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Rumi
Fiction
A new destiny
"I was the real exile ... the traveler who would never find
her destination."
Excerpts from "Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith"
(Harcourt Brace), Gina B. Nahai's new novel. Her previous novel, "Cry
of the Peacock", received high praise in The Los Angeles Times,
The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle, among other
publications.
watching my compatriots and how they had brought with them not only
their sense of home and community but also their pasts loaded with failed
hopes and lost expectations -- on these occasions I would remember what
Mercedez had told me and think that perhaps she had been right -- that
Sohrab might have done me a favor by sending me away. He had taken away
my hope and my family. But he had also taken away the fear I had of being
haunted by greedy ghosts, the anxiety of having rabid dogs at the window,
the anguish of wondering of Roxanna was buried under the concrete in our
yard. He took from me the sadness that had tainted my mother's life, and
the limitations of a destiny I could not have avoided in Iran ... GO TO
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Outlook
President Khatami's speech at Italian Parliament
We are at the beginning of a long journey in which respecting man, sharing
and cooperating with one another are reconsidered through dialogue. In
the world we know, all relations once assumed to be certain, are now open
to a thorough reconsideration and reconstruction. Dialogue, collaboration,
and mutual ties are indispensable elements for finding solutions that consummate
in the establishment of a viable peace and a bright future. (Also
see speech in RealVideo)
Bold questions, rather than relying on predetermined answers, in search
of new definitions and fresh amendments, designing new cultural, mental
and political plans are a necessity. A new paradigm for understanding today's
world and moving toward a sustainable peace is necessary.
If in the third millennium we want man's dignity and rights, as well
as peace, justice and tranquility to prevail, man must be respected under
all circumstances and not be categorized into first and second-class, or
western and non-western. Discrimination in standards of living, education,
progress, information, technology, peace and stability arise from the oppression
inflicted upon human beings and communities. For stepping into the third
Christian millennium with dignity, a global will and determination are
necessary for universalizing democracy and uprooting discrimination and
humiliation within all countries and among all nations and governments
... FULL TEXT
Also:
IRNA's full coverage of Khatami's visit
Forwarded by Payman Arabshahi
From Moscow, with sorrow
Farhood <it1013@iteltech.com.au>writes:
Hello,
I am talking from Moscow right now. It is snowing here. It is not very
good here in Russia. We want to come to Iran or Portugal. Happy New Year
to all Persians.
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* What is wrong with democracy
Fereidoon Eimen writes: Of
course they are happy. During the time of Shah we were selling our life
blood, the oil, at as much as $40.00 a barrel. How much do we get for it
now-a-days? About $11.00 a barrel, if that? Of course they are happy. During
the last 10 years of the Shah's rule they could not dictate to us about
our policies, internal or international. For the most part, we were a proud
bunch of people. Today, we are belittled, looked down on, treated as second
class people, and the worst thing I can think of about Persian democracy
is the fact that any government in the world can buy enough votes to put
their man in the office! To change the laws or bend them to benefit one
country or another. To benefit all but the Persians. This is what scares
me. Aren't you scared? ... FULL
TEXT
* Women: Women's documentary film at
Berkeley
"Celebrating International Women's Day" sponsored by: "Radio
Havayeh Tazeh" and "Iranian Cultural Group at UC Berkeley"
(Saturday March 13)
Guest Speaker: Dr. Zahra Taheri,
Topic: "Women in Persian Literature"
Special viewing: Latest documentary by Mansoureh Saboury... DETAILS
HERE
* Philosophy: Hossein Nasr lecture,
Washington DC
George Washington University: The Foundation of Iranian Studies Presents:
The Annual Noruz Lecture Series by a Distinguished Scholar of Iranian Studies:
Speaker: Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Tuesday, March 23) ... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
A Taste of Persia
An Introduction to Persian Cooking
By Najmieh Batmanglij
A Taste of Persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the
world's oldest cuisines, chosen and adapted for today's lifestyle and kitchen.
Here are light appetizers and kababs, hearty stews and rich, golden-crusted
rices, among many other dishes, all fragrant with the distinctive herbs,
spices, or fruits of Iran. Each recipe offers clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step
instructions. Most take less than an hour to prepare; many require only
a few moments; many others can be made in advance. Besides its 100 recipes
and 60 photographs, the book includes a useful dictionary of Persian cooking
techniques and ingredients.
