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Festivals in U.S. show Iranians more relaxed
Photos by J. Javid
We drove into New York with great excitement. We expected the "first
Iranian-American street festival" to be filled with people, vendors
and various cultural activities. What we saw was just a lot of people wondering
around and -- for lack of anything better to do -- checking each other
out.
Although a disappointment in terms of organization, the New York festival
showed Iranians as much more relaxed and confident about their Iranianness.
You could see individuals representing all religions and political affiliations
(even a woman in full black chador). But there was no sense of fear or
suspicion, which were common among expatriates after the revolution. You
could feel an invisible bond, even toward strangers... GO TO FEATURE
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Iran is threatening to go to war with Afghanistan. Turkey is making
threats against Syria. The world financial markets are in shambles. The
price of oil is at its lowest since the 1920s. Russia's political and economic
crises continue. The President of the United States is facing impeachment
hearings for committing adultry...
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* Islam = Reformed Manicheism
"Glasse" writes: Excellent document
["Conspiracy theories and the Persian mind"].
conspiracy theories are characteristic of other Islamic countries and the
Soviet Union because of Manichean influence. Communism is a form of Manicheism
(thesis-antithesis, etc) and Islam itself is a reformed or one could say
rectified kind of Manicheism. Islam takes many elements of Manicheism but
instead of two abstract gods defined by their opposition makes them into
one... FULL
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* Mohammad Basirian: "Soldier of Human
Dignity"
Parviz Forghani writes: Although [Mohammad Basirian's]
official assignment was "Specialty English Course Professor,"
all his students would agree that he was indeed teaching "how to learn."
He was indeed trying to ignite a passion for learning, a critical view
towards the status quo. He would shout at a student, he would argue with
the bureaucrats, the ones who were taking the safe side of the mighty rulers.
He was the one who would act sometimes with brutality with those students
who had chosen the easy way by adhering to the existing norms and codes
of power.
Years later, after Islamic Revolution, during
the Iraqi invasion days, when the very young revolutionary guards (Pasdars)
would block the streets and stop the cars and search the trunks and ask
meaningless questions, it was he who would shout at them furiously and
tell them your enemy is the one who is penetrating your capital city and
bombing it every night, not the girls and boys and families traveling in
the cars which you stop.
Ten years have passed since the day his heart
stopped. He was in his early fifties. When I look back, I realize that
he was one of those rare people who tried to take his students to the peaks
of life and tried to teach them how to look at life from the top. To ignore
the minor differences and tolerate different attitudes; to look at life
to see how you can change it. He tried to teach passion for learning...FULL
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Khatami confronts election body
LONDON, (BBC) - President Khatami and his
followers are regarded as liberals in Iran President Khatami of Iran is
reported to have protested to an electoral body which disqualified most
of his supporters from standing in a crucial election this month. No details
have been released, but Mr Khatami is believed to have expressed his deep
concern about the way the body screened candidates for the Assembly of Experts,
a clerical council which has the power to appoint and dismiss Iran's supreme
leader - currently Ayatollah Khamenei... FULL TEXT
Writers told not to organize, reports say
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran's Islamic authorities
have told a group of prominent writers to give up efforts to re-activate
an independent association of authors, Iranian literary sources said on
Monday. An Islamic revolutionary court has in the past few days repeatedly
questioned several cultural activists and writers, including the prominent
novelist Houshang Golshiri, a source told Reuters... FULL TEXT
Iran warns Taleban its ``patience has limits''
TEHRAN, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iran warned the
Afghan Taleban on Monday its ``patience has limits'' and Tehran might take
action unless the killers of Iranian diplomats were punished. ``The Taleban
must meet the demands of Iran and the international community,'' Iranian
television quoted Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi as saying... FULL TEXT
British official in Iran trade, investment
talks
TEHRAN, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A top British trade
promoter met Iranian officials on Sunday seeking the first fruits of improved
relations between the two countries after settlement of the Salman Rushdie
affair. Britain and Iran are beginning a new chapter in their relations
after agreeing two weeks ago to put behind them differences over the religious
death decree against the British author for alleged blasphemy against Islam...
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German coach off to Iran
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - A German coach who's had a
lot of experience in Iranian first division leagues will arrive in Tehran
later this week to coach the Iranian national team ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Sepehri's 70th birthday
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Some say Sohrab Sepehri did
not write poetry about social ills. But so what? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri
Quoted by "Zan" daily
September 27, 1998
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