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Rumi
Cover story
Solitude
Electronic drawings by Sadaf Abbassian
 "This collection is the result of my daily work with
the computer; I'm a graphic artist," says Sadaf Abbassian, whose electronic
drawings below were on exhibit at Gallery Golestan in Tehran last month.
"Instead of a pencil, I have have used the computer mouse, thus the
slight vibrations in the lines which add special energy to the drawings,
I think."
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I can just see them, each one of them, in their stylish homes and apartments
in upper Tehran. Modern, above middle class, even rich. They are not religious
in the traditional sense, but they are intrigued by sufism. They listen
to Beethoven and Shajarian. They travel to remote areas of Iran, something
they would never have done 25 years ago. They have casual relationships
amongst themselves. The carry on with life at a slow, steady pace. They
are not easily shocked. They often read and try to write poetry. They read
Hemingway, in English. They prefer Europe to the U.S. Yet they are deeply
Iranian ... GO
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Outlook
Iran's 20-year culture war draws to an end
By Jonathan Lyons
TEHRAN, March 13 - Iran's Islamic government has honoured prominent
writers in a public ceremony that marks a political about-face from two
decades of official hostility toward the country's secular intellectuals.
Reformist newspapers on Saturday featured front-page coverage of Ataollah
Mohajerani, the liberal minister of culture and Islamic guidance, handing
out prizes for literary achievements since the 1979 revolution to secularists
who not long ago were vilified, harassed and even murdered.
The recognition follows last year's string of "mystery murders"
of at least four writers and nationalist politicians, later blamed on rogue
elements in the security services. Among those honoured at Thursday's ceremony
was novelist Mahmoud Dolatabadi, long relegated to the sidelines of official
Iranian culture as a pro-western stooge ... FULL
TEXT
More Letters
* Write about a tree
Guohong Liu
writes: I am so glad finally someone responded to Laleh Khalili's articles
["To
live or to be alive?"]. I am also delighted
that this
person was a female writer.
During the past few months, I have read all of
Laleh's articles. I enjoyed her first two articles but since then I have
been very disappointed with the way that she expresses her opinion. Her
recent articles are very hard to follow (even my American friends could
not finish them entirely before they fell asleep).
I am puzzeled about the points that she is trying
to make. Maybe she is praticing her English. If that is the case, it is
better to write about a tree or a river rather than offending so many people.
* performance:Wilson and Glass do Rumi
MONSTERS OF GRACE
Music composed by Philip Glass
Designed and directed by Robert Wilson
English Libretto from poems of Molana Jelaluddin Molavi (Rumi)
Where and What: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall; Portland, Oregon,
Wed. April 7th, 1999, 7pm and 9pm... DETAILS
HERE
* Film: "A Place Called Home"
in Chicago
"A Place Called Home" a film by Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri The
filmmaker documents her own decision to return to Iran after seventeen
years in the United States:
Women in Director's Chair-Chicago
Sunday, March 28, 1999
Chicago, IL
773-281-4988
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Five Iranian moderates barred from Tehran
council: paper
TEHRAN,
March 15 (AFP) - The election of five moderates to the Tehran municipal
council has been annulled, a newspaper said Monday, as Iran's conservatives
stepped up the pressure to overturn the sweeping victory by reformers in
last month's elections. Former interior minister Abdollah Nuri and four
other backers of reformist President Mohammad Khatami will not to be allowed
to take their seats on the council by orders of the conservative-dominated
Supervision Board, the pro-government newspaper Sobh-e-Emrouz said ... FULL
TEXT
MKO appeals U.S. designation as terror
organizations
March
14, 1999 (The Washington Post) -- Two groups designated by the Clinton administration
as foreign terrorist organizations have turned to the American courts for
vindication, waging the most significant challenge yet to a 1996 antiterrorism
law and the way the State Department designates U.S. enemies. The People's
Mojahedin Organization of Iran and Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam have hired prominent lawyers to take their cases to the D.C. Circuit
of the U.S. Court of Appeals. They allege they were designated as terrorists
by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright in October 1997 based on a mostly
secret record and with no advance notice or opportunity to respond ... FULL
TEXT
Iran executes killer of prison chief
TEHRAN,
March 14 (AFP) - Iran has executed the killer of former prison chief Assadollah
Lajevardi who was gunned down in August, Tehran's revolutionary court announced
on Sunday. Ali Asghar Ghazanfarnejad Jolodar, said to be a member of Iran's
main armed opposition movement the People's Mujahedeen, was executed Saturday
at Tehran's Evin prison, the court said in a statement, the official IRNA
news agency reported ... FULL TEXT
Dowlatabadi gives his award to families
of slain writers
* Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, who has received a
special cultural award in Germany, has dedicated his award to the families
of slain dissident writers, Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh
... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
Former Tehran mayor gets approval for new
paper
TEHRAN,
March 15 (AFP) - The convicted former mayor of Tehran was given the green
light Monday by Iran's culture ministry to launch a new newspaper, the official
news agency IRNA said. Gholamhossein Karbaschi was given approval to launch
the Ham-Mihan (Compatriot) paper despite onging efforts by opponents in
the conservative-dominated parliament to take away his control over the
official paper of the Tehran municipality, Hamshari (Citizen) ... FULL TEXT
Iran cautiously welcomes Afghan accord
TEHRAN, March 15 (Reuters) - The Taleban's agreement to negotiate
power-sharing with the opposition in Afghanistan satisfies one of a series
of conditions set by powerful neighbour Iran for entering talks with the
Islamic militia. Iran, which backs the anti-Taleban alliance, also wants
the militia controlling about 90 percent of Afghanistan to punish the people
who killed eight Iranian diplomats and one journalist in the northern Afghan
city of Mazar-i-Sharif last August ... FULL TEXT
Iran 0 - China 1
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Iran's under-21 "Omid" soccer team loses to China
1-0 ... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
Khakpour to play for L.A.
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - National team defender Mohammad Khakpour is to join the Los
Anegles Galaxy ... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
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Quote Unquote
Took 20 years
This marks a turning point because they are now paying attention to people
who have not been listened to for the past 20 years. All we have seen in
the past 20 years are curses.
Houshang Golshiri, writer, on the official honoring of prominent writers
"Iran's
20-year culture war draws to an end"
Reuters
March 15, 1999
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