The Iranian Features
September 5-8, 2000 / Shahrivar 15-18, 1379
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* Shah:
Requiem in Cairo
* Dialogue:
Empathy & compassion
Recent
* Iran:
Paris Tehran
* Satire:
Chegooneh sekteh konim?
* History:
All about money
* Iran:
Haj Aqa's penthouse
* Cover
story: Beyond here and now
* Yazd: In good hands
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Friday
September 8, 2000
Shah
Requiem in Cairo
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Shah's death
Written by Cyrus Kadivar
Photographs by Claude Stemmelin
September 8, 2000
The Iranian
It was a very, very hot day in Cairo. Leaving my hotel room at the El-Gezira
Sheraton my mood was sombre. Getting into the taxi with two middle-aged
Iranian sisters from London we sped across the long bridge glancing occasionally
at the towering buildings that rose along the timeless river. Turning right
we passed a giant stone lion and descended on the Nile Corniche almost
colliding with a horse-carriage full of tourists. We came to an abrupt
halt in front of the four-star Semiramis.
Walking through the air-conditioned lobby we made our way through a
revolving door. Outside, a security man led us politely to a large bus
parked beneath a palm tree. Ten minutes later we were on our way to Nasr
City, on the outskirts of Cairo. Standing in the aisle, I wiped the sweat
off my face. Many of the fifty or more seated passengers were in a state
of considerable irritation. Everyone was complaining of the heat >>>
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Dialogue
Empathy & compassion
"Believing in dialogue paves the way for hope"
September 8, 2000
The Iranian
President Mohammad Khatami's speech at the U.N.-sponsored Conference
of Dialogue Among Civilizations in New York on 5 September
In order to call governments and peoples of the world to follow the
new paradigm of dialogue among cultures and civilizations, we ought to
learn from the world's past experience, especially from the tremendous
human catastrophes that took place in the 20th century. We ought to critically
examine the prevalent, and the glorification of might. From an ethical
perspective, the paradigm of dialogue among civilizations requires that
we abandon the will-to-power and instead pursue compassion, understanding,
and love. The ultimate goal of dialogue among civilizations is not dialogue
in and of itself, but attaining empathy and compassion >>>
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Thursday
September 7, 2000
Iran
Paris Tehran
The capital of swelling desire
By Soma
September 7, 2000
The Iranian
On the streets of Tehran, in the febrile heat of the summer, bodily
fluid oozing out under the opaque cauldron of the dress code, hands are
clasping in perspiring persistence of reunion. The social is inseminated
with the teeming passion of the youth. In parks, around mushrooming coffee
shops, inside crammed taxicabs, and on homespun dancing floors boys and
girls are twiddling away in liturgical commotion. Glances are stolen, lowered
or braved.
How ironic, or perhaps only too common sensical, that a society that
for years tried to affect a veritable sexual apartheid can only witness
the changing circumstances of its morality code in the public space. The
avenues of Tehran are these days scene to hand-holding couples of various
social background and religious creed >>>
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Satire
By Saeed Tavakkol
September 7, 2000
The Iranian >>>
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Wednesday
September 6, 2000
History
All about money
The birth of Iran's modern monetary system
By Shireen Mahdavi
September 6, , 2000
The Iranian
Haj Muhammad Hassan [Amin al-Zarb] became involved with the Mint in
1294/1877 in a decade of crisis for the Persian monetary system, which
was on a bimetallic standard. This crisis was related to both internal
and external causes as well as bimetallism. Prior to that date there were
local Mints in all the major towns of Iran: Tehran, Tabriz, Rasht, Hamadan,
Kirmanshah, Kashan, Isfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kirman, Mashhad and Mazanderan.
The provincial Mints were farmed out by the governor to the highest bidder,
and the Mint farmers were at liberty to mint coins of gold, silver and
copper. The major monetary units were the gold tuman, the silver qiran,
and the copper shahi >>>
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Iran
By Sadaf Kiani Abbassian
September 6, 2000
The Iranian >>>
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Tuesday
September 5, 2000
Cover story
Beyond here and now
Images of Iran beyond politics
Photographs by Babak Foroutani
September 5, 2000
The Iranian
Babak Foroutani, 31, got his BA from Tehran Azad University in 1992.
Since then he has established himself as a brilliant graphic artist and
photographer. The subjects of his photographs are often beyond the here
and now, beyond politics. They have a certain timeless quality that is
similar to films made by Abbas Kiarostami >>>
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Yazd
In good hands
Yazd has a popular governor
By Amir Salehzadeh
September 5, 2000
The Iranian
I was not sure what I was going to see this time in Yazd. The Yazd of
my childhood looked and felt dry as I stepped down the airplane. My cousin
Mohammad was there to pick me up. He apologized profusely for how bad his
car looked. His car was at least 20 years old and very dilapidated. Mohammad
started throwing nasty jokes about the government. I was not paying attention;
I was looking at his white hair and the wrinkles on his face >>>
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Monday
September 4, 2000
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