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Sculpture:

Dramatic Expressions
Famous Iranian actor turned sculptor.
Nosrat Karimi

Photography:

Poetic Persia
Kayvon Behpour exhibits his photographs.

Cool Drivers
Iranian car license plates in California.
Behrouz Bahmani

VestVood (Now available)
Iranian shops mushroom in Los Angeles.
J. Javid

Sunset Boulevard
Taking a walk on the wild side.
J. Javid

Painting:

Very Young, Very Good
The promising works of a young artist.
Behrouz Bahmani

Film:

Iranian Film Festival in New York
Program of films showing up to May 26 at Lincoln Center.

Music:

Shahin & Sepehr (Now with sounds)
Chatting with Iranian musicians in mainstream USA.
Behrouz Bahmani

Fun, Fun, Fun and More fun (Now with sounds)
Abadani boys bring joy back into Iranian music.
J. Javid

Googoosh Online! (Now with sounds)
A couple of tunes for old times' sake.

The Proud Parsi
Zubin Mehta turns 60.

Books:

A Bridge Between Two Cultures
A profile on Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar by Religion BookLine.

Negative Utopia vs. Positive Utopia
The familiar fears of George Orwell's "1984."
Nilofar Khaledi

Poetry:

1979
Fred Shahrabani

Oriental Sherbet
From Enter the Dragon a new book of poetry.
White Cloud

Tavalod (Persian)
Susan Ehteshami

Oh Rain
A poem by a first grader in southern California.
Kia Makarehchi

Arash Kamangir (Persian)
Siyavash Kasraie

Va Nadanestan (Persian)
Mehdi Akhavan Sales

Golchin (Persian)
Selections from Rumi.

Short Story:

Dafe' Avalesh Sakhteh (Persian)
When a traffic policeman in Tehran asks for a donation.
Nader Davoodi