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Artists unite!
Yari Ostovany has brought artists together on the web
By Maryam Ovissi
November 24, 1999
The Iranian
I first became familiar with Yari Ostovany through his famous web site,
Museum of Iranian Contemporary Artists, which has brought together hundreds
of Iranian artists together. He is an exceptional artist who dives beneath
the surface of a painting to its core. Yet, Yari is able to transit from
his intimate and personal space into an open and giving individual who
has dedicated a portion of his life to creating an arena for all Iranian
artists to come together and share their work with the world ... GO TO
FEATURE
Outlook
Shirin Neshat: Striking a Balance Between Western and
Islamic Values
 By AMEI WALLACH|
The New York Times
December 21, 1999
HERE was a total eclipse of the sun on the day in August when Shirin
Neshat began shooting her new film installation, "Soliloquy,"
in the hill town of Mardin in southeastern Turkey. There was the lethal
7.4 earthquake on Aug. 17, the day after the final wrap, when this Iranian-born
New York artist and her crew arrived in Istanbul for much needed R &
R. In the days between, she was shadowed by sinister plainclothesmen, whether
police or military, local or national, she never knew. Some of the film
crew were jailed; passports were confiscated ... FULL
TEXT
Forough
"Rebellion of a Lonely Woman" ... GO
TO WEB SITE
More Letters
* Integrity
Mehrdad writes:
I wholeheartedly agree with K.
Magardie's letter rejecting the notion that Khomeini collaborated with
the SAVAK as portrayed in the article "Lunch
with Khomeini".
I know many things went wrong when the late ayatollah was Iran's leader
but it's totally irresponsible to label him a dishonest man. Overly orthodox,
ardently religious yes, but dishonest or dirty never.
Like it or not, millions of Muslims around the world revere Khomeini.
A large majority of Iranians, in spite of disagreements with him, still
acknowledge the man's integrity and modesty.
* Questioning false beliefs
Daryoush Mehrtash
writes: The beauty of poetry is that you take what you want out of
it. How one interprets poetry has more to do with your own self, than what
the poet intended. So with that in mind, here is what I think.
I fully think it is a woman right to wear the hejab. And I understand
what rape is about. Rape is violence toward women. But Iraj
Mirza's poem is about questioning beliefs, the act of sex is a just
a small portion of the overall poem. And I didn't see the violence at all.
I think this
poem talks about a person believing in something (in this case the
chador) and taking it out of context. In a way, controlling herself in
a manner that is opposite of its nature. Iraj Mirza is arguing for the
opposite, putting the wisdom of nature and human desires above a short-sited
belief system.
What is interesting is that when your lady friend interprets the incident
in this poem as rape, it shows that she understands the poem and rape as
much as the woman in the poem understood the concept of the hejab. I guess,
"we have NOT come a long way" from that time after all!
* Literature: Khoie in Maryland
By invitation of the Iranian-American Cultural Society of Maryland (IACS),
Esmail Khoie, a leading Iranian poet in exile, will talk about "Persian
Poetry at the threshold of the New Millennium."
Where: Room 264, Smith Hall, Towson University
When: 4:00 P.M. Sunday, November 28.
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Books of the Week
* Saaniyeh-yeh
aakhar (1999)
Y2K issues in Iran
By Dr. Ali Parandeh
* Barandeh-haa
ham baazandeh-and (1999)
A memoir by a former mayor of Tehran, with photos
By Ahmad Nafisi
* Jazireh
sargardaani (2nd edition, 1998)
Novel
By Simin Daneshvar
* Mumia
va assal (1996)
Novel
By Shahriar Mandanipour
* Mehr-e
giaah (1998)
Novel
ByAmir Hassan Cheheltan
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Divorce
Iranian Style
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gone: into an Iranian divorce court. The film is directed by award- winning
independent filmmaker Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, an Iranian
anthropologist and writer, based in London, whose specialty is women's
rights and family law in the Mid-East.
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next February's parliamentary elections in Iran for signs of change in Iranian
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and security ministry ... FULL TEXT
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Nov 24 (AFP) - Iran's foreign ministry spokesman expressed "regret
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Iran cuts oil sales to stay within OPEC
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within its OPEC quota for November and December, wiping off close to 20
million barrels of crude oil loadings from this month's export programme,
industry officials said on Wednesday ... FULL TEXT
Music fests
Tehran (Iran daily) - Kerman will host a major music festival which
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Tehran (Iran daily) - Iran has moved a notch higher in the FIFA
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Majlis
We're going to have elections in February in Iran, which we think will
be very important and will, I think, give a signal as to the direction in
which Iran wants to move.
-- Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
Reuters
November
24, 1999
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