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Baba Taher
Fiction
A Portrait of Mana
A novel by Mokhtar Paki
Mokhtar Paki, a writer and artist in San Francisco's Bay Area, has written
a novel called Shamaayel-e Maanaa ("A Portrait of Mana,"
Baran Publishers, Spanga, Sweden. Tel: + 46-8-471-9271, 291 pages). In
the opening page, novelist Hooshang Golshiri has been thanked for his advice.
Here's the first chapter (in Persian): ... GO TO FEATURE
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BEHIND GLASS WINDOWS
Everybody thought that the strangest thing Behrooz had ever done was
to fall in love with a mannequin. But that was just the beginning... Behind
Glass Windows, a shattering love story that questions our perception of
love and reality.
"Behind glass windows" is a play written and directed by Torange
Yeghiazarian based on a short story by Iranian writer, Saadegh Hedaayat.
The last performance is this weekend in Berkeley... DEATILS
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* Don't we have any good points?
An American writes: As an American who is married to an Iranian for
the past 20 years I was quite offended by this article ["How to become
an American"]. If I as an American wrote an article in which
I stereotyped a certain ethnic group, I would be labeled as a racist. Is
it fair, therefore, that an Iranian who came to this country most likely
in search of a better life, would write such an article as this?... FULL
TEXT
* Lecture: Azar Nafisi lecture in Virginia
Anjomane Baresi Massael Siasi Iran Presents: Dr. Azar Nafissi
Topic: Critique of Culture & Culture of Critique In Contemporary
Iran
Date: Friday November 13th 1998
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: McLean Governmental Center 1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia
495 To Exit 11A (123-Chain Bridge Rd-McLean), Left on Lewinsville Rd, Right
on Balls Hill Rd.
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and West European affairs in the foreign ministry, the official IRNA news
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Minister Kamal Kharrazi left for Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks expected
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during the two-day visit, IRNA added... FULL TEXT
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