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In a world of his own
More on artist and poet Manoucher Yektai
By A Friend
Manoucher Yektai is a loner, if there ever was one. He is extremely
purposeful and quiet. He is so intensely in himself that neither his English
nor his French could be regarded as languages of a person who has spent
over fifty-five years of his life almost exclusively in France and the
U.S. His Persian is his own, too.
It is only in the past thirty years, ever since his first book of poetry
was published --- an explosive narration full of sadness and rage against
the backwardness and inhumanity of Iranians towards themselves -- that
he has unravelled the language that has been brewing in him in his years
of solitude. You will find him immaculately dressed and very charming in
a quiet way.
You will not guess that he has been a friend -- an intimate friend --
to the likes of Jackson Pollock. His eyes detect frauds and genuine art.
He never subscribed to the suspect values of the Andy Warhols of his time.
He's in a world of his own. Living in a Manhattan mansion has not changed
one iota of his personality... GO
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Klardasht-Snow
Closing days of summer bring snow in Mazandaran
Noshahr, Mazandaran Prov., Sept. 13, (IRNA) - The sudden fall of
temperature brought with it early snowfall which covered Alamkouh heights
and Takht-e Soleyman in kthe Kardasht district.
In the closing days of summer, snowfall made the people of Kalardasht
use heaters. The district governor Firouz Saam, called on oil ministry
officials to assist local people with their needed winter fuel.
History
Revolution: 1979-1999
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* Kafka meets Beckett
Asghar Massombagi writes: These very funny and
astute cartoons ["Not
funny"] reveal an absurd and hallucinatory
aspect of life in the republic which can only be described as Kafka meets
Beckett.
It reminds one of all those surrealist and strange
works of art coming out of the Eastern bloc in the sixties and seventies
which exposed regimes which were found on an illusion and did their damnedest
to protect it; they claimed they lived in utopia and simply ordered everyone
to close their eyes to the slim oozing out of every crack and crevice of
the society...
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to thank you and your staff for providing Iranians around the world with
such a comprehensive site (news and data). My family and I enjoy your site
very much.
* Alavi's mystical installations, Santa Clara
SEYED ALAVI: CANTICLES OF ECSTASY
Contemporary artist Seyed Alavi seeks to capture the ecstatic experiences
of poets and mystics from varied cultures and spiritual backgrounds. For
this exhibition, he has created installations using common, everyday materials
with which he hopes "to inspire thinking and contemplation."
Opening Friday, September 25, 1998 7 p.m. de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara
University. RSVP 408-554-4528
* Play: Berkeley
play based on Hedayat's story
* Musical: : "Seven
Valleys" in Berkeley
* Film: "Adam
barfi" ("The Snow Man) in Berkeley
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*yRushdie deal triumph for Iran's Khatami
TEHRAN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The agreement
between Britain and Iran over Salman Rushdie represents a triumph for moderate
President Mohammad Khatami in his struggle with diehard veterans of the
Islamic revolution for the soul of Iran, analysts said on Friday... FULL
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AI concerned about arrest of journalists
Sept 25 (Amnesty International) - The human rights organization
is alarmed by recent reports that four employees of the Iranian daily newspaper
Tous were arrested between the 16 and 20 September 1998. Mashallah Shamsolva'ezin,
Hamid Reza Jalaipour, Mohammad Javadi Hessar and Ibrahim Nabavi were reportedly
detained following the publication of an article questioning the policies
of the Iranian government in Afghanistan and condemning the recent military
build-up on Iran's eastern borders... FULL TEXT
Iran shows new missile for first time
TEHRAN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday
showed for the first time its latest medium-range missile, the Shehab-3,
a weapon U.S. President Bill Clinton said could change the ``stability dynamics''
of the Middle East... FULL TEXT
British-Iranian ties ease path for UK oil
firms
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Britain's resumption
of full diplomatic relations with Iran will smooth the way for British companies
to compete for business in Iran's coveted oil and gas sector, analysts said
on Friday... FULL TEXT
Azadegan league in full gear
TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - Azadegan soccer league matches
give the impression that teams are gradually falling into place... FULL
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Happiness
Khoshaa aan keh khar aamad-o gaav raft.
(Happy he/she who was born an ass and died a cow: The more stupid the
happier.)
From Simin Habibian's "1001 Persian-English Proverbs"
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