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Literature
The donkey's gone!
A Rumi story
June 7, 2000
The Iranian
From "The Donkey's Gone! The Donkey's Gone!", one of the
stories in Rumi Stories for Young Adults from the Mathnawi, translated
and adapted by Muhammad Nur Abdus Salam. Illustrations by Rose Ghajar (2000,
ABC International Group).
Once there was a poor Sufi. He had a donkey which he would ride on in
his travels from one place to another. During the day he would travel about
as was his custom and at night, if he should come upon a house of dervishes
or an inn, he would spend the night in their company. If he did not find
such a place, he would sleep in a mosque or in some ruins. He used to say
to himself, "Wherever night falls, there is my bed." >>> GO
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Soccer Boosts Iran-Egypt Ties
By AFSHIN VALINEJAD
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Egypt narrowly beat Iran in a penalty shootout Wednesday,
but diplomacy was said to be the real victor in the first soccer match
between the two nations. ``Winning or losing is a secondary issue in these
tournaments. They are more of a bridge between us and the participating
countries for the expansion of friendly ties,'' said Mohammad Ghaffari,
an Iranian soccer federation official, before the game. ``We hope that
football will serve as a means to improve political relations among us.''
>>>
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Obituary: Houshang Golshiri
By Justin Huggler
The Independent (London)
June 7, 2000
HOUSHANG GOLSHIRI was a dissident all his life. He was a writer who
eschewed the ivory towers and dared to challenge Iran's political leaders:
as a result he was persecuted both under the Shah and under the Islamic
Republic. Yet he never stopped insisting on the right to freedom of expression.
>>>
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Iran back as king of chess castle
By GUY DINMORE
Financial Times (London)
June 7, 2000
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to Iran, chess is coming home. Fide,
the world chess federation, this week wrapped up an agreement with the
Iranian government to host the world championship final in Tehran in December.
Iran's chess association, locked in a prolonged struggle with a few
conservative Shia Muslim ayatollahs opposed to the game, is overjoyed that
it beat off rival bids from China, Kazakhstan and Morocco >>>
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Soooo cute
Quack quack... qu qu qua... quack quack... I said quack goddammit! >>> SEE
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* Afghans are human like us
Ali Khaligh writes:
Please be informed that just the photos of the Afghan refugees were
by me and not the introduction ["Not
welcome"]. I'm a photojournalist, I like social subjects. My main
purpose in choosing this subject was to help the Afghan refugees by showing
their pains to people all over the world.
I have no problem with the Iranian government and I live in Iran and
I'm happy about it . But I have seen the pains of these refugees and their
poor life and it is my job to reflect it. Afghan refugees are humans like
us. Nobody has shown their life in Iran but I wanted to >>>
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* Persians should care for themselves first
Mehran Mirshahi writes:
Let's not get to carried away with the treatment of Afghans in Iran
["Not
welcome"]. Iran has been one of the most hospitable countries
in the world, accepting the largest number of refugees anywhere in the
world in the last decade. This is despite the internal, external, and economic
problems that we are all familiar with.
Therefore, comparisons with Germany are a little out of place. Out of
the millions of Afghans who have been accepted withing Iranian society,
a few hundred, possibly thousands, are being returned due to unlawful entry.
These people make good subjects for Ali Khalighs' photographs, although
such scenery is not uncommon across, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Turkey
>>>
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Art: Iranian women artists in Berkeley
After several months of hard work by many dedicated people, I am happy
to announce that the exhibition Beyond Boundaries is about to open this
Saturday, the 10th of June. Beyond Boundaries, features contemporary art
of nineteen Iranian women, gathered from around the world. I am very excited
to be part of this exhibition that is being presented by the Iranian Women's
Studies Foundation's 11th conference (IWSF2000), and sponsored by the Center
for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. There
will be a catalog for the show available for sale at the opening >>> DETAILS HERE
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
There's talk in the halls of love's seminary
Of the line between love's pleasure and its theory.