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Khatami makes anti-nuclear pledge
ROME, March 9 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, on
his first state visit to the West since winning power, said on Tuesday Iran
would work to oppose the spread of nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction.
Speaking at a banquet hosted by Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro,
Khatami said the Islamic state was also intent on countering all forms of
aggression, including terrorism ... FULL TEXT
Khatami gets red carpet treatment in Italy
ROME, March 9 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrived
in Rome on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to Italy and
the Vatican, seen as opening a new epoch in relations between the Islamic
state and the West. Khatami's Boeing 707 aircraft landed at Ciampino military
airport from Tehran, bringing the first Iranian president to visit Western
Europe since the fall of the Shah in 1979 ... FULL TEXT
Iranian opposition from "across Europe"
gathers in Rome: IRNA
TEHRAN,
March 9 (AFP) - Members of Iran's opposition People's Mujahedeen have gathered
in Rome from across Europe to protest the visit of President Mohammad Khatami,
the official news agency IRNA said Tuesday. "They are planning a protest
in the centre of Rome against the Iranian head of state's visit," IRNA
said, adding that members of the opposition group, which is banned in Iran,
had come "from across Europe." Their presence is "very noteworthy,"
IRNA said ... FULL TEXT
U.S. urges Italy to pressure Khatami
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The United States, its campaign
to isolate Iran withering, on Tuesday urged Italy to press continuing concerns
about terrorism and nuclear weapons when it hosts Iranian President Mohammed
Khatami this week. State Department spokesman James Rubin, significantly,
did not criticise the visit and stressed that the U.S. goal is to support
Iran's reintegration into the international community ... FULL TEXT
Larijani says US ties may be in national
interest
TEHRAN, March 8 (Reuters) - A conservative Iranian parliamentary
deputy said in remarks published on Monday Iran should restore relations
with the United States if it served the national interest. ``Should Iran-America
relations serve our national interests, then officials should naturally
take measures to establish ties,'' Deputy Mohammad Javad Larijani told Sobh-e
Emrouz newspaper ... FULL TEXT
Khatami says human rights depend on "world
balance"
ROME,
March 9 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami told Italian political
leaders Tuesday that human rights can only be guaranteed in "a world
in balance" and called for the strengthening of international institutions.
Khatami, the first Iranian leader to visit western Europe since the 1979
Islamic revolution, was speaking at the Italian parliament, against a backdrop
of protests by thousands of Iranians living in exile in Europe ... FULL
TEXT
Oil holds gains after Iran-Saudi accord
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - World oil prices consolidated recent
gains on Tuesday as details emerged of an accord between Gulf OPEC rivals
Saudi Arabia and Iran which could pave the way for more OPEC supply curbs.
Saudi Arabia will present to other Gulf Arab OPEC ministers later this week
a compromise agreement over Iran's baseline for oil output cuts, a Gulf
source said ... FULL TEXT
Unpaid factory workers beat boss in Iran
TEHRAN,
March 9 (AFP) - Workers in a northern Iranian textile factory locked their
boss in an office and beat him Tuesday following a protest over plans to
close the plant. The director of the factory, in the town of Qahemshahr
in the northern province of Mazandaran, was held for an hour and beaten
before police intervened to free him, workers told AFP ... FULL TEXT
Iran in Asian finals
Tehran,
(IRNA) - Iran defeated Japan 5-2 to move to the finals of the Asian futsal
(indoor soccer) championship ... Iran will play South Korea Wednesday for
Asian futsal title ... Iran's head coach predicts Iran's victory ... FULL
PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
Demands from Khatami
Demanding fair trial for Amir Entezam
From: Alliance for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran,
(Washington DC)
Dear Friends, President Khatami of Iran is visiting Italy and the Vatican.
He is to meet the government representatives of both countries. He is to
meet the Pope on Thursday. We are asking that everyone call the respective
embassies and missions to the United Nation to ask their government to pressure
Mr. Khatami to: ... FULL
TEXT
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National interests
Should Iran-America relations serve our national interests, then officials
should naturally take measures to establish ties ... Establishing relations,
severing them or downgrading them are all subject to an essential criterion
which is our country's interests.
Majlis Deputy Mohammad Javad Larijani speaking to Sobh-e Emrouz newspaper
"Iran
MP says US ties may be in national interest"
Reuters
March 8, 1999
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