The Iranian Features
March 19-23, 2001 / Esfand 29-Farvardin 3, 1380
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* Judaism:
Persian Judaism
* Mad
Cow: Kalleh paacheh
* Food:
Persian cooking
Recent
* Youth:
Mageh marizi?
* Questions:
The tower
* Noruz:
A glass of Iran
* Noruz:
Joghraafiyaa-ye Noruz
* Poetry:
Don't run
* NONE:
NONE
* Cover story:
Don't say cheese
* language:
Chicken scratch
* language:
Persianism
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Friday
March 23, 2001
Judaism
Persian Judaism
One God, One Torah, and One Persian Jewish community
By Houman Kashani and Arash Lalezary
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
Persian Jews living in the United States are on the verge of separating
into denominations -- just as the Ashkenazik Jews have. In order to better
educate the reader, we will attempt to give a brief, but hopefully insightful
depiction of the history and sociology of the major Jewish denominations,
and attempt to portray their strengths and weaknesses >>>
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Mad Cow
By Mohandes
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
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Food
Persian cooking
Recipes
March 23, 2001
The Iranian
This week's recipe >>>
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Thursday
March 22, 2001
Youth
Mageh marizi?
Teenager from hell
By Siamack Baniameri
March 22, 2001
The Iranian
A friend of mine called franticly the other day asking me to have a
talk with his out-of-control teenage boy. He explained that his son was
running around with gang members getting tattoos of naked women on his
arms, piercing his body in locations that would make a grown man shiver.
He exclaimed that his son wears baggy pants that's even too big for
a sumo wrestler, and shaves his head like a human light bulb. He said that
son has dropped out of school, drinks alcohol and smok
Questions
The tower
Mysterious smiles and unshaved faces
By Arash Emamzadeh
March 22, 2001
The Iranian
Several weeks ago, I was walking towards Buchanan Tower, in the rain.
On the way there, I started thinking about the meaning of faith. The fact
of the matter is that I used to be such a strong believer, but now everything
seems doubtful and uncertain. What has changed? Why doesn't the concept
of a cool, private, and enlightening path towards God interest me anymore?
In the Tower, I was entering an empty, well-lit elevator, when a deep
and unfamiliar voice whispered my name: "Arash!" I was about
to look back when the doors opened, unexpectedly >>>
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Wednesday
March 21, 2001
Noruz
A glass of Iran
The power of a fistful of soil in northern Virginia
By Jahanshah Javid
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
My daughter Mahdiyeh woke me up at 7 in the morning, an hour an a half
before saal tahveel. I sat behind the computer and checked my email. There
were a dozen or so Noruz ecards from friends and total strangers. Some
of them were not emailed to me personally, but to a whole group of people.
I know it's practical. But...
I searched for Aref's email. I found it but there was no home address.
He had invited some friends over for a Noruz breakfast. I really wanted
to go, but I didn't even have his phone number. What to do... what to do...
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Noruz
By Esmail Nooriala
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
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Politics
Don't run
Khatami should throw in the towel
By Hamid Zangeneh
March 21, 2001
The Iranian
In the last few weeks we have been bombarded with speculations about
President Khatami's future. Will he or won't he run again? Should he or
shouldn't he? Must he or mustn't he? In my opinion, he would do himself
and the country a great service by not running >>>
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Tuesday
March 20, 2001
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Monday
March 19, 2001
Cover story
Don't say cheese
Paintings by Nemat Lalei
March 19, 2001
The Iranian
Nemat Lalei, born in Rasht in 1952, dropped out of school when he was
fifteen. Before turning to painting in 1979, he traveled in Iran as well
as in Europe, where he visited museums. He started painting by making copies
of works by Picasso, Dega and Braque. Obviously, he doesn't need to any
more. He has found his voice. And a powerful one it is >>>
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Language
Chicken scratch
In perfecting my English I forgot Farsi
By Mahsa Tousi
March 19, 2001
The Iranian
I never thought I had lost so much of myself until I sat down to write
a card to my cousin, whom I haven't seen in 15 years. I wanted to congratulate
him on the birth of his first child. I stopped short of writing "Dear
Shahrouz" in English.
I slid my hand across the page to the right side and prepared to write
in Farsi. I practiced writing his name in the air a couple of times, but
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Language
Persianism
Modernization through reforming the Persian language
By Kamran Talatoff
March 19, 2001
The Iranian
Modern Persian literature emerged during the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries as a secular activity and has since demonstrated close affinity
to such diverse ideological paradigms as nationalism, Marxism, Islamism,
and feminism >>>
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