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Khayyam
Poetry
Sipping chai at Starbucks
Poem in response to "Sipping
lattes in diaspora"
By Korosh Khalili
January 6, 2000
The Iranian
Next to me
At this cafe in Toronto
Are my friends, each different
One Chinese, with a warm smile
One Indian, with infinite patience
One Arab, with a lively persona
We all grew differently, in different places, with different tongues
Here we are sharing life, sipping tea, talking about chai >>>
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Outlook
Iranian soccer team in Bay Area
By Niloofar Mohtasham-Nouri, Persian Center
January 6, 2000
United Airlines Flight 624, arrived at the Oakland Airport from Chicago
at 10:26 p.m. on January 5, 2000, carrying precious cargo: Iran's National
Soccer Team. Over 300 Iranians and Iranian-Americans, adorned in flowers
and smiles, gathered at the airport to welcome them to the Bay Area. Although
the team did not enter the airport terminal to join the hundreds of adoring
fans, they did receive a hero's welcome from friends, founders, and board
members of Persian Center who were stationed at the Marriott Hotel in downtown
Oakland. Security was tight, but nothing could contain the excitement in
the air >>> FULL
STORY WITH PHOTOS
Chaee bedam khedmatetoon?
TEHRAN, Jan 6 (AFP) - A French football fanatic who dreamed since childhood
of traveling the Silk Road to China has reached half-time on his journey
with his arrival in Iran. Philippe Valery, 35, left France August 8, 1998
from the stadium of his home team Olympique de Marseille during a match
against Nantes, to the applause of 60,000 spectators >>>
FULL STORY
More Letters
* Reza Shah robbed
Yek Irani Fahmideh
writes: The
Iranian of the century is for sure Reza Shah Kabir. Without him there
would have not been country named Iran as we know it.
I highly suggest most Iranians on this site take time and read Iranian
history. Prior to the arrival of Reza Shah on the political scene, Iran
was a country of eight to 10 million people with a negative population
growth due to all sort of diseases, malaise, hunger, etc. Each region had
feudal warlords who were running the show for themselves and their foreign
masters >>>
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* Never progress if...
Glayol Banaie
writes: In response to Behrouz Sadigh's letter:
Iran will never face true democracy, will never progress and will never
attain a civil society unless people can learn to respect and tolerate
other's opinions and beliefs.
* Earlier beauties
Amin Fekrat, Ph.D. writes:
Before Zan-e-Rooz picked up the idea of launching the Iran
Miss Pageant, another leading women's magazine, named Ettela'at-e-Banovan,
carried that idea out successfully in the summer of 1962.
In the beautiful slopes and beaches of the Caspian Sea, Ettela'at selected
an 18-year-old beauty named Homa Kafai of Mashad among many contestants.
The girls aspiring to the title had to be beautiful, poised, intelligent,
academically bright, and had to represent the ideals and values of the
the traditional Iranian society.
Do you have a copy of that particular issue? Or can you gain access
to it? It would be worthwhile if you could advertise the need. someone
may come up with that beautiful page in Iran's recent past.
* Soccer: Watch Iran soccer matches
in New York
For those living in the New York City area that would be interested
in viewing three Iranian Soccer matches (including Iran - USA), Khaneh-y-eh-Iran
in New York City has arranged for satellite television transmission of
the following games:
- Iran - Mexico: Sunday, January 9, 2000, 5-7 pm
- Iran - Equador: Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 11pm - 1am
- Iran - USA: Sunday, January 16, 2000, 5-7 pm
These games will be shown in a restaurant located at 70 West 95th Street
in New York City. Reservations are required. For more information on costs
of these packages, discounts, and to make reservations, please call Khaneh-y-eh-Iran
at 212-838-1234 and ask for Bob.
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Books of the Week
* Saaniyeh-yeh
aakhar (1999)
Y2K issues in Iran
By Dr. Ali Parandeh
* Barandeh-haa
ham baazandeh-and (1999)
A memoir by a former mayor of Tehran, with photos
By Ahmad Nafisi
* Jazireh
sargardaani (2nd edition, 1998)
Novel
By Simin Daneshvar
* Mumia
va assal (1996)
Novel
By Shahriar Mandanipour
* Mehr-e
giaah (1998)
Novel
ByAmir Hassan Cheheltan
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is the third part of a trilogy set in northern Iran. For other Kiarostami
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TEHRAN,
Jan 6 (AFP) - An angry mob set fire to a police station and government offices
in Ramhormoz, southwestern Iran, Thursday, to protest against inadequate
public services, the Kayhan newspaper reported. The violence broke out after
several thousand residents of nearby Haftgol rallied at the regional government
headquarters in Ramhormoz, the paper said >>> FULL TEXT
Election candidate vetting body denies
partiality
TEHRAN,
Jan 6 (AFP) - Iran's Council of Guardians, which vets election candidates,
condemned Thursday an attack on it by reformist politicians who fear it
will use its powers to bar moderates from the February polls. "The
Council of Guardians will not yield in the face of orchestrated political
campaigns," spokesman Ayatollah Reza Ostadi said on Radio Tehran. "Its
sole concern is the strict application of the law," he added >>>
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Iranian refugee commits suicide
January 6, 2000 (International Federation of Iranian Refugees)
-- Press Release: On January 3, 2000, Reza Afshar, a fifty-year-old Iranian
asylum seeker, committed suicide in protest to the policies of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad, Pakistan >>>
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Turkey to seek postponement of Iranian
natural gas exports
ANKARA,
Jan 6 (AFP) - A Turkish delegation will go to Iran on Monday in a bid to
postpone the delivery of Iranian natural gas until next year because the
pipeline to carry the gas is not yet complete, an official from Turkey's
state-run oil company BOTAS said Thursday. "BOTAS general director
Gokhan Yardim and his delegation will try to sign an agreement for Iran
to start exporting gas to Turkey in 2001," the official said >>>
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Kimiaie
Tehran (Hamshahri) - "Faryaad" is Masoud Kimiaie latest
film -- his 22nd. The reviews are not glowing >>> FULL TEXT IN
PERSIAN
Sa'di & Qashqaies
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Don't we already have difinitive editions of the works of
Sadi -- "Golestan" and "Bustan"? Guess not. Reza Anzabi-Nezhad
and Saied Qarehbaglou have edited their versions, published by Jami publications.
PLUS "Nabard-e Gajestan" details a battle between a large unit
of the Shah's army and the Qashqaie tribe. Guess who lost >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
2,700 years old
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - New structures have been unearthed at the Qalaychi hill near
Bukan dating 2,700 years >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Persepolis
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Looking back at what Persepolis has achieved half-way
through the Azadegan league season and what the future could hold >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Briefs
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - News briefs: Mohajerani on his way to
Iran ... Javad Zarrincheh and Mahmoud Fekri may leave Esteqlal to join the
LA Galaxy ... Mohammad Khakpour farewell appearance in the national team
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Quote Unquote
Other half
You've seen "Nesfe Jahan"
Open your eyes
Leave your melancholic cocoon
Now see the Other Half.
-- Korosh Khalili
"Sipping
chai at Starbucks"
The Iranian
January 6, 2000
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