The Iranian Features
March 22-26, 1999 / Farrvardin 2-6,1378
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* Iranian
of the Year:
- Shadow of hope
- Wake-up
call
- Good
feeling
- Heroes
- Pioneer
- He changed
- Tireless advocate
- Free spirit
- Dignity
- People
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* Women: Not their fault
* Journey:
Persian on the Inca Trail
* Tehran:
I'm no pimp
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Friday,
March 12, 1999
Iranian of the Year
He changed
... in favor of "real democracy"
The following are comments in favor of Vice President Abdollah Nuri
as the Iranian of the year. He was impeached as the interior minister by
the conservative-held Majlis
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Tireless advocate
... for human rights
The following are comments in favor of Maraym Namazie as the Iranian
of the year. She is a member of the board of the Committee for Humanitarian
Assistance to Iranian Refugees (CHAIR) in New York.
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Free spirit
"She went through hell and crawled and climbed up"
The following are comments in favor of popular singer Delkash, as
the Iranian of the year. She performed for the first time in 20 years in
London in October 1998
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Dignity
"A queen in exile"
The following are comments in favor of Farah Diba Pahlavi, the wife
of the late Mohammad Reza Shah, as the Iranian of the year
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People
The following are comments in favor of various individuals as the
Iranian of the year
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Thursday
March 18, 1999
By Laleh Khalili
A woman - no matter how worldly, sophisticated, accomplished and educated
- is considered incomplete if she is unmarried and has no children. Divorce
is so shameful that many women tolerate physically abusive or unfaithful
husbands in order not to bring shame upon their families (this pressure
is even felt by Iranian women abroad whose families are still in Iran).
Though some friends joke that you cannot find a virgin girl in Tehran anymore,
and though anecdotal statistics of abortions by unwed women shows the prevalence
of premarital sex in at least Tehran, the lucrative business of hymen reconstruction
surgery attests to the actual value still placed on virginity
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Heroes
Reformist newspapers are making a difference, collectively
The following are comments in favor of editors and journalists of
the reformist press as the Iranians of the year. Collectively they received
the fourth largest share of the people's vote (6 percent) in The Iranian
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Iranian of the Year
Pioneer
First to be nominated for an Oscar
The following are comments in favor of Majid Majidi as the Iranian
of the year. He received the fourth largest share of the people's vote
(4 percent) in The Iranian survey ... GO
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Wednesday
March 24, 1999
Journey
Persian on the Inca Trail
From Persepolis to Machu Picchu
By Ali Hosseini
"from air to air, like an empty net,
dredging through streets and ambient atmosphere, I came"
- Pablo Neruda
I won't say I am the first Persian to walk the Inca Trail but I do believe
I am one of the few. Machu Picchu is a travel destination at an international
level and a goal of the young and fit, and some not so young and fit, is
to walk the ancient stone trail that wends through the Peruvian Andes and
leads finally to the lost Incan city. About my companions on the trek,
I could say the less said the better, but then I wouldn't have a very long
story, would I? First there were the Greeks. She thought she was Cleopatra
and walked around Machu Picchu holding her large orange scarf up to the
wind. He was young and tall and after the first day arranged to have one
of the porters carry their pack. Then there were two young men from Holland
whom we told apart by the color of their jeans. There was a group of young
Americans of whom more later. And finally a couple from Italy who must
be thought lucky to have understood so little English. Our guide, four
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Iranian of the Year
Good feeling
"Gave me a reason to be proud again"
The following are comments in favor of the Iranian national team
as the Iranians of the year. Collectively they received the third largest
share of the people's vote (12 percent) in The Iranian survey. Each
comment is from a different person. Names have been withheld for reasons
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Tuesday
March 23, 1999
Tehran
I'm no pimp
Trying to set up a meeting with a hooker goes embarrassingly
wrong
By Khosrow Tabrizi Motlagh
Salar stepped in with a well-dressed young woman. She looked, well,
not exactly like other hookers I had seen in Tehran. She was well-dressed,
if a bit "bad-hejaab". Okay, so her hair was dyed rather poorly,
but she looked more like a girl you would see at Passage Golestan or even
on Jordan Avenue. However before I had a chance to get a better look, Salar
and I were very calmly and authoritatively told to leave so that the girl
could speak more comfortably. I wasn't happy, but decided not to make a
scene, given all the ears that were on us. We were talking in English and
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Iranian of the Year
Memorial service for Dariyush and Parvaneh Foruhar in
Washington DC. Photo by J. Javid
Wake-up calls
"The dissidents died so that we could be free"
The following are comments in favor of the dissidents - in particular
the slain political activists and writers -- as the Iranians of the year.
Collectively they received the second largest share of the people's vote
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Monday
March 22, 1999
Iranian of the Year
Shadow of hope
Mohammad Khatami is the people's choice for the second year in
a row
Last month eamils were sent to more than 11,000 people on The
Iranian mailing list asking them to send in their choice as the Iranian
of the Year. For the second year in a row, President Khatami became the
top choice. He received 34 percent of the vote ... GO
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