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In memory of Fereydoun Moshiri
October 24, 2000
The Iranian
News of Moshiri's death plus seven of his poems >>>
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Memories
Footprint
A picture from the early days of New Wave Poetry
By Esmail Nooriala
October 24, 2000
The Iranian
Thank you for forwarding to me Mr. Kamal Noori's email. He has once
again uncovered a footprint of mine in the pre-revolution cultural territory.
The picture belongs to 1344 or 1965. I was the editor of Negin
(owned and published by Dr. Mahmoud Enayat) >>>
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Music
John Houshmand
October 24, 2000
The Iranian
Music from John Houshmand and 10 Martian Boys' CD "Void
of Course". If you ever catch a flight into deep space, you should
take this CD with you. Or maybe not. It would make you terribly homesick
>>>
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Outlook
Fereydoun Moshiri dies
BBC Persian Service
One of Iran's most popular poets, Fereydoun Moshiri, has died at the
age of 74. His simple, romantic style, based on the tightly balanced rhymes
of classical Persian poetry won wide acclaim throughout Iran, where poetry
commands a wide audience. Here is a look at his place in the contemporary
Persian poetry >>>
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U.S. bill gives terrorism victims money but 'no justice'
By Tom Carter
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 24, 2000
The pilot who survived a Cuban government attack on his U.S. civilian
plane in 1996 said yesterday that a bill passed this month allowing U.S.
victims of state-sponsored terrorism to collect monetary damages is good
but does not go far enough.
"We are happy for the families who are getting the money, but money
cannot bring back the men who died. There will be no justice for them until
Fidel Castro is indicted for murder," said Jose Basulto, the Cuban-American
president of the Miami-based Brothers to the Rescue humanitarian organization
>>>
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I was searching for Fereydoun Moshiri's poetry on the net and I thought,
let me try moshiri.com >>> SEE
HERE
More Letters
* Remains in our hearts
Faramarz Kaviani
writes:
>>>
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* Tactless attention-seeking
Vahid Grami writes:
About 20 minutes ago I saw your new feature 'Iranian of the Day' on
your website for the first time. Since today October 23rd of the year 2000
(avalle Aban mAh), I am a man of 25 years, the following question came
to my mind: "So where's my picture?!"
Most Iranians have mastered the "art" of tactless in-your-face
attention seeking behavior. The following joke is my contribution to your
website (and Persian culture) >>>
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* No guilty conscience
A.D.
writes: When are people such as yourself going to stop pointing the
finger and accept some responsibility ["Shah
should be fully blamed"]. I bet you were amongst those 'ordinary
citizens at Jaleh Square' and are now sitting thousands of miles away.
Your letter is sull of factual erros as the petro dollars really started
to pour in the early 70's. Please don't insult Iran, past or present by
comparing it to Saudi Arabia. I invite you to look back a few years ago,
when they couldn't even defend themselves against Iraq!
Whatever the Shah's faults, and of course he had many, some of us don't
have a guilty conscience to sometimes remember the good things that he
did for the country.
Poetry: In memory of Shamloo, Portland
In the Memory of Ahmad Shomloo, Andisheh Center proudly invites you
to a night of commemoration of The National Poet of Liberty , with guest
lecturer: Mansour Khaksar, poet and member of Iranian Writers Guild, and
a special music performance by Dr. Dariush Dowlatshahi and Jane Barthelemy.
And finally The premier US presentation of "Shomloo the Master Poet
of Liberty", a documentary about shomloo with his latest personal
interviews produced by Bahman Maghsoudlou. Time: 6 pm Saturday October
28th, 2000 at the Georgia Pacific Room (Rm 190), School of Business Administration,
631 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon.
Books
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Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Why is your love such a wise teacher,
A foundation so soft, but unfailing?
Why do I burn for love if it's not good?
If love is good, why this noise, this wailing?
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
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May not be duplicated or distributed in any form
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TEHRAN,
Oct 24 (AFP) - Iran's pro-reform parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed
legislation giving defendants the automatic right to have their lawyers
present in court for the first time since the Islamic revolution >>>
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Judiciary closes three more pro-reform
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TEHRAN,
Oct 24 (AFP) - Iran's conservative-led judiciary has ordered the closure
of three weekly newspapers close to the reform movement, state radio reported
on Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT
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TEHRAN,
Oct 24 (AFP) - Iran's reform-majority parliament on Tuesday slammed the
"illegal" action of US lawmakers after Congress agreed to front
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Seven wounded Palestinians arrive in Tehran
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TEHRAN,
Oct 24 (AFP) - Seven Palestinians arrived in Tehran early Tuesday for medical
treatment in line with Iran's project to take in up to 100 Palestinians
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Schoolchildren start day with slogans against
US, Israel
TEHRAN,
Oct 24 (AFP) - Iranian schoolchildren nationwide began their school day
Tuesday chanting slogans against Israel and the United States and in support
of the Palestinians after an appeal from the education ministry >>>
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Soldiers killed in Iran explosion
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - At least eight soldiers were
killed and about a dozen injured by a huge explosion in an ammunition dump
in northeastern Iran on Tuesday, an exile Iranian opposition group said
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OPEC may increase oil production
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The president of OPEC (news - web sites)
said Tuesday the group could increase production as early as Monday if oil
prices stay above the ceiling of a self-imposed band mechanism >>>
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Soroush's Rumi lectures in U.S.
Tehran, (Hamshahri) -- Abdolkarim Soroush is planning on giving
lectures on Rumi at Harvard University. He will also give lectures at Georgetown
University >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
More books being published
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- More than 9,500 book titles have been published in the first
six months of this Iranian year, a 23 percent increase compared to the same
period last year >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Eliminating some Persian lit books from
konkoor
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- There are worrying signs that the national student evaluation
organization (konkoor organizers) is eliminating certain Persian literature
books from the tests and replacing it with other sources unfamiliar to students
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Iranian girl becomes world chess champion
Madrid,
Oct 24, IRNA -- Atousa Pour-Kashian, a young Iranian chess player, won the
gold medal in the under-12 World Chess Competitions held in Spain. The competition
included various categories for men and women >>> FULL TEXT
The final straw for Jalal Talebi
Iranb Sports Press -- In the tenth minute of the first extra time
period Lee Dong-Gook's goal left millions of Iranian football fans numb,
as if time had frozen and what had just taken place was a figment of the
imagination. Unfortunately Korea's golden goal was for real, and to the
shock and dismay of Iranians worldwide Iran was eliminated in the quarter
finals of the Asian Cup. Iran, a country with passion for football like
no other Asian country, was out of the Asian Cup >>> FULL TEXT
Asian cup shocker
Tehran, (Hamshahri) -- Iran's elimination in the Asian Cup championship
has shocked everyone. Here's a play by play report from Hamshahri newspaper's
sports editor >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
BBC
Prison conditions in Iran
A parliamentary delegation has visited a number
of Iranian prisons. Among their findings were at least four unlisted jails
in Tehran. Here is a report by Behrouz Parsa which includes comments by
Mrs Vahideh Taleghani (MP), wife of a jailed prisoner, Mrs Zaidabadi and
a leading Iranian lawyer, Nasser Zarafshan >>>
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