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Happy
Paintings by Mani Gholami
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
Seeing Mani Gholami's paintings on Elahe Gallery's site was such a wonderful
surprise. They are so different than anything else on the site -- or anything
by any other Iranian painter I've seen. They are incredibly modern, personal
and happy. You look at them and you cannot help smiling and falling
in love with all the characters. That's an incredibly rare quality, especially
for an artist based in Iran >>>
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America
Welcome to Chevron
Vast, impersonal, intense loneliness of America
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
He arrived in New York City six months ago just before winter. An Iranian
from Izmir, Turkey; the Ottoman city between East and West, largest port
and best natural harbor in Turkey where he ate at Alioli's Mediterranian
Grill on the Aegian Bay in his fair youth >>>
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Refugees
Just turned 26
And he won't turn 27
By A. R. Begli Beigie
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
I got into work this morning and as part of my routine I settled down
behind my desk to open my email. The first item was from a dear old friend
in London. Before I left England, we made a promise to each other to keep
in touch. His email just took the wind out of me. It was about a story
about the a young Iranian refugee who committed suicide >>>
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Outlook
UN's concerns over jailed journalists
BBC Persian Service
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over the treatment of
imprisoned journalists in Iran. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Mary Robinson, told the BBC she had raised the issue at a meeting in Teheran
with the head of the Iranian judiciary, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroodi. Massoumeh
Torfeh talks to Mrs Robinson >>>
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For Deep Dish's Ali & Shahram, a Grammy Deluxe?
By Bill Werde
The Washington Post
February 20, 2001
During tomorrow night's Grammy Awards, most viewers will tune in for
the promise of spectacle, such as the flagrantly homophobic Eminem dueting
with the openly homosexual Elton John. But clubgoers and fans of trendy
dance music -- particularly those in Washington -- have their eyes on a
category that won't even be televised: remixer of the year. That's because
D.C. area residents Ali Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi, known together as
Deep Dish, are nominated >>>
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Enrique does Googoosh
If you haven't yet heard Enrique Iglesias singing Googoosh's "Baavar
kon" in Persian, here it is >>>
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Thanks PersianLyrics.com
Sex is like a box of chocolates
So Valentine's Day came and went and you got your box of chocolates.
But what do the chocolates mean? >>>
HERE
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More Letters
LETTERS ARE PUBLISHED AS RECEIVED.
THEY ARE NOT SELECTED
* Will not look the other way
Khosrow Moniri
writes: Ms. Fariba Amini indicated ["Monarchist
fascists"] that I have not grasped the essence of her article
["Thy
father's sins"]. Nonsense. Revolution, as it turned out, was a
massive criminal act and a treason against the Iranian nation. This catastrophe
was committed by the former revolutionaries and their blind supporters.
I will not look the other way for the sake of dialogue. As far as I am
concerned, until this fact is acknowledged, there is nothing to talk about
>>>
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* Your idea of a good leader?
Shady writes:
Mr. Moniri ["Shah's
mistake: Didn't shoot rebels"], I just hope there are not many
Iranians who think like you do. Why are you filled with such haterd towards
your own people and towards freedom? Your idea of a good leader is one
who imprisons and shoots his opposition?
* Join Persian Watch Cat
Bardia writes: I
am a member of Persian Watch
Cat, like six hundred other Iranian/Americans and in that capacity,
do not represent the group or speak for the group and only represent myself.
There have been many letters published in Iranian.com recently both
pro and against actions of PWC. I don't want to bring yet another view
to that discussion, but only try to encourage Iranian/Americans to join
PWC >>>
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* Ghalam-e saadeh vali shegeftaavar
Reza Kazemzadeh writes: Khaanome Sadaf
Kiani Abbassian, tabrik migam bekhaatere in ghalame saade vali shegefte
shomaa. va yaa in aakhari "Paalto
khaakestari" ke manro cheghadr teshne sarmaa va barfe emsaale
tehraan kard - haminjaa beonvaane jomle mo'tareze begam ke neveshtehaaye
shomaa betarze gharibi baraaye kasaani ke dar vatan nistan haalo havaa
va shoore digei daare chon khode shomaa engaar hesse nostaalogike ghaviei
daarin! >>>
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* Gross me out
Iran Javid Fulton writes: Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeee! Can we
have some more decent recipes ["Persian
cooking"] that someone might want to make, like some of the normal
khoreshts, some cookies or something. Gross me out.
* Oy vey!
Nariman Neyshapouri
writes: Oy vey! That is positively the UGLIEST supermodel I have ever
seen ["Shiraz"].
Health: Elderly
care in Washington
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
By nightfall, dawn's memory has vanished.
When love's sincere, disgrace's fear is banished.
You cry that you've been burnt by love-don't gripe,
Nothing burns until its time is ripe.
* 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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