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Culture
70's in five minutes
Clips from Googoosh films
By Pedram Missaghi
October 28, 1999
The Iranian
Just listening to the trailer for "Hamsafar" says so much
about Iran's Pop culture in the 1970s as well as relationships between
lovers, husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, brothers and sisters,
friends and foes ... GO
TO FETAUTE
Outlook
Khatami urges dialogue of cultures, hints at U.S.
By Tom Heneghan
PARIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami
held out an olive branch to the United States on Friday, appealing for
a dialogue between cultures to preserve peace rather than a blind clash
of civilisations.
Khatami told the annual conference of UNESCO in Paris that globalisation
meant all people were ``in the same boat'' and needed tolerance to make
a better world in the next millennium ... FULL
TEXT
Offshore
Dhiraj S. Gondane writes to The Iranian:
I Dhiraj S. Gondane am doing my Master of Technology program
in Civil Engineering with specialization in Offshore Engineering at Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay ...
I wish to apply for the post of Offshore Engineer in your organization.
So I request you to please consider interviewing me for possible placement
in your renowned organization ... FULL
TEXT
More Letters
* No Disney, no communication
Ramin Tabib writes:
I am a fan of Dr. Naficy's work, and I have admired his writings and
his observations esp. on Iranian cinema over the years, but his article
["Crossing
boundaries"] made assertions that were too tempting to pass up,
so here is my response:
1. The globalization of American pop culture is the globalization of
consumer culture, and two persons communicating through American pop culture
therefore cannot communicate unless it is by way of a capitalist communicative
medium (a product of some sorts, namely a movie or a doll), and in this
case a Disney animated product. No Disney product, no communication. This
means we are mute and completely subject to a breakdown of any discourse
without a infrastructure set-up by the American/capitalist culture industry.
This is loss of freedom ... FULL
TEXT
* Literature: Literary voices of Iran
- New York
Some of Iran's most distinguished literary figures gather for the first
time in the U.S. Authors include Simin Behbehani, Mahmoud Dolatabadi, Mohammad
Ali Sepanlou, Javad Mojabi, and Shahriar Mandani will read and discuss
their work at New York's Asia Society on November 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Cosponsored by PEN American Center, Columbia University's Department
of Middle Eastern and Asian languages and Cultures and Center for Iranian
Modern Arts. $7 members and PEN members; $10 nonmembers; limited number
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Khatami winds up Paris visit stressing
warm ties
PARIS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami wound up a
trip to Paris Friday with a call for global tolerance, better ties with
the West and a hope that a moderate message would win over investors' minds
and money ... FULL TEXT
Khatami pledges "just and fair"
trial for 13 Iranian Jews
PARIS,
Oct 29 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami pledged Friday a "just
and fair" trial for 13 Iranian Jews imprisoned on charges of spying
for Israel and said their rights would be protected. "Be assured, the
trial will be just and fair," Khatami told reporters at the end of
his landmark three-day visit to France. "They can see their attorneys
and families... and their rights will not be trampled over." ... FULL
TEXT
Khatami urges "dialogue" but
warns poor pose threat in next millennium
PARIS,
Oct 29 (AFP) - Iran's moderate leader, President Mohammad Khatami, issued
a plea for "dialogue between cultures and civilisations" in a
rare address in the west before the UNESCO General Conference on Friday
... FULL TEXT
Khatami pledges no meddling in Mideast
peace
PARIS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, winding up
a visit to Paris, said Friday Iran would not interfere in the Middle East
peace process. ``We will not interfere in the Middle East peace process...We
will not interfere with the efforts of others,'' Khatami told a news conference
... FULL TEXT
Khatami visit mobilises vociferous dissident
group
PARIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Parisians, confronted with security patrols,
closed Metro stations and screaming protesters, could be excused for thinking
all of Iran's dissidents were visiting France rather than just its President
Mohammad Khatami ... FULL TEXT
Khatami Paris trip shows failure of US
bid to isolate Iran: senior cleric
TEHRAN,
Oct 29 (AFP) - Reformist President Mohammad Khatami's landmark visit to
France shows the bankruptcy of US efforts to isolate Iran, Ayatollah Ahmad
Janati, a senior conservative cleric said here Friday ... FULL TEXT
Visiting South Korean minister explores
trade opportunities in Iran
TEHRAN,
Oct 28 (AFP) - Visiting South Korean Trade Minister Han Dak Su has expressed
interest in Iran's planned privatization programme as well as its strategic
role as a gateway to central Asia, newspapers reported here Thursday. ...
FULL TEXT
Courage
Tehran (Hamshahri) - "When I read Rasoul Sadr Ameli's script
for 'Dokhtari baa kafsh-haaye kataani' last year, I was amazed at his courage
for picking such a subject and it seemed he had the foundations for making
a great contemporayr film." ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Restoration
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - The tomb of Seyed Sadreddin, a minister in the court of Shah
Esmail Safavi, has been restored in Simcheshmeh, West Azarbaijan ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Masoudi joins Futbol Mundial
OTTAWA - The Canadian Soccer Association today announced it's Communications
Director, Mehrdad Masoudi, has resigned from his post effective November
12, 1999. He leaves the Association for "Futbol Mundial", the
world's most watched soccer show ... FULL TEXT
Soccer championships
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Iran has submitted its nomination to host the 13th Asian soccer
championships ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Quote Unquote
Dialogue
While the 20th century was centered on the force of the sword, leaving
winners and losers, the main axis of the next century must be that of dialogue,
otherwise the sword will become a cutting blade, from which no one will
be safe.
-- President Khatami's speech at UNESCO
AFP
October 29, 1999
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Googoosh
Clip 1: Audio from the trailer for
"Hamsafar"
Clip 2: Video clip of rare Googoosh
Persian dance
Clip 3: Video clip from "Hamoomak
moorcheh daareh"
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