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January 18-21, 2000 / Dey 28-Bahman 1, 1378
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A kiss in a Cadillac
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Say "I love you"
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Night out on Broadway
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Wednesday
January 26, 1999
Opinion
Dethroning Akbar Shah
The genie is out of the bottle -- almost
By Mehdi Ardalan
January 26, 2000
The Iranian
All eyes are now set on the parliamentary election due to be held on
February 20 considered to be the most significant turning point for Iran
defining her place in the world and setting her agenda for many decades
to come.
Meanwhile, Rafsanjani has quickly found that, by Western standards,
a mildly questioning public opinion is making Iran's political scene a
non-friendly place to be even for crafty political survivors like himself.
This time around Rafsanjani's prospects for a sweeping victory is not
a foregone conclusion as the hitherto silenced questions of his pro-reform
critics are coming back to haunt him; questions ranging from his role in
the mysterious string murders of over 80 dissidents and intellectuals during
his two terms of presidency (1988-1996) to the shortcomings of his economic
liberalization policies in that same period >>>
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Tuesday
January 25, 1999
Memories
A kiss in a Cadillac
... and crash!
By xAle
January 25, 2000
The Iranian
After a few rainy days, it was such a pleasure to see the sun again.
The delicate new leaves shined invitingly with brilliant colors. Mashhad's
winter cold had started to fade and everywhere one could see that spring
was in the air.
Sparrows made fresh nests and the narcissus with their long stalks were
about to bloom. There was so much happening with spring just a few weeks
away; it was hard not to join in.
After school, as I left the courtyard, I saw Hamid standing next to
a big, shiny black car asking if I wanted to go for a ride in a "Cadillac"
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Love
Say "I love you" all over again
Valentine's Day is just 19 days away. We have created a special
page for your messages to your loved one. All you have to do is email
the message to us and we will publish it on February 14. You will make
her, or him, very happy. Email your message here: Times@iranian.com
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Monday
January 24, 2000
Cover story
Baby come back
Paintings
By Krista Nassi
January 24, 2000
The Iranian
I, the undersigned, Krista Nassi, daughter of Nasser, born in Tehran
in 1970, ID Card no. 3848, entered Technical High School of Graphics in
1985 and started my studies for a bachelor degree in the field of painting
in 1993 at Al-Zahra University after completion of which I continued my
studies for masters degree at the University of Art in the field of painting
and I graduated in 1999 >>>
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Friday
January 14, 2000
Culture
Night out on Broadway
Theater industry is as alive as film
By Soma
January 21, 2000
The Iranian
Three years into HIS presidency, Khatami's policies of cultural openness,
which he tried to introduce in 1989, are back on the agenda with tenor.
At no time in modern Iranian history has the country been witness to such
a surge in cultural activity. This, of course, is not an objective evaluation,
but a simple observation.
To stop only at one example, the City Theater has so many shows ready
to be staged that it is hard to keep up with new ones appearing. The notorious
bureaucratic disorder that is in place actually ends up shuffling and bungling
many of them to the point where earlier in the year the director of BLOOD
WEDDING, Ali Rafii, threatened to abort the show (written by Garcia Lorca
and translated by Shamloo, and staged for a second time in the past year)
because, he complained, interjections by other programs (notably Shahram
Nazeri's concert in November) affected a discontinuity in the group's performance.
He didn't make good on his threat, and the audience kept coming back for
more, so to speak, turning the show into a box-office triump >>>
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Thursday
January 20, 2000
Opinion
All tied up
Reflections on the Iran-USA ball game & ballistics
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 20, 2000
The Iranian
In Pasadena, that was no more, not at least on the politically-correct
superficies of faces tortured to be both Iranian and American. Colors blending.
Double-sided flags and hats. Two-timing hearts. Mixed couples. Mixed up
individuals. By all counts, the catharsis in Pasadena was a magnificent
display of complete obfuscation of identity. It was also a purgation of
sorts, allowing the Iranian-minded spectators to purge themselves of the
pity they feel for being Iranian in an environment perceived as hostile
to Iranians. There was also the purging of the fear that comes with standing
up to be counted as Iranian, feeling Iranian, shouting Iranian and affirming
Iran. This was all necessary therapy for a community besieged by two decades
of inner turmoil. Chances are that the game will not have any direct or
immediate effect on the course of Iran-U.S. relations; it will, however
influence, the way the Iranian community in America will see and deal with
itself >>>
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