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Baba Taher
Ideas
Looking forward
"Time to live in the present and for the future"
"Unfortunately, many of us still live in the past," writes
Ali Akbar Mahdi, associate professor of sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University,
in his new book. "We still cling to yesterday's politics and believe
in ideals that do not conform with contemporary times and place. The time
has come for us Iranians to live in the present and for the future."
Mahdi's Farhang-e Irani, J'ame'eh-ye Madani, va Daghdaghe-ye Demokr'asi
("Iranian Culture, Civil Society, and Concern for Democracy, "
Javan Publishing Co., Toronto) is a collection of essays and articles most
of which have been published between 1992 and 1998. The following excerpt
is from essay written this year (in Persian) ... GO
TO PAGE ONE
Opinion
Freedom not to react
... especially when there is lack of knowledge
By Guive Mirfendereski
In [Where are the strategic thinkers?], a very irate Roshanravan
lambasted an unspecified number of Iranian intellectuals, artists, professors,
politicians, and journalists for not reacting to the "tragic murder
of Dr. Daryoush Foruhar and Mrs. Parvaneh Foruhar," two apparently
very famous, popular dissident nationalists. Now exactly why this murder
is tragic and others are not is beyond me...
One of the beauties of being in exile is to have the freedom not to
write, not to give an opinion, not to eulogize, especially about matters
or persons one does not know. Alas, if the writer had devoted some time
writing in the praise of the Foruhars or condemnation of the murder and
the murderer(s), then an appreciative readership would have become more
informed about an issue mattered to the writer ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Red hot favourites Iran go for gold
Iran-Kuwait game kickoff time:
Saturday Dec 19th, 5:00 am, U.S. Eastern Standard Time
By Michael Battye
BANGKOK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The last time Iran won the Asian Games soccer
gold medal in 1990, they were giant-killing underdogs emerging from a decade
of war.
On Saturday, they will be the red hot favourites as they battle Kuwait
under a pall of apprehension after U.S.-led missile and air strikes on
Iraq.
Thai security forces went on full alert on Friday after a second day
of strikes against Iraq and ahead of the final, although they said there
was no indication of trouble.
``The anti-terrorist units have been ordered onto full alert, especially
to provide security for Kuwait and Iran,'' said Major General Banchorn
Chavalsilp.
Iran and Kuwait, the newly crowned Persian Gulf champions seeking to
go one better than they have ever done before, will also have to deal with
Saturday's expected start to the Moslem dawn-to-dusk fasting month of Ramadan
as they vie for the Asian Games title ... FULL TEXT
Forwarded by Payman Arabshahi
Anyway
Play it again, Javid Mortouz Oghlou
From Hamshahri newspaper, Dec 15, 1998
More Letters
* Double standard
Sepehr Sohrab writes: Double standard: I wish all the people who make
up the minorities in Iran were "writers" and "intellectuals,"
then what has been happening to them for a long time would get the proper
attention ["In
the name of the pen"].
* Search for meaning & belonging
Yasaman Mottaghipour writes: Looking at your feature "Where
on earth" was quite an emotional experience for me. I browsed
through alumni sites and looked at names and places. I was not looking
for any particular person, just looking.
The "psychology of marginalization" (that is the psycho social
and mental health consequences of experiencing a marginalized status) and
the "psychology of migration" are important matters to look at.
Perhaps the most fundamental disruption of migration is the uprooting of
meaning. What are roots to plants, meaning is to human beings. Through
the structure of meaning, each person keeps their relationships to others,
to work, and to a soil and a culture that provides familiarity and stability
... FULL
TEXT
* Deep crap
Bruce Bahmani writes: Wow just what we needed, more Disco! I'm
sorry, "House"! I tried. I really tried. Maybe I'm getting old.
But I just can't accept another slick-packed Iranian DJ duo as legitimate
music. Sorry, Deep Dish is too predictable, from the name, right
down to their black background website! ... FULL
TEXT
* Politics: Rallies in San Francisco,
Ottawa, Sydny
There are rallies in San Francisco, Ottawa, Sydny in defense of human
rights in Iran... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
The Persian Boy
By Mary Renault
I have read many books in my 17 years, but few have captured me as The Persian Boy has. It is the story of a persian boy
sold into slavery and eventually becomes slave to King Darius III. As Persia
is lost to Alexander's army early in the story, the boy becomes first a
servant then a lover to Alexander. Perhaps the most interesting part of
the story is that Renault maintains an enormous level of accuracy both
about the historical events, and about the relationship between this boy
and Alexander, based on records from the time. -- A reader
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Iranian embassy officials injured in Vienna
protest
VIENNA, Dec 18 (AFP) - Two Iranian embassy staff were injured in
Vienna Friday in an attack by Tehran opposition activists protesting during
talks between an Iranian minister and the EU, the Austrian foreign ministry
said. The officials sustained injuries during an attack on cars belonging
to the delegation of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi, meeting
here with a troika of European Union officials, said a ministry statement
... FULL TEXT
Abadan airport closed due to military raids
TEHRAN, Dec 18 (AFP) - Abadan airport in southwestern Iran near
the Iraqi border has been closed because of the US-British military strikes
against Iraq, Iranian state television said Friday. Domestic flights to
and from Abadan were suspended for at least five days, the television said
... FULL TEXT
Top preacher, Mohammad Taqi Falsafi, dies
Tehran, Dec. 18, IRNA - Senior Iranian cleric Hojjatoleslam
Mohammad Taqi Falsafi passed away here friday.
Pro-Khatami cleric arrested for fraud
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - A court in Iran has
arrested a prominent cleric, who backs moderate President Mohammad Khatami,
to serve a jail sentence for fraud, the official news agency IRNA reported
on Thursday. "Assadolah Bayat, who had been sentenced to a one-year
jail term and 100 million rials ($33,000) on fraud and forgery charges was
arrested and sent to prison," the agency quoted a statement by the
Special Court of the Clergy as saying. Bayat, a former deputy speaker of
parliament, is a senior member of the pro-Khatami League of Militant Clerics
... FULL TEXT
Farm-St. lawmakers pressure Clinton
December 17, 1998, WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Clinton is under pressure from farm-state lawmakers to let Iran buy $500
million worth of American wheat, corn, sugar and other agricultural products.
The proposed sale, which would require a waiver of trade sanctions dating
from the 1979 hostage crisis, would provide a ``significant economic boost''
for farmers, 32 lawmakers said Wednesday in a letter to Clinton ... FULL
TEXT
Fereydoun Moshiri honored
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A collection of Fereydoun Moshiri's
poems, "Jashn Naameh-ye Moshiri," has been completed by Ali Dehbashi
and delivered to the printers ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Quote Unquote
Meaning
The "psychology of marginalization" (that is the psycho social
and mental health consequences of experiencing a marginalized status) and
the "psychology of migration" are important matters to look at.
Perhaps the most fundamental disruption of migration is the uprooting of
meaning. What are roots to plants, meaning is to human beings.
Yassaman Mottaghipour
Letters
to The Iranian
December 16, 1998
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