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Culture
Crossing boundaries
Globalization of American culture does not necessarily mean
control
By Hamid Naficy
October 28, 1999
The Iranian
A couple of year ago, my brother and his wife and their daughter who
live in Germany came to visit us in Los Angeles. Their daughter Setareh
and ours, Shayda, are almost the same age (then eight years old). They
did not share a common language -- Setareh spoke German and Persian and
Shayda English -- yet they communicated beautifully through the songs of
Disney's then-current hit film The Little Mermaid.
That such crosscultural communication by means of movies should occur
was, of course, nothing new. What made it unusual was that the version
Setareh had seen was entirely in German (including the songs) while the
one Shayda had seen was in English ... GO
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Outlook
France Polishes Its Diplomatic Image
By Charles Trueheart
The Washington Post
PARIS, Oct. 27-Former president Charles de Gaulle once explained that
France does not recognize regimes, it recognizes states.
This distinction undergirds back-to-back visits to France this week
by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Iranian President Mohammed Khatemi.
Jiang left Tuesday after five days in France, and Khatemi arrived this
morning for a three-day stay.
The human rights records of China and Iran have turned the visits into
stages for street protests and an impressive French security operation
that included blocking anti-Khatemi protesters at the border and predawn
arrests of Iranian dissidents today ... FULL
TEXT
SAVAKis unite!
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of former agents of Iran's dreaded pre-revolutionary
secret service SAVAK have held a protest in Tehran to demand back wages
... FULL
TEXT
More Letters
* New generation
Neda writes: I think that
if anyone would like to read the opinion of the new generation of Iranians,
they should. I have lived in England for 10 years, I only lived in Iran
up to the age of 4. There are many things I love about my country and many
things I hate; my hate has come from the contrast I have felt from living
in a country run by religion and so-called "order" and living
in a country where there is a freedom of speech, of action of independence
...
I love my country; the smell, the air, the mountains, the people. But
I can not "respect" my country. I hope one day me and others
will be able to overcome our fear of death and stand up for our rights
and others' rights! My dad's best friend was killed simply because of his
beliefs and my dad was shot in the leg when he was a young man because
of his communist friend! I do not believe in communism I believe in democracy
and freedom to live life in the quality which the individual wishes! ...
FULL TEXT
* Fury does not help
Alireza B. writes:
I have been reading every article Ms. Khalili has been sending to The
Iranian. When I read her furious letter
in response to "Basheh
digeh" by Mr. Rad, I could only go back and read it for the first
time. It was an amazingly well thought-out article by Mr. Rad.
I Find Ms. Khalili's observations superficial and rather dogmatic, even
though her love of Iran is obvious... It is like Ms. Khalili has swallowed
the stigma the West attaches to Middle East (although she may not be aware
of it) ... FULL
TEXT
* Literature: Naderpour's Hafez classes,
Los Angeles
Our contemporary poet, scholar, and critic, Mr. Nader Naderpour will
be lecturing on Hafez at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
this Sunday Oct 31st at 3:00 PM. All interested individuals are welcome
to attend this series of classes. If you need additional information or
if you have any questions, please feel free to call me (949) 851-1714 or
send emails to: mafief@taec.com
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Khatami sets secular tone on France visit
PARIS (Reuters) - President Mohammad Khatami, the first leader
of Iran's Islamic republic to visit France, set a decidedly secular tone
Thursday by visiting the Paris Pantheon and honoring the only famous woman
buried there. Dressed in blue and black clerical robes, Khatami placed two
bouquets at the tomb of scientists Pierre and Marie Curie in the deconsecrated
Latin Quarter church, which is now a non-religious mausoleum dedicated to
heroes of the French republic ... FULL TEXT
Khatami business-minded in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - President Mohammad Khatami, the first leader
of Iran's Islamic republic to visit France, set a decidedly secular tone
Thursday by visiting the Paris Pantheon and honoring the only famous woman
buried there. Dressed in blue and black clerical robes, Khatami placed two
bouquets at the tomb of scientists Pierre and Marie Curie in the deconsecrated
Latin Quarter church, which is now a non-religious mausoleum dedicated to
heroes of the French republic ... FULL TEXT
Families of 13 imprisoned Iranian Jews
can visit them: Khatami
PARIS,
Oct 28 (AFP) - The families of 13 Iranian Jews imprisoned on charges of
spying for Israel will be allowed to visit them, Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami pledged in a meeting with the French Senate speaker, a French Jewish
official said Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Iran orders four Airbus A-330s as Khatami
visits Paris
TEHRAN,
Oct 28 (AFP) - Iran announced agreements Thursday to buy four Airbus A-330
jets and air traffic control radars as well as 40 railway locomotives as
reformist President Mohammad Khatami continued his landmark visit to France
... FULL TEXT
Khatami may address UNESCO general conference
PARIS,
Oct 28 (AFP - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami may reconsider his decision
not to address the UNESCO general conference on Thursday during his landmark
visit to France, diplomats said in Paris ... FULL TEXT
Thirteen years prison for "main instigator"
of July unrest
TEHRAN,
Oct 28 (AFP) - Iran's revolutionary court has jailed for 13 years one of
the main instigators of the violent unrest that spread across Iranian cities
in July, a press report said Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Verdict on ``blasphemous'' play expected
soon
TEHRAN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian court is expected to issue
a verdict on Saturday against three students and a professor held in connection
with a satirical play allegedly insulting a Shi'ite Moslem saint, the judge
said on Thursday. Hardline judge Saeed Mortazavi told reporters that his
verdict would be delivered to the defendants, still in jail, and their lawyers,
on Saturday before being released to the media ... FULL TEXT
Khatami's trip sparks conservative criticism
TEHRAN,
Oct 28 (AFP) - Reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's landmark visit
to France drew sharp criticism from conservative and hardline newspapers
here Friday amid anger at the high-profile protests in Paris by the hated
armed opposition in exile ... FULL TEXT
Hi-tech moviehouse
Tehran (Iran daily) - Iran's first theater equipped with digital
sound and state-of-the-art projectors will open in February ... FULL TEXT
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Tehran
(Hamshahri) - To honor Omar Khayyam, an international conference will be
held in Tehran next June ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Esteqlal's striker Ali Latifi hopes to
elevate the team and show its real strengths ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Non-Tehranins
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Thirty players from various cities other than
Tehran have been invited to the national youth soccer team ... FULL TEXT
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By receiving Khatami, France is expressing hope for the future, for a
more moderate, realistic, open Iran. By receiving [Chinese President] Jiang,
France is accepting the fact that China will not and cannot change in the
foreseeable future.
-- Dominique Moisi, French Institute for International Relations
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