Noruz
New old tradition
A taste of Chaarshanbeh Suri in California
By Yasaman J
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
I have wonderful childhood memories of Chaarshanbeh Suri. So I decided
to give a taste of it to my son Roshan here in California, far away from
Iran.
After some thinking and planning I invited a few of his little friends
and their parents. We started the evening by coloring hard-boiled eggs.
Easter being around the corner, it was not too hard finding the coloring
kits >>>
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Art
Motions
Drawings by Mina Ghaziani
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
Mina Ghaziani received her M.A. in art from Tehran University in 1996.
She also taught drawing and elements of design at Azad University for five
years. She has held numerous individual and group exhibits in Iran and
the U.S. >>>
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Poetry
Culture complex
By Yasmin Assemi
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
There's a face peering out of the mirror at me
A face that shifts with the changing tides
One that can assemble
Adapt
Our kind belong in 2 worlds
One Iranian
One "farangi"
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Outlook
Khatami Visits Russia Nuke Plant
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - The president of Iran on Thursday toured
a Russian factory that makes nuclear reactors, amid U.S. protests that
the plant is helping Iran develop nuclear technology. Dressed in flowing
robes, President Mohammad Khatami visited the Izhora factory in St. Petersburg,
trailed by aides and Russian officials. He stopped to admire workers polishing
a huge, cylindrical reactor core for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant
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The face of Iranian feminism
Western stereotypes do disservice to Muslim women fighting
for change
BY: ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH and HOMA HOODFAR
The Gazette (Montreal)
March 15, 2001
Some of the biggest challenges for those of us who teach courses on
women's issues are combatting Western stereotypes of Muslim women that
are deeply entrenched in our students' minds. The movie The Circle, reviewed
glowingly by The Gazette (March 9) and other Montreal media, only reinforces
those stereotypes and, in turn, will feed racism in the name of feminism
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Noruz greetings
Noruz is coming and so are those generic electronic greeting cards.
Once in a while though -- if you're lucky -- you'll get an original ecard,
like this one by Sournea Mohammadi >>>
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More Letters
* Content over form
Massud Alemi writes:
I couldn't agree with more ["Shah
or president?"]. Once again you've hit the nail right on the head
and I find myself in the fortunate position of having a partner in politics.
Especially when you say: "The real problem facing Iran is not choosing
between monarchy or republic. The problem is how to reject theocracy and
backwardness." That just brings tears to my eyes, because for the
past 20 years I have been saying the same thing and begging the all-so-important-
figures in the opposition in my town to not make themselves so preoccupied
with form at the cost of forgetting content >>>
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* Fossilized issues
Maziar Taleshi
writes: As a response to the elaborate discussion on "Shah
or president?" I can only say that I am shocked that we even spend
time and energy discussing such fossilized issues. Just because the present
government seems to be insistently directing itself as if we still live
in the era of Mohammad does not give us a right to indulge nostalgically
in what is gone and will never be recovered. The Shah's regime was also
a filthy and corrupt, although it did not even come close to the barbarism
and inhumanity of the present one >>>
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* Monarchy no answer
Sina Yousefi writes:
My memories of Iran are not ver clear. My knowledge of Iran is incomplete.
But I do know this: a return to monarchy is not the answer for Iran. I
think it is unfortunate that so many Iranians regard the Shah's regime
with such nostalgic affection. Iran doesn't need a secular dictatorship
to take the place of the current theocratic dictatroship. Iran also doesn't
need a constitutional monarchy filled with symbolic figureheads and royal
families that do nothing but attend charity dinners >>>
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* Unfortunate fact
Simin Habibian writes:
I don't agree with Naghmeh
about the cover
picture in The Iranian. I am also a mother. The picture of a
young Iranian man doing drugs may not be a good sight to look at and enjoy,
but it definitely is an unfortunate fact. We can't ignore the facts. There
are the bad, the good and the ugly about every society.
I do like iranian.com; I am actually addicted to it. I have had a few
sleepless nights when I did not receive my issue on time. I think for some
reason the editor chooses not to print the bad news or crimes committed
by the Iranian community outside of Iran >>>
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* What's the point?
Maryam Tehrani writes:
I have recently started browsing The Iranian web site and reading
the articles. Through them I have discovered the new attitudes, thoughts
and opinions of my community. I have, however, been saddened more than
once. I do not think it is the responsibility of media to determine attitudes,
but I do not think it would be wrong for you to set high standards for
our community. We are after all Iranians. And I am still proud to be one,
despite what I have read recently >>>
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* Total shock
Bijan Rais writes: I
must admit that the first time I visited iranian.com I was in total shock.
Your site is so orginal and tasteful that I refer it to some of my frinds
(non-Persian). These days it's the first site that I read when I am on
my PC. Keep up the good work.
Music: Shahram
Nazeri & son in New York
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
I am hungry, I am sated with joy.
I'm a fox with a lion's great, dark fame.
The merest phantom takes my breath away,
But don't be fooled by that: my soul is brave.
* 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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