The Iranian Features
October 25-29, 1999 / Aban 3-7, 1378
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* Culture: 70's in five
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* Culture: Crossing
boundaries
* Iran: Chai, shirini
and the Internet
* Iranians: Curzon's
last laugh
* Cover
story: Moving along
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Friday
October 29, 1999
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
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Thursday
Octoebr 28, 1999
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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Wednesday
Octoebr 27, 1999
Iran
Chai, shirini and the Internet
Loving two of Tehran's cafes for very different reasons
By Laleh Khalili
October 27, 1999
The Iranian
I have two favorite cafes in Tehran. They belong to different times,
different epochs even. Chineh cyber-cafe in the very upmarket and exclusive
Qeitarieh neighborhood is the first true Internet cafe in Iran. I like
Chineh because in its small, calm and quiet confines, there seems to be
an air of individuality, a polite recognition of a space within which one
can lose herself in solitude like nowhere else in an Iranian common space
Cafe Naderi is also my sanctuary, and I love it in a completely different
way. Here in Cafe Naderi, the composition of the crowd changes from day
to day and even from hour to hour, but it changes just a little. This is
my favorite place in Tehran for people-watching, and on several occasions,
I have actually arrived at the cafe at breakfast time (around 8:00 a.m.)
and chosen to stay on until mid-afternoon, devouring my daily dose of six
newspapers, endless cups of tea or Turkish coffee, and -- I am ashamed
to admit -- too many rich, light, sinful cream-puffs ordered specially
from Naderi Confectionery next door ... GO
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Tuesday
October 26, 1999
Conspiracy
Curzon's last laugh
There's good reason for part of our anti-British 'paranoia'
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
October 26, 1999
The Iranian
One of the most interesting, bewildering, endearing, frustrating, --
choose your most appropriate descriptive term here -- characteristics of
Iranians is that once they settle in for a good conversation over tea and
sweets, inevitably their thoughts turn to politics, and sooner or later
the topic of the British in Iranian and Persian politics takes center stage...
Yes, Persians constantly talk about the British and their meddling in
the affairs of their poor country, (present writer prominently included!),
but the sad part of it is that the "paranoia" is true. The British
did meddle badly in Persian affairs. They overthrew governments, toppled
dynasties, had prime ministers and other high officials assassinated, replaced,
exiled, set up, etc ... GO
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Monday
October 25, 1999
Cover story
Moving along
Youth ignore political upheavals
Photos by C.S.
October 25, 1999
The Iranian
I was in Iran for about three weeks. Initially, I just strolled around
and took photos of whatever. Later, I started to concentrate on photographing
people, especially kids, and ordinary everyday things. This was because
I began to realize that Iranians living abroad forget that most of the
people in Iran are quite young, and that daily life continues there despite
the stream of news about the latest political upheaval which tends to eclipse
everything and warp our perceptions. There actually was no sense of impending
crises. In short: the people and the country are moving along, despite
all the problems ... GO
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