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Mindless intolerance
By Mansoureh Haqshenas & Koorosh Bayat
May 18, 1999
The Iranian
- Turn up the volume.
- Why? It's just the news.
- Turn it UP, please! I want to hear the results of the Israeli elections.
- ...
- God I'm so glad Netanyahu lost... he's such a jerk.
- You think a new "moderate" prime minister is going to change
things?
- It might... I hope so.
- I don't know... Those Jews won't let us live in peace.
- ... ? Those Jews? What are you talking about? This is the Israeli government.
You are expanding it to include ALL Jews?
- I'm talking about the Jewish State. The Jewish State is made up of
Jews.
- Hmmm... well, let me tell you something: I'm a Jew too. ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Forcing women to wear or take off scarf is wrong -
Turkish MP
By Sima Zand
 LONDON, May 17 (BBC Persian Service) - Merve
Kavakci, the Turkish MP who casued an uproar after she showed up in the
parliament hall with her Islamic-style head scarf, said she would fight
for her constitutional rights even though her election has been nullified
because of her dual Turkish-American citizenship.
In an interview with the BBC Persian Service, she also rejected the
support she has received from some Iranian women because she said Iran
is just as wrong in forcing women to wear the hijab as Turkey is in forcing
them to remove it ... LISTEN
HERE
Thanks to Mehdi Jami
Any youngsters in your family?
Salaam bar hame!
Man iraani hastam va dar Moskou (Rusie) zendegi mikonam. Dokhtar-e 12-saalei
daaram ke kheyli del-ash mikhaahad ba ham senn-o saalaan-e iraani-e khod
be zabaan-e Faarsi mokaatebe konad. Vali khod-ash khejaalat mikeshad pishdasti
konad.
Lezaa az valedein-e mohtaram-e iraani khaahesh mikonam chenaanche momken
baashad be maa komak konand va hadd-e aqall tavajjoh kudakaan-e khod ra
be in naame jalb konand.
Az qabl az hamegi-ye shoma motashakkeram. Lotfan be een neshaani paasokh
bedahid: marjaan@chat.ru
Thanks to Kamran Hooshmand
More Letters
* One of many reflections
Nader Pakdaman writes: Babak jan,
I read your
note, and understand your perspective. I do differ with your conclusions,
although I think you are correct in many of your observations. The Iranian
is not a reflection of Iran - or Iranians that have exclusively kept
their links (cultural, or other) to the country. The Iranian, whether
by design or by default, has become a representative of the new Iranian-American.
Most, if not all, of the authors you mention have been either born or raised
here in the U.S. They associate closely with the Iranian culture, its dichotomies
and through that association critique/comment the culture from their perspective.
To judge them as qarb-zadeh is not correct (if not overtly simplistic),
they are qarbi - and if anything Iran-zadeh. And, this is not a bad thing
- it is the reality of over a million people who are as American as the
Irish who migrated a century ago to this country ... FULL
TEXT
* Biggest crook of all
Hamid Boroumand writes: I wish that
20/20 ["Aaberoo
reezi"] had done a piece on the biggest fraud of all: The Bonyad
Mostazafan and Janbazan and Iran's (if not the world's) #1 crook: Mohsen
Rafighdoost.
* Iran's black-eyed beauties
David Mir writes: The author Cyrus
Raafat is a bold and courageous gentleman ["Real
Iranian girls?"]! He seems to have the balls to do what he knows
is good and righteous...
I can totally agree with the brother and think that all these blamer-complainers
out here just can't be too sweet! The fact is, if you want something pure...go
to it's source: real black-eyed beauties are found nowhere else, except
in good Iran! ... FULL
TEXT
* TV: "Travel to Iran"
Katty Bashir writes: The Travel Channel in the U.S. will broadcast a
one-hour program called "Travel to Iran" on Wednesday May 19th
at 12:00 noon and again at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific time) This is a very interesting
program with travels to many large and small parts of the country.
Book of the Week
1001 Persian-English Proverbs
By Simin Habibian
A cultural gap is growing between Iranian adults and youth residing
outside of Iran. Young Iranians are strongly influenced by Western culture,
while the adults struggle with Western culture and try to maintain their
homeland's traditions. A bridge is needed to overcome the gap.
Simin Habibian compiled "1001 Persian-English Proverbs" with
this in mind ... GO TO BOOK
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