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* Film: Women bring Iranian
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* Film: Revealing an
Iran where the chadors are most chic
* Play: "Ila":
A woman alone
* Film: Mehrjoui in Washington,
DC
* Literature: Books in Iran
this week - review
* Music: Tajik pianist teaching
& performing in Iran
* 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
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* Women bring Iranian cinema to the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC (Search for Common Ground) - Six of Iran's foremost women
film-makers will visit the U.S. in November as part of a continuing effort
to foster greater American-Iranian understanding. The visit is being organized
by Search for Common Ground (SCG), a Washington-based conflict resolution
organization, and Khaneh Cinema, a professional association for film-makers
in Iran, in close cooperation with the Film Center at the School of the
Art Institute in Chicago and the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New
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* Bad Bach
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - Musicians at the Niavaran Culural Center have
delivered a poor performance of some of the great works of classical music,
including those by Bach ... FULL
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* Revealing an Iran where the chadors are most chic
November 8, The New York Times - IN the sweepstakes for the title Most
Interesting and Accomplished Filmmaker the United States Has Never Heard
Of, Dariush Mehrjui has certain obvious advantages. While still in his
20's, the Iranian director made "The Cow" (1969), a film so powerful
that it not only was credited with launching Iran's modern cinema but also,
a decade later, made a fan of the Ayatollah Khomeini and thus helped assure
that country's cinema of having a post-Revolutionary phase... FULL TEXT
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* "Ila": A woman alone
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - "Ila," a play by Mohammad Charmshir
is about a woman whose husband leaves for the war front shortly after their
marriage. All alone, "Ila" imagines what her life would have
been like if ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Mehrjoui in Washington, DC
Dariush Mehrjoui will present his latest film "Golabi" ("The
Pear") at Washington DC's American Film institute on November 24.
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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
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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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
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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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
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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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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