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Nezami
Eclipse
Moon kissed
Searching for the total eclipse
By Mansi Saboori
October 20, 1999
The Iranian
I was one of the lucky few. I don't know if I will be able to see another
one in Iran during my lifetime, for the next total eclipse will happen
35 years from now, on March of 2034. I was also lucky to be in a country
where the probability of seeing the eclipse was over 90%. I filmed this
historical event with a group of Iranian filmmakers and friends. At that
time in Tehran, people and the press were mostly engaged in the student
demonstrations, unrest, and political ramifications of the events followed
by the crackdown. However, I soon found out that so many others who were
much too busy with their everyday life struggles, including dealing with
the high prices of food, goods, and other necessities, and could not pay
much attention to the political crisis ... GO
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Challenging the revolutionary court
Ayatollah Jalaledin Taheri, the Friday Prayers leader of Isfahan has
severely attacked the revolutionary court for bringing charges against
Abdollah Nuri, publisher of the moderate Khordad newspaper. Taheri, who
is also Ayatollah Khamenei's representative in Isfahan, has offered to
act as Nuri's lawyer ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
The f'ing moon
This is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. It's from a
tape called "Our
Dumb Century" by the guys at www.theonion.com
(there are a lot of funny bits in the entire cassette, but this is the
best piece). It makes fun of the first landing on the moon. If you're at
work, keep the volume down! (WARNING: riddled with profanity)... LISTEN HERE
Thanks to I.D.A.
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* Doesn't hold water
Reza Azarmi writes: In his
recent article "Disillusioned",
Moghadam sails through the uncharted waters of the Iranian social psychology.
He has decided, though arbitrarily, that the Iranian work ethic lacks substance,
and in need of serious evaluation. He, skillfully, has taken time to take
a look at the historic aspects of the Iranian behavior, declaring that
centuries of invasions, and living under different rulers has impacted
the content of our character, and thus social normalcy...
Moghadam, to an extent is right for his critical views regarding our
social behavior, but we need to stop bashing ourselves in the head. We
need to embark on a new identity. As Americans, we are here to work hard,
live,and enjoy life. Yes, as an Iranian American we will help our people
to get to their highest human potential. We have no choice. I am sorounded
by great numbers of diverse ethnicities. I see that they elevate their
people to important jobs in their organization. Why not us? ... FULL
TEXT
* Tasteless defense of Islam
Saeed Derhami writes: Your
letter "Moslem
first" is based on so many fallacies which I don't know how and
why one wanted to bother to comment. All your thoughts regarding Arabic
language and its distinguished miraculous features are just as nonsense,
as is your bad reading of the Quran. The Quran has never mentioned any
superiority of Arabic or any other languages to reveal the message of God.
In fact the Quran says God could have revealed messages in any other language
as good and effective as Arabic. The only reason the Quran was revealed
and then written in Arabic was that Mohammad was an Arab...
Your tasteless defense of Islam is worse than Communists attacking religions
as a source of all human misery. Islam or any other religion have been
indispensable for the quality of life we have today. But they are not without
their tradeoffs; mankind paid dearly for it. Again all humans paid a great
price for religions -- no doubt about that; a point often keep being ignored
or covered under the carpet by over zealous religious agents like you.
How many people lost their rights, belongings and lives in the name of
religion? ... FULL
TEXT
* Politics: Persian Gulf conference
- Tehran
The Center for Persian Gulf Studies of the Institute for Political &
International Studies affiliated with the Iranian Foreign Ministry is convening
its tenth international conference entitled "The Persian Gulf: Towards
the 2lst Century" on January 24-25, 2000 in Tehran. Any scholar interested
in participating in this conference, contact Mr. Mohsenin at the Secretariat
at Shahid Bahonar Avenue, Shahid Aghai Street, Tehran, Iran P.O. Box: 19395/1793,
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