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Welcome home?
Where is home, really?
By Najmeh Fakhraie
September 12, 2000
The Iranian
Look out the window. That must have been a beautiful tree there long
ago. Grandfather would have greatly cherished it. Now tilt your head. You
can still make out the road he would have walked on each and every day.
The road which my father would have crossed coming home from school. It
must have been a great house once. All that's left now are two walls. How
they still stand is a mystery.
The only cruelty of war which I've learned to hate is the cries and
screams of the people who know that all has come to an end. No one ever
grieves for the homes in which those people spent their lives. The homes
that sheltered them and kept them safe from all that's out there. And then
suddenly, in an instant they fall to the ground taking everything with
them >>>
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September 12, 2000
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Outlook
Tehranis for US-Iran Ties
BBC Persian Service
An opinion poll by the Ministry of Culture shows that over 55% of Tehranis
believe that full diplomatic relations with the US should be restored.
Over 90% say they have no animasity towards the Americans.Sadeq Saba looks
at the issue >>>
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Iran Poll Shows Strong Support for U.S. Ties
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An opinion poll carried out by Iran's culture ministry
shows that only 8.1 percent of Iranians perceive the United States as an
enemy, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Contrary to the official no-compromise line pushed by establishment
hard-liners, 55.7 percent said they wanted the restoration of full diplomatic
ties with the United States, the daily Entekhab said. >>>
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English cook challenges kebab rule in Iran
By Jim Muir in Kashan
BBC World Service
In most restaurants in Iran, the kebab in its various forms rules supreme,
and there is usually not much else on the menu.
However, in the small town of Kashan, set in the deserts of central
Iran, there is a restaurant with a difference >>>
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Thanks to Mehran Azhar
The Age of Googoosh
The Iranian diva emerges from seclusion, as popular and as
powerful as ever
By AZADEH MOAVENI Cairo
Time
August 28, 2000
There is a curious truth about pre- and post-revolutionary Iran: its
pop idol has never changed. It is not simply that the Islamic Republic
cut Iranians off from music - from Puff Daddy to the latest Tehrangeles
flavor of the month, satellite television and kiosks with bootleg music
keep Iranians savvy. The truth is that the diminutive diva Googoosh, whose
real name is Faegheh Atashin, has beguiled Iranians for decades. Her enchanting
songs echo the poignancy of a long-suffering nation. >>>
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Moosh mooshi
Esmail "Khoshteep" Tatari is the Majlis deputy from Kermanshah.
This is a sample poem from his "divan" >>>
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Thanks to Nader
More Letters
* Conspiracy theory -- again
Asghar Massombagi writes:
It's very interesting to read the letters in response to the article "Not THAT
good" ["Bubble
gum cinema", "Film
du jour"]. Ah the conspiracy theory again. Those bad Westerners
exoticizing Iran, robbing us of our cultural riches, etc. etc. And of course
if European and American film festivals had not paid any attention to Iranian
films, there would have been another conspiracy at work, that of silence
>>>
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* Democratic tradition
Ramin Tabib writes:
In reply to Changiz Tavakoli's "Satirizing
a popular president", I would like to point out this
site and show you that it is the tradition of those who call themselves
"honarmand-e baa farhang va demokraat" to do cartoons such as
Saman's.
* Where's your decency?
Hojabr write: You
indeed did THROW UP by what you wrote for The Iranian Times ["Want to
throw up"]. How can you permit yourself to act as a spokesman
for the entire Persian nation? Don't we have the right to express our emotions
without some pervert THROWING UP ["Requiem
in Cairo"]? >>>
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* Eating vegetarians
Pedram Moallemian
writes: Yet another (perhpas more important) reason Zagros
is a gross place to eat: Some people may find eating kabobs gross but I
think EVERYONE would object to eating VEGETARIANS.
Academic: History of Persian poetry,
Berkeley
Fall 2000: Rudaki to Khayyam Three hours of class per week. This semester-length
seminar will deal with significant works of the most celebrated Persian
classical poets. Reading and analysis of representative selections from
various genres of poetry in Persian literature >>>
DETAILS HERE
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Oh flowing tears, speak to my growing love:
Of that garden, that spring, and all that I've seen.
One night, when you remember those nights,
Please don't remember how rude I've been.
