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Jan 4-8, 1999 / Dey 14-18, 1377
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* Literature: Nargess&
Hafez
* Film: Center for youth
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* History: More digs at
the "Burnt City"
* Play: Rostam & Sohran
* Film: "Cherry" best
foreign film
* Music:Romanic classical
music in Tehran
* Film: Mehrjui retrospective
in Washington
* TV: Iranian TV since
1979
* History: Shedding light
on Achamenid life
* History: Story behind
Iran's largest meteorite
* Literature: Pushkin at
200
* Exhibit: Art & fantasy
* Play: Iran in the 1940s
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* Nargess& Hafez
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A feature on references to nargess (primrose)
in the poetry of Hafez ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Film center for youth
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A center for supporting films about children and
youth has opened in Tehran ... FULL
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* More digs at the "Burnt City"
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Archaelogists are conducting more digs at the
site of "Shar-e Sookhteh" (Burnt City) which is thought to date
from 3200 BC. Located 55 kms southwest of Zabol in Sistan-Baluchestan Province,
"Shar-e Sookhteh" is among the oldest examples of urbanization
in the Middle East ... FULL
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* Rostam & Sohrab
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - "Rostam and Sohrab" has been turned
into a play that is currenly being staged in Tehran Vahdat Hall ... FULL TEXT
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* "Cherry" best foreign film
NEW YORK, Jan 4, 1998 (CNN) -- "Out of Sight" might be out
of theaters, but it's not out of the minds of the National Society of Film
Critics. The group on Sunday picked the George Clooney movie as the year's
best. The film's director, Steven Soderbergh, beat Terrence Malick ("The
Thin Red Line") and Steven Spielberg ("Saving Private Ryan")
for best director honors. The society, made up of 51 movie critics, also
honored "The Thin Red Line" with best cinematography honors and
named "Taste of Cherry," an Iranian film, the year's best foreign
language film.
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* Romanic classical music in Tehran
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Major feature on Shahin Farhat's classical music
festival at the Niavaran cultural center, covering the romanic period ...
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* Mehrjui retrospective in Washington, DC
Dariush Mehrjui's Films - A retrospective :
The Pear Tree - Friday February 5, 1999, 7:00 PM, Sunday February
7, 1999, 2:00 PM
The Cycle - Friday February 12, 1999, 7:00 PM
The Cow - Sunday February 14, 1999, 2:00 PM
Hamoon - Friday February 19, 1999, 7:00 PM
The Tenants - Sunday February 21, 1999, 2:00 PM
Sara - Friday February 26, 1999, 7:00 PM
The School We Went To - Saturday February 27, 1999, 2:00 PM
Leila - Sunday February 28, 1999, 2:00 PM
Freer's Meyer Auditorium, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW, Washington
DC -- 202-357-4880 Admission: Free - two per person - one hour before program
begins Info: 202-357-4880 Details:
Dariush Mehrjui His film have been banned by both the Shah, and the
Islamic Republic, but film critics in Iran recently voted directory Dariush
Mehrjui on eof the country's greatest filmmakers. This retrospective is
organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and is presented in corporation
with Farabi Cinema Foundation, Tehran. All films are in Persian with English
Subtitles.
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* Iranian TV since 1979
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - An interesting look at the changes in Iranian
TV programs since the revolution ... FULL
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* Shedding light on Achamenid life
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Translationms of tablets found at Persepolis give
details of Achamenid life ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* The story behind Iran's largest meteorite
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Hundred-twenty-year-old document tells how a large
meteorite crashed near Varamin southwest of Tehran ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Pushkin at 200
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Feature on the 200th birthday anniversary of the
great Russian writer, Alexander Pushkin... FULL
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* Art & fantasy
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Parvaneh Etemadi's fantastic art work goes on
display at the Niavaran Cultural Center ... FULL
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* Theater: Iran in the 1940s
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Golab Adineh's paly "Shabi dar Tehran"
(A night in Tehran), takes us back to the 1940s ... FULL
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