On love, no theologian's expert ruling will abide.
On love, their eminences' tongues are truly tied.
-- Rumi
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Guardian Council says reformists won nine
more parliamentary seats
TEHRAN,
June 7 (AFP) - Iran's Council of Guardians, the conservative body which
oversees elections, Wednesday validated a further nine seats from May's
second round of parliamentary elections, giving all of them to reformists.
The latest results raised to 211 the number of reformists so far known to
have won seats in the 290-seat body >>> FULL TEXT
Turkey snubs Iran over ECO summit, wants
answers on radical Islamists
ANKARA,
June 7 (AFP) - Turkey said Wednesday that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer would
not attend the summit in Tehran of the 10-member Economic Cooperation Organisation
as Ankara informed Iran on a radical Islamist group which it believes is
backed by its eastern neighbour. At a news conference in Ankara, Turkish
Minister of State Mehmet Kececiler said that the president's busy agenda
would prevent him going to Iran and that he himself would instead represent
Turkey at the summit, which opens Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
Women MPs form working group
TEHRAN,
June 7 (AFP) - The Iranian parliament has formed its first women's working
group since the Islamic revolution in 1979, according to press reports Wednesday.
"We held our first formal meeting on Monday", said Tahereh Rezazadeh,
reformist MP from the southern city of Shiraz >>> FULL TEXT
President Khatami calls for merciless war
on drugs
TEHRAN,
June 7 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammed Khatami traveled to a major drug
crossing-point along the Afghan border Wednesday to call for a merciless
war against the narcotics trade in eastern Iran. The trip to Taibad also
marks the first by a high-ranking member of Iran's Shiite Muslim leadership
to this majority-Sunnite region since the 1979 Islamic Revolution >>>
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US rabbis arrive in Tehran
In
a statement received by telephone in the IranMania.com office in London,
Rabbi Chaim Lefkowitz secretary of 'Neturei Karta International' based in
New York, describing itself as an 'Anti-Zionist Jewish movement' confirmed
that four Rabbis from their ogranisation have made a trip to Iran "To
proclaim and distingtify the difference between Zionism and Judaism"
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran aluminum output threatened
TEHRAN,
June 7 (Reuters) - Government price regulations seriously threaten Iran's
fledgling aluminum output, raising concerns among producers of possible
heavy losses, Iran's Mine and Metals Minister Eshaq Jahangiri said on Wednesday
>>> FULL TEXT
Mohajerani's on Golshiri
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani has expressed condolences
on Houshang Golshiri's death >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Zarrin-Kelk's animation among best
Tehran (Bahar) -- Noureddin Zarrin-Kelk's animated film "Crazy
Crazy World" has been chosen as one of the 20th century's best >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Alkhas & Farrokhzad
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Painter Hanibal Alkhas will show his latest paitings which are
based on Forough Farrokhzad's poetry >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran loses to Egypt
(Iran Sports Press) -- With video: The Iranian National Team was
held back from the final of the LG Cup after losing to Egypt. After a 1-1
draw in regulation time, the game was decided by penalty kicks >>>
FULL TEXT
Johari: Iran best in Asia
(Iran Sports Press) -- Mahmoud Johari, the head coach of the Egyptian
team, told IRIB during his team's training, "Our team consists of players
from our Olympic team and National Team >>> FULL TEXT
Persepolis boss in embezzlement case
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Persepolis general manager Amir Abedini is on trial on
charges of misusing government funds -- even though the funds were repaid
in full >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
Students protest arrests
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, a student leader,
explains why students have sent an open letter to the president to protest
against recent arrests (Go to 5 minutes and 33 seconds) >>>
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Diplomacy
Winning or losing is a secondary issue in these tournaments.
They are more of a bridge between us and the participating countries for
the expansion of friendly ties.
-- Mohammad Ghaffari, Iranian soccer federation official
AP
June 7, 2000
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