Monday, October 12, 1998 / Mehr 20, 1377, No. 581

Khayyam Cover Story All is calm The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise By Mehdi Khansari, M. Reza Moghtader, Minouch Yavari Mage Publishers, 1998 From the preface by Gerard Grandval: An exercise in remembrance - and particularly this voyage on which we are invited, to a land of sleeping gardens - demands a kind of silence and restraint before these remarkable examples of survival. Life there seems fragile, improbable, always in question. If travelers' accounts are sometimes all that remain of once-mighty temples and cities, what traces can there be of these places that are vulnerable to the wind, the sand, erosion, drought, and the indifference of man?... GO TO FEATURE WITH IMAGES New section Books Iran-U.S. relations Looking for books on Iran-U.S. relations? We have listed several of them which can be bought directly from Amazon.com. If you have any suggestions on recent books on this topic, let us know and we will include them in this section. GO THERE Anyway Warm thoughts I'm somewhere in London right now trying to keep warm. Yaad-e Abadan beh kheyr. History Revolution: 1979-1999 Soldier with a bit of rice Letters * Magnificent article Amir writes: I'd like to congratulate Ms Khalili for her magnificent article analyzing the elements of racism, xenophoebia, and ethnocentrism in Iranian culture ["Forgiving Salm and Tur"]. Keep them coming, Laleh! * Tell us more Massey alamdari writes: [Regarding Manoucher Yektai:] Please tell us more about this wonderful Iranian painter . Satire Labor Ministry to be eliminated? Evolution of the church into... Community * Film: Dariush Mehrjui in Columbus, Ohio * Play: Berkeley play based on Hedayat's story * Politics Iranian American Republican fundraising, San Diego * Mehregan: In Washington * Course: Introduction to Hafez, in Virginia * Conference: Dialogue of Civilizations ? * Conference: Challenges for Iranians abroad, Indianapolis New section Music CDs Persian and general music CD store * Persian Classical Melodies, Volume 1 Maroufi & Khorram/ Audio CD / Released 1996

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