Thursday
Novemerb 9, 2000
Poetry
The fourth generation
... of Iranian intellectuals
By Ramin Jahanbegloo
November 9, 2000
The Iranian
The Iranian intelligentsia is torn between the aspiration to universal
values and the particularist attitudes of the national situation; between
attachment to democratic ideas and a taste for enlightened tyrants ...
The Fourth Generation of Iranian intellectuals have turned a critical eye
toward their intellectual heritage, provoking a wave of analytical and
critical research on the lives and works of some of its most representative
figures like Jalal Al-Ahmad, Ali Shariati, Ahmad Fardid or EhsanTabari.
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Religion
Religion & freedom
Separation of church and state does not eliminate religion's
impact
By Yahya Kamalipour
November 9, 2000
The Iranian
In general, the values and strength of a country's dominant religion
often determine the type of government or legal structure a country has.
Even in nations where there is a separation of church and state, the dominant
religion of the society impacts on the system of governance. For example,
the United States, which espouses the separation of church and state, based
its Constitution and republican system of government on the organizational
structure of the Presbyterian Church. There were more Presbyterians in
the Continental Congress than men of any other religion >>>
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Wednesday
November 8, 2000
Poetry
The tale of the elusive octopus
Poem
November 8, 2000
The Iranian
Once upon a time
There was a little octopus
With long elegant tentacles
When she whirled in the water
The starfish gazed >>>
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Relationship
The rules
... of dating Iranian women
By Siamack Baniameri
November 8, 2000
The Iranian
Dating an American woman is like a game of tennis. It's one on one.
Chances are pretty good that her parents lived in some far away state and
she has limited contact, if any, with her immediate family.
However, dating an Iranian woman is like a game of football. You constantly
bump into other players. It's a full contact sport. Unexpected slide tackles;
violent kicks, tripping, pushing and shoving are all common >>>
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Relationship
Happy without you
Last thing on my mind is an Iranian husband
By Banafsheh Pirasteh
November 8, 2000
The Iranian
I have encountered a variety of Iranian men in the U.S. and my view
of them, well, for the most part you are all a joke. While you all thrive
for money and status, you seem to forget that money can not buy class.
You throw cash on high tuition colleges, yet you have gained no knowledge.
You are all confused souls afraid to be challenged by Iranian women here
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Tuesday
November 7, 2000
Fiction
Mosquito wings
Short story
By Massud Alemi
November 7, 2000
The Iranian
In 1950, a hearty healthy youth of excellent looks named Ahmad Bashiri
had been an ace student at Tehran University.... Standing a head and shoulder
above his peers at six four, with a head full of wavy pitch-black hair,
combed upwards and away from his face, he was the sensation of the railroad
organization. Hopeful secretaries and other female employees of no particular
repute flocked to his office >>>
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Photography
Man in red
An ancient fabric for warriors
Photos by Sadegh Tirafkan
November 7, 2000
The Iranian
Clothing is an important signifier of manhood in Iranian culture. The
long pronounced lowng - is an abstract version of costumes
inherited from the Ilamite civilization of ancient Iran.
In the collection I have tried to convey the humanistic message embedded
in this beautiful fabric whose importance has been forgotten in modern
times >>>
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Monday
November 6, 2000
Cover story
Real people
Paintings by Ahmad Vakili
November 6, 2000
The Iranian
The people in Ahmad Vakili's portraits are true individuals. Each one
a unique character, far from the idealized men and women in Persian miniatures.
Nor are they general abstracts who could be any one in any situation. They
are themselves and no one else. Real people >>>
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Friday
November 3, 2000
Iranians
By Mahdiyeh Javid
November 3, 2000
The Iranian
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Globalization
Japan can say yes
... to the rest of the world
By Majid Tehranian
November 3, 2000
The Iranian
A country's strength often is also its weakness. Japan's relative homogeneity
of population, language, and culture has been historically a source of
its immense strength. But with the tide of globalization hitting at its
shores, that homogeneity has become a source of weakness. Japan's homogeneity
helped her in the 19th century to quickly unify against Western imperial
ambitions. The Meiji Restoration catapulted Japan to the ranks of great
powers by the turn of the 20th century. Although the same uniformity of
beliefs and behavior led the Japanese people to blindly follow their militarist
leaders into the Second World War, the postwar years witnessed a resurgence
of Japan as an economic superpower >>>
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