Friday,
June 25, 1999
Poetry
I close my eyes
A poem
June 25, 1999
The Iranian
A poem by Nagmeh Shariat-Madar, a second-generation Iranian-American,
currently a sophomore at a high school in Michigan.
I close my eyes
from the evil stares
the scandalous glares
the stupid dares
from the flip-up knives
the black-and-blue-eyed wives ... GO TO FEATURE
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Thursday
June 24, 1999
Drama
The drifter
Travelers in Bahram Bayzaie's work
By Kayvan Alikhani
June 24, 1999
The Iranian
I am only if I am moving,
If I stay, I do not exist.
-- Rumi
During the Iran-Iraq war in 1985, while studying for the college entrance
exam at Farhangsara-ye Niavaran in Tehran, a friend asked me if I was interested
in seeing a play by some art school students there. It was "Arash-e
Kamangir", an adaptation of one of Bahram Bayzaie's plays.
I was deeply moved by the play. I screamed in my car all the way back
home. I couldn't sleep ... GO TO FEATURE
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Wednesday
June 23, 1999
Immigration
Come on down
Easing restrictions on U.S. visas for Iranians
By Frederick R. Troncone
June 24, 1999
The Iranian
On April 26, 1999, U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset
Control issued a new regulation which clears the path for U.S. employers
to sponsor Iranians resident in Iran for employment-based immigrant and
non-immigrant visas. This is welcome news to both U.S. sponsors and to
targeted Iranian beneficiaries living in Iran who have been unable to process
for U.S. visas since July 29, 1997 ... GO TO FEATURE
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Tuesday
June 22, 1999
Fiction
Death observed
That pounding never goes away
By Shadi Ziaei
June 22, 1999
The Iranian
Khanum-jun decided to die a week before my birthday. It didn't
change much, though. I just had my party a week later. All I remember of
Khanum-jun is her silver braided hair and the sight of two white
pills on her warm, red tongue even after they had tried to force them down
with two glasses of water.
Everyone was sad, especially my grandfather, Khanum-jun's son.
I didn't know what to tell him. He was an only child like me. He visited
Khanum-jun every single Monday. I knew that I had to be sad too
but it wasn't any worse than when I'd leave your house at two in the morning
not knowing if I would ever see you again ... GO TO FEATURE
Translated by Laleh Khalili
June 22, 1999
The Iranian
one day we will find our doves again
and kindness will hold beauty's hand.
****
one day when the slightest hymn
is a kiss ... GO TO FEATURE
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Monday
June 21, 1999
Cover story
Shamlu
A small tribute
June 21, 1999
The Iranian
The past few years have been difficult for 74-year-old Ahmad Shamlu.
Iran's greatest living poet and one of the most influential literary
figures of the century has been battling various health problems, some
associated with diabetes. In Mid-June he was hospitalized in Tehran mainly
because of mental fatigue, according to his family.
A few days earlier he was awarded Sweden highest prize for writers who
emphasize human rights and freedom of expression in their work. Here are
just a few of his poems ... GO TO FEATURE
