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* History: Historic bath
to be preserved
* Play: "Waiting for Godot"
* History: Oldest cemetery
found
* Film: Tehran Film Festival
* Literature: Ferdosi &
Iran's youth
* Literature: Nargess&
Hafez
* Film: Center for youth
* 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
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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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* Oldest cemetery in Iran found
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A cemetery dating 4000 years "before the iron
age" has been discovered in the Talesh region of Gilan Province ...
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* Tehran Film Festival
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Deputy guidance minister in charge of films detailed
some of the plans for this year's international Fajr Film Festival which
will be held in next month ... FULL
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* Ferdosi & Iran's youth
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A commentary on Mohammad Ali Eslami Nadoushan's
research regarding Ferdosi and the impact of the Shahnameh on Iran's youth
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* Nargess& Hafez
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A feature on references to nargess (primrose)
in the poetry of Hafez ... FULL
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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
IN PERSIAN
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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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