festival for his short film "Zendegi dar
meh" (Living in a Fog) ... FULL
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* Divish masks
Tehran, (Neshat) - You've probably seen scary-looking
African masks here and there. Or dramatic Greek masks. But how about Iranian
masks depicting devilish divs? ... FULL
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Monday
July 19, 1999
* Young poets
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Mohammad Ali Zare has put
together a selection of poems from several young poets, showing that there
is real talent out there ... FULL
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* Photo exhibition
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Revolution and war were
great training grounds for Iranian photographers who have displayed their
best work at Tehran's Gallery Golestan ... FULL
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* Mohammad Nouri still on top
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - You could say Mohammad Nouri
is Iran's Frank Sinatra. He's been around that long and he still very popular.
So much so that his new CD is the best-selling "pop" album in
Iran ... FULL
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