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Rumi
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A ramble from Chile
You think of one million things and nothing at all
By Rouzbeh Shirazi
September 14, 1999
The Iranian
Elisa,
This started out as a letter to you, but it blew up. Inspirado por
ti.
Imagine -- or perhaps you might understand this all too well -- feeling
the entire range of human emotion in one day. You wake up sobbing, sad
for something inexplicable and incomprehensible, and with a cup of coffee
and a cigarette regain sanity long enough to eat breakfast and ride the
two buses you have to ride everday to get to school ... GO TO
FEATURE
Outlook
Kiarostami up another notch
By Deborah Young
Variety
September 13, 1999 - September 19, 1999
 Carrying away a large part of the critics at Venice, "The
Wind Will Carry Us" takes the refined work of Iranian helmer Abbas
Kiarostami up another notch to ever more metaphoric ground, where the vibrant
colors of nature battle bones from a cemetery in a subtle personal debate
about the value of being alive. The first film he has produced himself
(with Marin Karmitz) and his first since "Taste of Cherry" won
the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 1996, this is not a movie for everyone (like
the director's other work, pic requires a serious investment of attention).
It should nevertheless please his ready-made audience of international
fans and do similar business to "Cherry," especially if a major
prize is forthcoming at Venice ... FULL
TEXT
Dubai blues
Faraz Farjad-Parvar, a student at the Iranian high school in Dubai,
sings the blues ... GO
THERE
Thanks to Mehran Azhar
More Letters
* Only vegetables have roots
Fereydoun Hoveyda writes: First
of all,let me congratulate you on your piece in The Iranian ["I
was once an Iranian"]. I think that you have brought up some very
important questions. As a kid raised in Beirut in the thirties, I had some
similar experiences.
I also have felt tensions about my "multiculturality" but
I think that all Iranians have some kind of ambiguity in their inner personalities.
This is perhaps due to the fact that since the 7th century we have been
living on a kind of "double" cultural background: Our Persian-Zoroastrian-Aryan
culture and the Arab-Islamic that was added .
But I want to point out that Iranians, as well as others, are mistaken
in searching for roots. I have coined the following phrase which I often
use in my writings and lectures : "Only vegetables have roots"!
I agree with your distinction between migrants and immigrants. But let
me tell you that the U.S. is not a melting pot. It is rather becoming a
keleidoscope in which, as time goes by, all the nations of the world will
be represented. (A kind of United Nations of the people of the world, not
of the governments! I am preparing a piece about this idea of mine) ...
FULL
TEXT
* We are separate
Neshat writes: I very much agree
with the
opinions of the gentleman who lives in Australia regarding Mr. Alemi's
article ["I
was once an Iranian"].
I have seen Iranians in the U.S. with similar beliefs who eventually
feel emptiness and regress 180 degrees.
I would simply like to say "more power to you!" I think that
we should not become part of the homogenous "blob" called Americans.
We are a seperate entity and should be proud of it.
* Music: Shahram Nazeri in Portland
Maestro Shahram Nazeri and Dastan Ensemble will perform in Portland,
Oregon at 6:00 PM Sunday October 10th. Place: Scottish Rite Center, 709
SW 15th Ave, Portland, OR. Tel: (503) 226-7827... DETAILS
HERE
Books of the Week
* Khaab-e
zemstaani (1998) (Sample
page)
From the author of the hugely successful Khaateraat-e paraakandeh
By Goli Taraghi
* Messel-e
hame-ye asr-haa (1996) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Zoya Pirzad
* Bichaareh
esfandiyaar (2nd edition, 1998) (Sample
page)
Late dissident's interpretations of the Shahnameh
By Saidi Sirjani
* Khaaneh-yeh
edrisi-haa (1998) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Ghazaleh Alizadeh
* Injaa
tehraan ast (1998) (Sample
page)
Documents about Tehran from the past century
By Mansureh Etehadiyeh
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Ejaarehneshin-haa
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comedy that also makes you think.
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LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The European Union is to urge Iran
not to execute four alleged leaders of student pro- democracy protests last
July, EU diplomats said on Wednesday. The head of Tehran's Revolutionary
Courts, Gholamhossein Rahbarpour, disclosed in a weekend newspaper interview
that four accused ringleaders in the turmoil had been tried and sentenced
to die. The Supreme Court had confirmed two of the execution orders and
two more were under judicial review, he said ... FULL TEXT
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Khatami's speech to revolutionary guards
Tehran, Sept 15, IRNA -- president mohammad khatami said
here on wednesday that policy of detente does not mean abandoning principles,
rather it means moving towards convergence based on national interests and
those of the muslim world ... (PART
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Khatami presents $112 bln five-year plan
TEHRAN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami
on Wednesday unveiled a $112 billion five-year economic plan which aims
to boost annual growth to six percent and reduce the size of the dominating
state sector. Khatami, presenting the draft plan to parliament, proposed
ending state monopolies on telecommunications, railways, sugar, tobacco
and tea and pledged to encourage private investment ... FULL TEXT
Listless economy drags down Iran
TEHRAN, September 15, 1999 (The Washington Post) - Ali Abrishami,
a fourth-grade teacher, recently asked a group of students how they view
their economic futures in Iran. The responses were bleak. "I'm afraid
of rising prices," one boy said. "I don't think I will find a
job," said another. A third said simply: "I don't want to grow
up." ... FULL TEXT
U.S. warns Americans against traveling
to Iran
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday
warned Americans not to travel to Iran, saying despite calls by national
leaders for more person-to-person contacts, there was some ``harassment
by vigilante groups.'' ``The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to
defer travel to Iran,'' a statement said ... FULL TEXT
Head of NIOC international division appointed
DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iran has named a former undersecretary
for petrochemicals to head the international division of the state oil company,
an oil official said on Wednesday. The official said Ahmad Rahgozar has
been named managing director of the recently-established National Iranian
Oil Company International ... FULL TEXT
Film & dialogue
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- A look at Iranian cinema at the end of the
20th century and its role in the dialogue of civilizations ... FULL TEXT
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Kiarostami, again
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Another news item about Abbas Kiarostami's
decision not to enter any more international film competitions ... FULL
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Hejazi may get slap on hand
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Nasser Hejazi, who is the head coach of
Isfahan's Sepahan soccer club, may be disciplined for entering the field
during a match and arguing with the referee ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Isfahan No.1
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Strawberry fields
Kiarostami subtly invites the viewer to turn away from the road to the
cemetery and stop to enjoy the fruit in the "strawberry fields"
or, as Omar Khayyam suggests, to prefer wine and the present to fine promises
of a future paradise. This is bold thinking for an Iranian film ...
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Sept 13, 1999
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