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September 18-22, 2000 / Shahrivar 28-Mehr 1, 1379

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Friday
September 22, 2000

Historic sites: Facelift

Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Thirty of Iran's top historical sites, including Persepolis, Takht-e Soleyman and Choghazanbil will undergo rennovations for "academic and cultural" use (read tourism) >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Alborz alumni pay respect to principal

Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Alborz High School graduates of the past 50 years were to gather in Tehran today to pay tribute to the late principal Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Documentaries lack support

Tehran (Iran daily) -- Documentary filmmaker Ebrahim Mokhtari critiques the Culture Ministry's lack of support for documentaries >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Index

* Historic sites: Facelift
* Alborz alumni pay respect to principal
* Documentaries lack support
* Ayari in New York?
* Bitter but real
* Movies & social issues
* Miran: Iran's hope for a medal
* Minavand's Sturm thrash Galatasaray
* Mahdavikia's Hamburg lose to La Coruna
* Best reformist film
* Cinema: Today and tomorrow
* What is a Persian carpet?
* Success in Toronto
* Film: Earliest documents
* Documentaries: A look back
* Panahi warns he won't come to U.S. if fingerprinted
* New book on Forough
* 100 years of literature

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Thursday
September 21, 2000

Ayari in New York?

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Kianoush Ayari is planning to go to New York to shoot a film he has been wanting to make for a long time: "Dokhtar-e sharqi" (Eatern girl) >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Bitter but real

Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Khosro Sinai's "Aroos-e aatash" is bitter but real. It discusses social ills (traditional marriage customs in Khuzestan) which need fundamental solutions >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Movies & social issues

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- "Some think that movies should praise the status quo. They don't understand that discussing social issues can have a positive impact on society," says directior Rasoul Sadr Ameli >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Wednesday
September 20, 2000

Best reformist film

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Kianoush Ayari's "Budan yaa nabudan" (To be or not to be) has been awarded "Best Reformist" film. Tahmineh Milani's "Do zan" (Two women) was second >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Cinema: Today and tomorrow

Tehran (Iran daily) -- Actors and film directors talk about the future of Iranian cinema. "Today, movies have an impact on the fate of nations" >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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What is a Persian carpet?

Tehran (Hamshahri) -- A crisis of confidence is gripping the carpet industry. This moral dilemma has its roots in poor economic conditions >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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Tuesday
September 19, 2000

Success in Toronto

Tehran, (Hamshahri) -- Marziyeh Meshkini won joint second prize at the Toronto film festival for her "Ruzi keh zan shodam" (The day I became a woman). Also... >>> FULL TEXT

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Film: Earliest documents

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- The earliest Iranian film industry documents have been put on display at the Golestan Museum in Tehran >>> FULL TEXT

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Documentaries: A look back

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Documentary film making in Iran took off in the 1950's with Ebrahim Goleslan's "Golestan Film" company. Ebrahim Mokhtarzadeh explains >>> FULL TEXT

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Monday
September 18, 2000

Panahi warns he won't come to U.S. if fingerprinted

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Jafar Panahi, whose "The Circle" won the main competition at the Venice film festival, has been invited to the New York film festical. But he says he won't go if U.S. customs officials try to fingerprint him >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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New book on Forough

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- A collection of articles and interviews by prominent friends and relatives of Forough Farrokhzad, along with never-before published photos of the poet, will be published soon by Negah publishers in Tehran. Look for "Sarv-e sabz" >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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100 years of literature

Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Hassan Abedini is about to complete the fourth volume of "100 years of Iranian Literature". He has also started working on a new project: 100 years of Iranian literary criticism >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT

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 Artworks

Monday

* Houshmand, Roshan: Starry night

Tuesday

* Jamshidzadeh, Siamak: Untitled

Wednesday

* Alirezaie, Elham: Untitled

Thursday

* Adambokan, Alireza: Untitled

Friday

* Hedayat, Reza: Untitled

 Art links

* Museum of Contemporary Iranian Artists

* Golestan gallery (Tehran)

* Elaheh Gallery (Tehran)

* Gallery Ovissi
(San Francisco)

 


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