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Rumi
Fiction
Jen Nameh
A novel by Hooshang Golshiri
May 12, 1999
The Iranian
If you could count five of Iran's very best contemporary novelists,
Hooshang Golshiri would be one of them. But his fame comes at a cost. It
means the censors review his works more carefully.
This time Golshiri has skipped the whole official pre-publication review
process and chosen to print his novel abroad. "Jen Nameh" (Book
of Jinns) has been published by Baran Publishers in Sweden (Tel: 46-8-471-9271)
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Iran women MPs back Turkish colleague in scarf row
 TEHRAN, May 12 (Reuters) - Women deputies in Iran have voiced
support for a Turkish MP who prompted a row in neighbouring Turkey by entering
parliament wearing a Moslem headscarf, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.
``Do not feel alone. Hundreds of millions of noble Moslem women across
the world support you and anxiously follow the news about you,'' moderate
MP Faezeh Hashemi told Turkish woman deputy Merve Kavakci in a letter,
quoted by the daily Entekhab ... FULL
TEXT
"She Zone" shopping
mall
ABU DHABI, May 11 (AFP) -A shopping mall for women only, staffed exclusively
by female shop assistants and security guards is set to open in the Gulf
emirate of Abu Dhabi, the developers announced Tuesday.
"We carried out market research and found that women, especially
in the Emirates, would feel more comfortable in malls reserved for them,"
said a spokesman for Marklink Property Management.
Boys up to 10 will be allowed to accompany their mothers in the four-storey
mall, with its 40 stores as well as coffee shops, an Internet cafe, hairdressing
salon, cinema, theatre and a children's party centre.
The mall, to be called "She Zone", is part of a larger project
to set up 13 women-only centres around the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at
a total cost of 108 million dollars. Its exact opening date has yet to
be announced.
Thanks to Laleh Khalili
More Letters
* Mind of a lunatic
Nima "John" Sharifi writes: "Midget"
is a very good story. Very well written and very descriptive. I really
saw inside the mind of this lunatic. Again, well done.
* Unmarriageable girls
A.T. writes: I read Mr.
Erfani and Ms.
Elmi's responses to Cyrus
Raafat's "Real
Iranian girls?". Ms. Elmi's response is the typical response one
could expect from a feminist/ghaatipaati Iranian girl. She says she felt
sad for Mr. Raafat, while she'd better feel sad for her species.
These unmarriageable girls are not only robbed of the happiness their
mothers and grandmothers once enjoyed in Iran, but neither do they quite
fit with the American way of life.
I believe among them, the ones who can live with an American guy, no
matter how unsatisfied, are the happiest. By marrying an Iranian man they
just drive him nuts in a matter of months, as I myself have witnessed.
* Lecture: Farzaneh Milani, Maryland
By invitation of the Iranian American Cultural Society of Maryland,
Dr. Farzaneh Milani- writer, poet, professor of Persian Study from the
University of Virginia- talks about "From the Mirror of Venus to Weapons
of Mars: Modernity and Mobility in Contemporary Iranian Women's Poetry."
Following the lecture there will be a reception featuring tea, coffee,
cookies and an opportunity to share ideas with other guests.
Where: Room 264, Smith Hall, Towson University, Maryland. When: 4:00-6:00
PM Sunday, May 16,1999. Language: Persian . Free Admission. Telephone:
(410)720-4507 ... MORE INFORMATION
Book of the Week
 The Greco-Persian Wars
By Peter Xerxes at Salamis Green
The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian empire and the
fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek
victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever
the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. In this account, Green
brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep
of events that the Persian offensive set into motion. 15 illustrations.
12 maps ... GO TO BOOK
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Opposition figures pledge to expose former
minister's murderers
May
11, 1999 (Neshat) - Three hundred and twenty five political and cultural
personalities have issued a statement marking the passage of 170 days since
the murder of [former labour minister] Daryush and [his wife] Parvaneh Foruhar.
The statement, in part, says: "Like-minded people of this land, once
again, raise their cry for justice against the ill-tempered cowards, whose
criminal deed has bereaved the Iranian nation. We are impatiently waiting
for the open trial of those who directed, planned and perpetrated these
horrific crimes." ... FULL TEXT
Two political prisoners executed - group
May
11, (ORWI) - Two political prisoners were executed last week after years
of imprisonment, the Democratic Party of Kurdistan reported ... FULL TEXT
Former Tehran mayor shares prison cell
with 200 inmates: paper
TEHRAN,
May 12 (AFP) - Former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi, jailed last
week for corruption, is sharing a prison cell with some 200 inmates, an
Iranian newspaper reported Wednesday. "Karbaschi is kept in a big prison
cell in Evin prison (in northern Tehran) with some 200 inmates whose inability
to pay back debts to their creditors brought them to prison," the government
paper Iran said ... FULL TEXT
U.S. senator urges simple rules for Iran
sales
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. senator urged the
Clinton administration on Tuesday to make its new rules for food and medicine
sales to Iran as simple as possible ... FULL TEXT
Syria, Iran summit to improve Tehran's
Arab ties
DAMASCUS, May 12 (Reuters) - Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami will strengthen bilateral ties and pave
the way for better Iranian-Arab relations in talks starting here on Thursday,
a senior official said on Wednesday ... FULL TEXT
Oil down as stubborn stockpile raises concern
LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Oil prices spiralled lower again on
Wednesday following a sharp reminder that producers still have plenty to
do to wipe out large petroleum stockpiles in the West. London futures for
benchmark June Brent blend closed 39 cents lower at $15.57 per barrel after
slumping 48 cents on Tuesday. Oil had peaked at $17.10 last week ... FULL
TEXT
Iranica auction yields $1.4 million
Washington,
DC, May 7, 1999, (Iran Times) - London, A collection of Persian art and
books collected over a third of a century by Professor Ehsan Yarshater was
auctioned off at Christie's in London last month and brought in almost $1.4
million. Dr. Yarshater is the founding editor of the Encyclopedia Iranica.
He contributed his personal art collection to the auction to underwrite
the continuing publication of the encyclopedia ... FULL TEXT
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Tehran,
(Neshat) -- Hejazi: "I'll speak later"; Pourheydari not interested
in replacing Hejazi; Rezaie-Manesh gets offers in Singapore; national team
gets more invitations ... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
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