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* Literature: Books in
Iran this week - review
* Music: Tajik pianist teaching
& performing in Iran
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* Literature: Iran's "Book
of the Year" awards
* Conference: Call for Papers:
Qajar art
* Literature: Nader Naderpour
Fall classes at UCLA
* Music: Croation conductor
leads Tehran Symphony Orchestra
* Film: "Naneh Jaan"
wins Frankfurt film award
* Film: Iranian film festival
in Chicago until Nov 1
* Film: Praise for Jalili's
latest
* Film: Mehrjui and pre-79
cinema in New York
* Film: Religious film
festical in Tehran
* Literature: New book on
hisotry of literature
* Film: Samira Makhmalbaf
claims her own spotlight
* Art: Behzad home to be
restored
* Music: Shahin & Sepehr:
From myriad travels comes a 'World Cafe'
* Concert review: S &
S Virginia concert
* Literature: Nobel prize
for Portuguese writer
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* Books in Iran this week - review
Hamshahri's weekly report on latest published books ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Tajik pianist teaching & performing in Iran
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - Tajik pianist Delbar Hakimova speaks about her
life in Iran as a teacher and performer ... FULL
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* Iran's "Book of the Year" awards
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - President Khatami hands out prize in ceremonies
marking Iran's 15th book awards. Report includes the winning books and
authors ... FULL
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* Call for Papers: Qajar art
From: Andrew Newman AJN@holyrood.ed.ac.uk
THE QAJAR EPOCH Culture, Art & Architecture in Qajar Persia 2-4
September 1999 The 'Qajar Epoch' conference will be held at the School
of Oriental and African Studies in London from the 2nd until the 4th of
September 1999. The focus of the conference will be on the Culture, Art
& Architecture of the Qajar period. The conference is part of a two
conference series. The second conference, which will focus on Religion
and Society of the Qajar Period, will be held in September 2000.
The purpose of the conferences is to invite both established and younger
scholars in the field to present their most recent research, new interpretations
or assessments of the period. Papers must be presented either in English
or Persian and should not exceed 35 minutes so as to allow 10 minutes for
discussion. The organisers reserve the right to refuse any proposal not
corresponding to the object and the academic level of the conference. Papers
will be presented by theme and arranged by subject in sequential sessions...
DETAILS HERE
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* Nader Naderpour Fall classes at UCLA
Nader Naderpour has been invited to the UCI & UCLA campuses to teach
numerous courses in Persian literature and culture (all in Farsi). Due
to the continuing interest in the Iranian community, the new series of
Mr. Naderpour's classes are scheduled as follows... DETAILS
HERE
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* Croation leads Tehran Symphony Orchestra
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - A croatian conductor has led the Tehran Symphony
Orchestra in performing three pieces by Mozart, Alireza Mashayekhi and
Mendelson ... FULL
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* "Naneh Jaan" wins Frankfurt film award
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Kabouzia Partovi's "Naneh Jaan va Farzandash"
has been awarded at a children's film festival in Frankfurt... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Iranian film festival in Chicago until Nov 1
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - An Iranian film festival is being held at the
Chicago Film Center (?) until November 1 ... FULL
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* Praise for Jalili's latest
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - "Daan" ("Seed") directed by
Abolfazl Jalili has gotten high marks from audiences in Vienna ... FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
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* Mehrjui and pre-79 cinema in New York
Mark your calendars: During November 13 - December 3 Walter Reade Theater
in New York will present a retrospective of Dariush Mehrjoui's films plus
films by other directors made before 1979. Be there... PROGRAM
INFO
Thanks to Babak Nassirian
* New book on hisotry of literature
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - In "Jaame'eh-shenaasi-yeh adabiyaat"
("Sociology of Literature") Dr. Gholareza Salim argues the significance
of classical Persian poetry in relation to social issues ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Film & religion
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - A three-day festival of religious/spiritual films
washeld in Tehran ... FULL
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* Behzad's home to be restored
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - The home of the late great miniatursit Hossein
Behzad will be restored as a national monument... FULL
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* Samira Makhmalbaf claims her own spotlight
Newsweek, Oct 19, 1998 - Samira Makhmalbaf is running late for another
interview. "This must be what it's like to have a teenager,"
mutters the New York publicist who has been hired to help promote "The
Apple," Makhmalbaf's debut feature film. Her client has a good excuse--she
is a teenager. She is also Iranian, and, at 18, the youngest person ever
to show a feature work at the New York Film Festival. "The Apple"
played there three weeks ago and will open in Germany, Belgium, Italy and
other markets over the next few months... FULL
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* Shahin & Sepehr: Virginia concert
Washington Post, Oct 20 - Despite the success they've enjoyed in "smooth
jazz" circles, guitarists Shahin Shahida and Sepehr Haddad gave a
performance at the Birchmere's Band Stand Friday night not nearly as predictable
as ties to that genre might suggest. A curious and often percussive mix
of Middle Eastern melodies, Latin rhythms, contemporary dance beats, Western
pop themes and fusion jazz coloring, the duo's concert offered a globe-trotting
blend of the familiar and the exotic... FULL
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* Shahin & Sepehr: From myriad travels comes a 'World Cafe'
Washington Post, Oct 16 - WHEN Shahin Shahida was a seventh-grader at
the International School of Tehran some 25 years ago, he was a precociously
good guitar player, a fact that earned him a pass into the cooler circles
of the older kids, like ninth-grader Sepehr Haddad. Sepehr (who, like Shahin,
prefers to be called by simply his first name) played a pretty decent guitar
too, and the two of them often found themselves playing together. With
their fourth CD, "World Cafe," recently released by Higher Octave
records, Shahin & Sepehr find their profile high enough in "world
beat" circles that they can regularly tour abroad. "We were in
Italy this summer and got interviewed on national TV," says Shahin,
"and the woman at the station showed us all these magazines with reviews
and articles about us. I had no idea we were getting so much attention!"...
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