The Iranian Features
August 30-September 3, 1999 / Shahrivar 8-12,
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Today
* Poetry: One thousand
times
* Monuments: What's left
Recent
* Politics:
Culture of Karbala
* Music: Magic with
music
* Life: Modern khaastegaari
* Cover
story: Mehraban brother, Napoleon
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Friday
September 3, 1999
Poetry
One thousand times
Poem
By Shahrzad Irani
September 3, 1999
The Iranain
One thousand times a day, you tell me that you love me
And yet I do not believe you
Messengers come with great books declaring your love
And yet I cry in my sleep every night
With each season, you send a different flower perfuming my house
And yet I do not trust the message ... GO
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Monuments
What's left
... of the glory days
Photographs by Kaveh Niazi
September 3, 1999
The Iranian
It is not too often (rare, in fact) that you see photographs of ancient
monuments featured in The Iranian. And there's a reason for it.
What remains of Iran's glorious past belongs to the past. Better to deal
with the present and think of the future.
But, who can deny it? Looking at these monuments certainly does bring
a wonderful feeling. Thank you Kaveh ... GO
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Thursday
September 2, 1999
Politics
Culture of Karbala
Wondering why we are so uncompromising?
By Asghar Massombagi
September 2, 1999
The Iranian
Much has been made of the recent student demonstrations in Tehran (See
latest photos taken by an eyewitness). The future impact of these events
and the nature of the participating groups remains to be clarified. However
the least one can say is that precedent has been set and the first crevice
in the steel armor of the theocracy has appeared...
Violent resolution of political crises is of course as old as time and
certainly not exclusive to Iran. However every society contains its own
specific cultural and psychological constructs. Let's take, for example,
that most important of events in Shi'ite mythology and the central moment
in its formation: the incident of Karbala ... GO
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Wednesday
September 1, 1999
Music
Magic with music
The Kamkars on tour in the United States
By Kamran Hooshmand
September 1, 1999
The Iranian
I just returned from a concert performance by the Kamkars in Houston,
Texas. It was simply an amazing experience ... It was certainly great to
see a family interact with each other both musically and on a personal
level. There was a division of duties among the brothers and their one
sister. Hooshang Kamkar for instance, didn't perform at all. He basically
directed the group's activities and oversaw the sound mixing. He is a prolific
composer and has arranged many of the group's songs ... GO
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Tuesday
August 31, 1999
Life
Modern khaastegaari
I always thought this game was a set up for disaster, but...
By Halima Asad
August 31, 1999
The Iranian
After being away from Iran for more than twenty years, I didn't expect
to return to the U.S. with a husband. However, everyone seemed to think
that the ancient Iranian marriage ritual was awaiting me.
It all started at the airport when I arrived at Tehran's Mehrabad International.
The passport control officer looked at my documents, including the fact
that I entered the country without a valid passport. Then he smiled gently
and said, "You are returning after 23 years in America? Are you coming
to get married?" ... GO
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Monday
August 30, 1999
Cover story
Mehraban brother, Napoleon
Early Franco-Iranian relations
By Iradj Amini
August 30, 1999
The Iranian
Excerpts from Iradj Amini's Napoleon and Persia: Franco Persian
Relations Under the First Empire (1999, Mage Publishers). Amini was
Iran's last ambassador to Tunisia under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. A French
citizen since 1992, he lives in Paris.
No, Napoleon never went to Persia. But his relations with that country
form an important aspect of his oriental policy. And as such they deserve
a detailed study not only to satisfy the curiosity of (particularly) the
general French and Iranian public, but also to contribute to the vast growing
field of Napoleonic studies. This seems all the more appropriate since
the publication of this book in its original French version coincided with
the bicentenary of the renewal of France-Persian relations ... GO TO FEATURE
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