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Baba Taher
Fiction
Bergman and I
"Read it. It's very good," said the artist
I had the pleasure of having dinner with an Iranian artist in London
last week. By all accounts, he's a living legend. I didn't have very much
to say, preferring to listen and observe. When I spoke, I asked questions
about other artists, mostly writers.
I was curious to hear his views on contemporary Iranian literature.
I threw several big names at him. But he wasn't impressed. Then, as if
to say there's some hope, he asked, "Have you read 'Hichkaak va
aghaa baaji'?" Yes, I said, eyebrows raised... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Constituionalist Movement of Iran on upcoming elections
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Business attire
The West Los Angeles Lincoln Club, The Iranian American Republican Council
and Los Angeles Community Dentists invite you to a reception in honor of
State Treasurer Matt Fong California's Next United States Senator.
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 at 5:30 p.m.
Place: Duece's Supper Club, 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica
$250 per person, business attire
RSVP or information requests to Navid Sharafatian at (310) 820-3455 extension
162 or e-mail at nsharafatian@kctfox.com
Goli Ameri
Iranian American Republican Council
ameri@pop.mindspring.com
History
Revolution: 1979-1999
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* Glad I have American friends
CFSRB writes: I don't know if it's the Iranians that I have met, but
people that called me their "brother" ended up being the biggest
backstabbing, "Khaleh Zanaks" I have ever met in my life. I have
many American friends that I have known for over 15 years, and they are
my true friends. We have had our share of arguments and disagreements,
but we have resolved what ever it was, and have gone on, even if we had
to agree to disagree on certain points.... FULL
TEXT
Following is the application for Iranian Student Scholarship offered
by the Society of Iranian Professionals (SIP) in northern California. Please
distribute this to your friends and family. Also in order to broaden SIP's
ability to sponsor more students , SIP would welcome any donation for this
cause. For more information please contact: 408-496-9093 or send email
to: officers@sip-ca.org or visit us
at www.sip-ca.org ... CLICK
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Iran polls provoke more shrugs than passion
TEHRAN, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iranians from many
walks of life look ahead to Friday's election for an obscure body of Shi'ite
Moslem theologians and ask what difference it will make to them. The polls
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CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Iran has offered
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in two decades. A U.S. law enforcement official in Cairo says today Iranian
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Many demands of Iranian refugees' met
October 21, 1998 (International Federation of Iranian
Refugees) - The sit-in of 200 Iranian refugees in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan,
in protest to the policies and practices of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) - Iraq, has ended. (See earlier statement) Faced with
local pressure from the sit-in participants as well international pressure
coordinated by the International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR),
the UNHCR finally addressed many of the legitimate demands of the refugees...
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TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Heshmat Mohajerani, the former
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Exhibition of the commemoration of 2,500th anniversary of the
Iranian Empire
This site, believe it or not, has been created in Iran by Iranian Institute
of Contemporary Historical Studies. Amazing picture show...
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Excuses
It seems that we are making excuses, by talking about what the Mongols
and the Arabs and the Greeks did to us that makes us the way we are. What
does that have to do with Iranians that have lived their whole lives here [in the U.S.]?
CFSRB
Letter
to The Iranian
October 22, 1998
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