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Rumi
Fiction
The Herbalist
The crowning achievement of his life was his treatment of
gonorrhea and syphilis
By Massud Alemi
March 21, 2000
The Iranian
Every family has an anchor, a source of light, mantle of honor. Ours
came to Tehran at the turn of the last century, amid the rumors of the
Qajar demise and the sparks of the Constitutional Revolution. It was 1906
when my family began to be uprooted.
A week after his arrival, Taghi went to Hakim Akhtar's house, on Ark
Street, behind frisky elms and spirited plane trees. Directions in hand,
he found it, a modest house of learning in a prime neighborhood, with white
columns and elaborate windows that opened to the sun, something out of
a storybook. The front yard tiles were rinsed as they were every morning,
and the flowers' musky perfume sent its invitation to the farthest beehives.
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Art
Wonders of Persia
First Iranian children's art show in the U.S.
By Maryam Ovissi
March 21, 2000
The Iranian
About two years ago, Nazli Irani Monahan had a vision to bring artwork
from children in Iran to the International Children's Art Museum (ICAM)
in San Francisco. As a volunteer at ICAM, Nazli noticed that artwork from
children all over the world was in ICAM's collection, but none from Iran.
She decided to spearhead a project to bring children's art from Iran and
she did.
During the process of obtaining the work, ICAM closed temporarily and
has yet to reopen. Nazli was still determined to realize the first exhibition
Iranian children's artwork in the U.S. Her dream is about to come true.
The exhibit, "Wonders of Persia", will open from tomorrow until
April 20 at The Presidio Alliance Building in San Francisco. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Thirty-Nine >>>
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Outlook
Rising tide
Changing images of the U.S. in the Iranian press
By Jahanshah Javid
DAPIA
There are strong indications that after 20 years, images of the U.S.
in Iranian media have softened. Many die-hard revolutionaries have stopped
accusing Washington of trying to dominate Iran or destroy Islam. Notably,
a number of hostage-takers-turned-journalists have all but repented and
are advocating the restoration of ties with America >>>
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Aint he sweet
President Clinton's Noruz message
I extend my best wishes for the New Year to Americans of Iranian origin,
and to the people of Iran. I hope this season will bring the start of a
new era of better relations between our two countries >>>
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Thanks to Reza
More Letters
By Banafsheh Zand
The sad fact is that in 21 years neither Iranians nor Americans have
learned ANYTHING. The cavalier American still figures it can bamboozle
anyone and the Napoleon-complexed Iranian still begrudgingly placates.
If Americans don't stop hustling the world, and Iranians don't realize
that they shouldn't be selling themselves short, we'll be back at square
one in no time >>>
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* Bunch of crap
Ali S. writes:
Excellent observations by Mr. Mirfendereski ["Not
so bright"]. Reading on, I recall an incident with the USS Vincennes
and an Iran Air carrier not more than a few years ago. You'll recall how
much press coverage that little SNAFU (situation normal all f**ked up)
got in the US.
Further, about five or six years ago there was a rather small incident
in China (Tiananmen Square protests)! You guys remember that, don't you?
It had all the human rights agencies screaming bloody murder. However,
China gets rewarded with the Most Favored Nation status which essentially
means (no tariffs) its goods will compete with local goods. >>>
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* Why wear the hejab?
Yasaman Mottaghipour
writes: Reading your feature on "Why
women don't learn Karate" brought back my experience with similar
questions as my daughter was growing up...
Nastaran is 13 now and her questioning of the world and its politics
has changed. Also she was born in Iran and lived there for nine years which
will make it all different from other Iranian children born outside of
Iran. When she was very young and was living in Iran it was a question
of wanting to wear the hejab as a sign of being an adult. >>>
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Art: Children's art show in San Francisco
Wonders of Persia: Art Exhibition, Contest, Persian Dance. Opening:
Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6-9 p.m. Ends April 20. Place: The Presidio Alliance
Building #563, Presidio Park, San Francisco (end of Lombard Street to Presidio
Park's Lombard Gate, first left into Ruger), Contact: (925) 253-1776 >>>FEATURE
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the rise in oil prices, is set to vote Wednesday on legislation to cut off
U.S. aid and arms sales to oil producing countries that try to fix crude
oil prices. Lawmakers are hoping the legislation, which is opposed by the
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Every time I call home, my mother tells me how the Iranian population
is totally peeved about not being able to send carpets, nuts and frigging
fish eggs to the US.
-- Ali S.
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