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Feb 1-5, 1999 / Bahman 12-16, 1377
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* Theater: Artists condemn
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* Theater: FEATURE: Women
in theater
* Theater: Street plays
* Literature: Novels by
women in high demand
* Architecture: Bids &
issues
* Art: Cartoonist in Jappanese
museum
* Play: Rostam & Sohrab
* Literature: Jack London
* Film: 'The Children of
Heaven'
* Film: Iran's "Green
Film Festival
* Film: Tehran film fest
details
* History: Historic bath
to be preserved
* Play: "Waiting for Godot"
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* Artists condemn attacks
Tehran (IRNA) - A group of some 100 artists have condemned attacks launched
by (conservative) newspapers against the theater feastival during the anniversary
of the revolution. One newspaper compared the festival with the Shiraz
arts festival in the Shah's era ... IMAGE
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* FEATURE: Women in theater
Tehran (Iran) - Film, theater AND TV actress Azita Hajian talks about
women in theater... FULL
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* Street plays
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A report on the Street Plays Festival in Tehran
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* Novels by women in high demand
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Books written by Iranian women have become very
popular in recent years. Why? Here's one look into the phenomenon ... FULL TEXT
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* Architecture bids: Issues
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The public knows little about architectural bids
in Iran and its failures. A feature from Hamshahri ... FULL
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* Cartoonist in Jappanese museum
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The works of cartoonist Ali Divandari have been
purchased by a museum in Japan ... FULL
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* Rostam & Sohrab
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Pari Saberi, the director and writer of a the play
"Rostam & Sohrab" speaks to Hamshahri ... FULL
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* Jack London
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A look at the life and works of the San Franciscan
writer, Jack London ... FULL
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* 'The Children of Heaven': For a Pair of Sneakers, Longing, Lies
and a Plan
Jan 22, New York Times - The young hero of Majid Majidi's "Children
of Heaven" is played by Mir Farrokh Hashemian, a desolate-looking
boy with huge brown eyes and a way of sending tears suddenly rolling down
his cheeks. Those tears well up with some regularity during this film about
9-year-old Ali, his younger sister Zahra (Bahareh Seddiqui) and their scheme
for sharing a pair of his tattered sneakers. The children want to hide
the fact that Zahra's shoes have been lost because this will be a hardship
for their parents ... FULL
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* Iran's "Green Film Festival"
Tehran, Department of the Environment press release: The first international
film festival focused on the living environment will be held in Iran in
February 1999. Dr. Yousef Hojjat, deputy-managing director for training
and planning at the Department of the Environment has announced the dates
of February 28th to March 5th 1999 for the first international film festival
to be organized around environmental issues ... FULL
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* Tehran film fest details
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Details of the Tehran international film festivcal
next month, including the names of the films and their directors ... FULL TEXT
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* Historic bath to be preserved
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The historic Sheikh Bahai public bath in Isfahan
has been registered as a national monument and will come under the preservation
activities of the Cultural Heritage Foundation ... FULL
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* "Waiting for Godot"
Tehran (Hamshahri) - "Waiting for Godot" -- Samuel Beckett's
classic play -- is now playing in Tehran, but Hamshahri's review is not
favorable. The Persian translation of the text is well done - the play
itself is not ... FULL
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