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
* Also see Rumi
translations by Zara Houshmand
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Khatami says Iran needs more than religious
faith
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Reformist President Mohammad Khatami
told the powerful Islamic establishment on Tuesday that Iran needed more
than strong religious faith in order to keep pace with the West. Khatami,
a moderate Shi'ite Moslem cleric who advocates greater understanding of
other cultures, told a large audience of mainly senior clerics that Iran
should make greater scientific and industrial progress >>> FULL
TEXT
Iran indicts alleged murderers of dissidents
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has indicted 18 people,
including senior intelligence officials, on charges of murdering dissidents,
newspapers reported on Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT
Released student leader vows to continue
freedom fight
September 9, 2000, TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The leader of a pro-democracy
student group jailed for his outspoken criticism of government hard-liners
was released this week but said Saturday he would keep fighting for political
freedoms >>> FULL TEXT
Renovation of former U.S. embassy in Teheran
September 12, Teheran (dpa) - The former embassy of the United
States in Teheran is being renovated, according to eye-witnesses Tuesday.
Several workers were seen cleaning the walls of the embassy which are covered
with anti-U.S. slogans and there were also some renovation activities inside
the embassy, the eye-witnesses said >>> FULL TEXT
More than 100,000 Afghans sent home from
Iran
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have
been sent home from Iran since April, a statement issued by the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday >>> FULL
TEXT
Turkish Muslim militant admits visiting
Iran, denies receiving aid
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 11 (AFP) - A suspected Turkish Muslim
militant told a court here Monday that he had visited Iran, a country Turkey
accuses of aiding extreme Islamist groups, but denied receiving any support
there. "I went to Iran three times out of personal curiosity. I did
not receive any political or military training there and did not meet with
any (Iranian) officials," Edip Gumus, a suspected commander of the
Turkish Hizbullah, told a state security court in this southeastern city
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran says set to accept foreign banks
TEHRAN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iran on Monday invited applications
from foreign banks and other financial institutions to operate in its free
trade zones - the first such foreign involvement in Iran since the 1979
Islamic revolution. Bahram Zarrin-Qalam, Central Bank director on banking
affairs, said administrative regulations had been approved, paving the way
for foreign banks and other financial institutions to operate in the special
zones >>> FULL TEXT
Iran-Russia sign transport deals
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia signed a deal with India and Iran on Tuesday
to speed cargo traffic between Asia and Europe in a bid to boost Russia's
role as a conduit for world trade. The 10-year deal was reached during a
two-day transport conference among representatives of 27 European and Asian
countries in St. Petersburg, the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported
>>> FULL TEXT
Clinton Watching Oil Market Reaction to
OPEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton said on Tuesday he was
keeping a watchful eye on oil prices following OPEC's move to ramp up production
and was considering emergency options to tackle high heating oil and fuel
costs this winter. One of those options includes releasing oil from the
nation's vast emergency stockpile of crude -- an extraordinary action rarely
taken by the U.S. government >>> FULL TEXT
Sinai's night
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Khosro Sinai's "Aroos-e aatash"
won the best film award in ceremonies marking 100 years of Iranian cinema.
Winners in other categories >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Sadeghi making films
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Long-time theater director Qotoboddin
Sadeghi is planning to make two short films. He's also directing a new play
this autumn about the Mongol invaders >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Ibn-e Sina on sale
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- A 13th century copy of Avicenna's "Cannon"
(Qanoon), which played a key role in the development of Western medicine,
will be auctioned in London next month. Starting bid: 500,000 pounds >>>
FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Abedzadeh back?
Tehran, (Iran Varzeshi) -- Ahmadreza Abedzadeh may be invited to
rejoin the national soccer team if doctors say his leg injuries have healed
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Esteqlal off to UAE
Tehran,
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal will play against the UAE's Al-Wahdah Thursday
in the latest round of the Asia club championships >>> FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Persepolis v. Fajr Sepasi: Scoreless
TEHRAN, September 12 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Persepolis
and Fajr Shahid Sepasi drew 0-0 on Tuesday in the Azadi Stadium. This game
was a postponed game from week 4, when Persepolis was in Qatar to meet Al-Wakreh
in the Asian Club Championships >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Suspects of serial killings to be tried
soon
Mohammad Reza Izadpanah, Social Advisor to
the Judiciary, has announced that 18 suspects in the case of the serial
political killings are to be tried soon. This is while lawyers of the victims'
families still have no access to the files and are not allowed to investigate
into this controversial case. Pooneh Afshar looks into the case >>> LISTEN HERE
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Changed
I'm among my own people but it's amazing how different
we've become. Their language, their actions, their every task is alien to
me. But why? Don't I have the same blood running through my veins? Don't
I have the same eyes? Does my light colored hair set us worlds apart? But
then again, I saw that girl walking in front of me with hair as blond as
my yellow crayon and she seemed to fit in perfectly.
-- Najmeh Fakhraie
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home?"
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