The Iranian Features
November 29-December 3, 1999 / Azar 8-12, 1378
Today
* Poetry: Communists
Recent
* Arts: Winter greetings
* Memory: A moon of
our own
* Opinion: It's over
* Cover
story: Qartoons!
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Friday
December 3, 1999
Poetry
Communists
Poem
By Siamak Kiarostami
December 3, 1999
The Iranian
Communist
A Four letter word where I grew up
A schizophrenic secret of our past
Khosro Roozbeh who defended and died for
His people and his passion, was my namesake
I come from
Forgotten obscure Iranian youth shot hung and tortured
Who ended up abroad and underground
Underappreciated, exiled, forgotten Communists ... GO
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Thursday
December 2, 1999
Arts
Winter greetings
Yasmine Rafii's exquisite cards
December 2, 1999
The Iranian
Just today I was accused of having a personal agenda in the way I run
The Iranian. Well, it's not an accusation at all. I admit it. Here's
further proof.
Yasmine Rafii advertises her greeting cards here in iranian.com. But
they are so gorgeous that I'm featuring them as works of art. Any complaints?
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Wednesday
December 1, 1999
Memory
A moon of our own
I walk closer, almost without thinking, and sit on the bed
by her side
By Hossein Samiei
December 1, 1999
The Iranian
Niloofar is getting restless and is now openly pestering me. She pinches
my arm. I pull her hair. She screams and dad looks at me sternly, but not
at her. Niloofar runs away inside, straight to my room. I fear for my books.
I follow her. She is sitting on the edge of the bed, holding in her hand
(and casually flicking through) my only grown-ups' book, History of
Science, which, I own to show off rather than read. If I get any closer
the book will have a lot fewer pages and, as a result, science a much shorter
history. I just stand and stare at her, trying to look unconfrontational.
A few silent moments pass ...
She's now half lying on the bed, her skinny arms supporting the top
part of her body, her legs dangling by the side of the bed, her feet not
reaching the floor. At the age of 9-and-a-half she's a few months more
of a child than I am. She's wearing a loose sleeveless pale olive dress
with tiny little white flowers on it. Her hair is tied on the sides, making
the outline of her neck visible, and her eye lashes partially cover the
gleam in her eyes ... GO
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Tuesday
November 30, 1999
Opinion
It's over
Conservatives are fighting a losing battle
By Kamran Qezelbash
November 30, 1999
The Iranian
For those of us looking at events in Iran from abroad, it's hard to
understand how a cleric like Abdollah Nouri has been sent to prison by
an Islamic court ...
But all the pushing and shoving in Iran, including Nouri's incarceration,
the student uprising last July, the shutting down of opposition newspapers
and the bitter fights over the upcoming Majlis elections, or even the chain
murders of dissidents, should not be a cause for concern -- that is if
you think the country is moving backward. In fact every attempt by the
conservatives to counter the march toward liberty has exposed their lack
of popular support as well as their diminishing influence on the course
of events. They have lost the initiative. They are reacting to a wave they
cannot control ... GO
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Monday
November 29, 1999
Cover story
Qartoons!
Faramarz Rahmani's fresh approach to Qajar art
November 29, 1999
The Iranian
All we know about Faramarz Rahmani is that he was born in Tehran in
1961 and has had five individual and 25 group exhibitions. But you don't
need to know much more. Just look at his paintings. I'm very close to getting
tried of this Qajar craze. But Rahmani's cartoonish portraits are original
and fun. Imagine them in huge sizes hanging from a wall in a bare room
with high ceilings. Awesome! ... GO
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