The Iranian Features
August 2-6, 1999 / Mordad 11-15, 1378
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* Justice: He won't
be missed
* Fiction: The Tale
of Love
* Cover
story: Persian dreams
* Fiction: Last contact
* Nostalgia: Homeyra
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Thursday
August 12, 1999
Poetry
Translated by Laleh Khalili
August 12, 1999
The Iranian
I love you beyond the frontiers of your flesh
grant me mirrors and eager fireflies
luminescence and wine
exalted skies and the spacious arch of the bridge
grant me birds and rainbows
and repeat the abundance of the absolute passage
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Poetry
Here and there
Two poems
By Leyla Momeny
August 12, 1999
The Iranian
Tehran
slick lights
and butterflies
carrying bus fulls
of neon peasants
West.
America
smart people
married to dumb people
sharing toothpaste
laced with lemons ... GO
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Wednesday
August 11, 1999
Justice
He won't be missed
Judging Chief Judge Mohammad Yazdi
By Soma in Tehran
August 11, 1999
The Iranian
Peering down the staircase of the new Ershad Judiciary Complex in Bucharest
Street, ruffled and vertigo-ed, is XY, awaiting her sentence to be carried
out, as her sister and father dillydally around in utter helplessness.
***
It is one of the great feats of the judiciary to turn new buildings
with such amazing speed into impossible hell-holes. One should not be going
into them without a length size condom for protection, if nothing else
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Tuesday
August 10, 1999
Fiction
Translated by Laleh Khalili
August 10, 1999
The Iranian
Whatever commands the King's daughter had, Quch-Ali would willingly
obey and would do such a good job that the girl had never raised a hand
on him. Quch-Ali was in love with the King's daughter. Loved her pure and
simple. In his opinion there was nothing wrong with that. For this reason,
one day he told his heart's secret to the girl.
That day, the girl was catching butterflies in the orchard. Quch-Ali
was standing under a tree watching her, and occasionally, when a butterfly
would fly away and sit on a tree, it was Quch-Ali's job to climb the tree
and pick the butterfly. Once, the girl saw a huge butterfly. She called
Quch-Ali and said, "Quch-Ali, you come get this one. I'm afraid."
Quch-Ali ran quickly, captured the butterfly and threw it in the gauze
basket. When he lifted his head, he saw that the girl was standing right
in front of him. Pure and simple, he said, "Princess, I am in love
with you. When we both grow up, please, let's marry." ... GO TO
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Monday
August 9, 1999
Cover stories
Persian dreams
Reinterpretations of Ghajar art
Paintings by Rose Ghajar
August 9, 1999
The Iranian
Rose Ghajar has been painting for almost 50 years. "My high school
friend dragged me here to paint one of the houses and that's where I made
my first watercolor," she recalled, as we drove through the streets
of Georgetown. "One of the neighbors came out and gave us some lemonade.
I'd love to live here one day." ... GO
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Friday
August 6, 1999
Fiction
Last contact
Short story
By Ali Hosseini
August 6, 1999
The Iranian
Early in the morning I jump up with the ringing of the phone. I had
fallen asleep on the sofa. Hello . . . Hello. From the noises on the line
I realize it is an overseas call. I am excited, but as I open my mouth
the line goes dead and a continuous electronic tone pierces my ear. I look
at the phone for a few seconds and then hang up. It rings again and I grab
the receiver. Hello . . . hello. It's my older brother. He says somebody
has called and told them my brother has been taken from airport to a district
court and they should take food, cigarettes, and blankets to him and then
had hung up. My mother and sisters have been crying since then and the
whole family has gone to the courthouse. The authorities said nobody with
that name had been brought there ... GO
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Nostalgia
Let's take a break from Iran's political history,
shall we? The Revolution/History section will be on hold for a while. From
today we will feature Pop culture images of the past... Special thanks
to Pedram Missaghi
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