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August 2-6, 1999 / Mordad 11-15, 1378

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* Justice: He won't be missed
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Thursday
August 12, 1999

Poetry

    Meeting Time
    Ahmad Shamlu's Miaad

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
in the curtains ... GO TO FEATURE

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 TO FEATURE

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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.

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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 ... GO TO FEATURE

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Tuesday
August 10, 1999

Fiction

    The Tale of Love
    Short story by Samad Behrangi

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 FEATURE

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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 TO FEATURE

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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 TO FEATURE

    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

    Homeyra single LP cover

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