The Iranian Features
May 15-19, 2000 / Ordibehesht 26-30, 1379
Today
* Poetry:
The wind
Recent
* Tehran
Times: Generational gap
* Photography:
Battyfrie
* Opinion:
Darbedari
* Cover
story: Three years later
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Friday
May 26, 2000
Poetry
The wind
Four poems
By Morteza Mirbaghian
May 26, 2000
The Iranian
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Thursday
May 25, 2000
Tehran Times
Generational gap
When I see young people talk about "those religious
bums" it's scary
By Najmeh Fakhraie
May 25, 2000
The Iranian
... Once we reach the "third stop" in Kolakchal, my eyes practically
fall to the ground. I see a clergyman standing right in front of me. He
has two bodyguards and just a few feet away from them another group of
boys are busy dancing to techno music. My curiosity wins over my fright
so I go over to where he is standing. A number of boys are standing around
him and he's telling them that "they shouldn't spend all their time
with 'those girls'." He is being hit with pistachios but he doesn't
seem to mind. But once the pistachios turn into apples he starts to look
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Wednesday
May 24, 2000
Photography
Battyfrie
The progress of unearthing
By Ali Mobasser
May 24, 2000
The Iranian
As the weeks went by, it had become very clear to me that my role as
a documentary photographer on this journey had become increasingly irrelevant
to the images I was producing hence achieving my favorite photographs towards
the later half of our journey when I had learned to use the camera not
just as a tool for recording but as a means of expression. Compositions
of Mayan sights and breathtaking landscapes held no real meaning for me
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Tuesday
May 23, 2000
Emigrant
Darbedari
Can't live with or without Iran
May 23, 2000
The Iranian
Hassan Rajabnejad sent a note along with his autobiographical short
stories, Dar parseh-haaye darbedari. He said he had been the editor
of Khavaran newspaper in northern California for five years. "Now
I sell fruits, vegetables and araq!" He should write more books.
His stories about life away from Home, have a warm, friendly, unpretentious
tone. Here's the title story from his book (in Persian) >>>PAGE
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Monday
May 22, 2000
Cover story
Three years later
Reformist students rally at Tehran University
By Siamak Namazi
May 22, 2000
The Iranian
Some 3000 students marked the third anniversary of President Khatami's
election at Tehran University today, listening to speeches by and chanting
slogans. Many of the slogans were directed against former President Akbar
Hashemi Rafsanjani. >>>
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