The Iranian Features
Dec 28-31, 1998 / Dey 7-10, 1377
Today
* New Year:
Hello 1999!
Recent
* Fiction:
In the ring
* Internet: Far
from Utopia
* Cover story:
Back home
* Tress: ... for
Christmas
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Thursday
December 31, 1998
New Year
Hello 1999!
May your New Year be filled with joy, wonder, peace and prosperity.
And remember, there's always hope.
The Iranian
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Wednesday
December 30, 1998
Fiction
In the ring
Pulling no punches even in the face of defeat
Domal ("The Abscess") is a collection of nine highly-charged
short stories and novellas in Persian by Shirindokht Radi (1998 Khorshid Publishing, San Jose, CA).
Many deal with issues facing Iranian women under strict Islamic rules and
traditions.
Unlike what you would expect from an Iranian author, Radi does not hide
behind symbols. There are no veiled references; Radi's descriptions of
characters and incidents do not tax your imagination. Her engaging style
makes the reader think and take sides. She takes you with her into the
ring even when defeat is certain; what's more important is the fight itself.
The following pages are from a chapter titled Aasemaan-haaye doordast
("Faraway skies") ... GO TO PAGE ONE
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Tuesday
December 29, 1998
Internet
Far from Utopia
A "select elite" don't represent Iran's youth
By Ataollah Togha
"Cyber clash" is the inappropriately chosen title of a well-written
article recently posted in The Iranian. The author does not seem
to believe in any clash whatsoever between the Western culture and what
she calls "the Iranian culture," which she clearly, if not quite
explicitly, distinguishes from anything Islamic. The author also refers
the reader to less than a dozen of Iranian young men living in Iran who,
as she herself is well aware, cannot represent the Iranian youth in any
balanced way, and time and again talks to us through "their"
words, apparently trying to employ a fallacious generalization to convince
the reader of the conclusions of her article, which seem to be, by and
large, her own convictions regardless of the flawed data briefly analyzed
in her paper.
Unlike the author, I have little doubt that the ideal of the so-called
global village is much farther ahead than what we are usually tempted to
believe. The Information Superhighway, and in particular the interactive
chatrooms may only be a first step in a journey of a thousand miles towards
reconciling essentially different cultures, in case we assume that this
ideal has the potential to be realized ... GO TO FEATURE
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Monday
December 28, 1998
Back home
... in Abadan. Photos and memories
For the longest time I've wanted to start a section about Abadan. I
just wasn't sure how to go about it. I guess I wanted it to be perfect.
This is only a start. It will be updated from time to time with new
stories and photos sent by YOU ... GO TO FEATURE
Friday,
December 25, 1998
Christmas trees
Stolen from every corder of the Internet! Ho ho ho...
   
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