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April 24-28, 2000 / Ordibehesht 2-6, 1379

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* Golshiri in hospital
* Western-style art re-emerges years after going underground
* Two views on Afkhami's film

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Berlin conference: The movie!
* Three Iranian films get French distributors
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Poet: Praise for Abdolrezaie
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Censors should use more common sense
* Poetry: Attar Day
* Treasure hunters raid tomb
* Preserving tomb of Sheikh Safi's grandson
* Iranian studies & the West
* "Persia" published in Russia
* "Men of God" sing in Europe

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Thursday
April 27, 2000

* Golshiri in hospital

Tehran (Iran daily) - Novelist Houshang Golshiri has been hospitalized in Tehran for an undisclosed lung ailment >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Western-style art re-emerges years after going underground

April 9, 2000, TEHRAN, Iran (The Dallas Morning News) - Of course, after two decades of cultural isolation, putting on display what was previously off-limits does raise certain questions for Iran's patrons of the arts. For example: Who is this Mick Jagger? >>> FULL TEXT

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* Two views on Afkhami's film

Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Two views on Behrouz Afkhami's "Shoakaraan". The reviews have been generally positive but it has been attacked by the conservatives >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Wednesday
April 26 2000

* U.S. critic pays tribute to ``overlooked'' films

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Reuters) - Movie critic Roger Ebert, whose thumbs-up is coveted by Hollywood studios, championed films from Iran, India, and the silent era Wednesday at the opening of his second annual ``overlooked film festival.'' Ebert, who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times and hosts a weekly television show, has said he started the festival in part to compensate for the ``melancholy experience of finding a film to truly love -- and then discovering that most people have never heard of it.'' >>> FULL TEXT

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* New books and book fair

Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Some 1,279 Iranian publishers are offering their latest at the Tehran international book fair. Here's some of the new books just entering the market >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Golestan's film withstands test of time

Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - The Arts College film club has been showing a series of films lately, including Ebrahim Golestan's "Khesht o Ayeneh" (Brick and Mirror), which was heavily criticized when it was made way before the 1979 revolution. But time is the best critic >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Berlin conference: The movie!

Tehran (Mosharekat) - With all the fuss over the Berlin conference, why not make a film about it? That's exactly what Hamid Bahmani wants to do >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Tuesday
April 25, 2000

* Three Iranian films get French distributors

Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - French companies get distribution rights for Samira Makhmalbaf's "Takhteh Siaah" (Blackboard), Mohammad Hassan Yekta-Panah's "Jomeh" (Friday) and Bahman Qobadi's "Zamaani baraay-e masti-ye asb -haa" (A time for drunken horses) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Poet: Praise for Abdolrezaie

Tehran (Mosharekat) - Ali Abdolrezaie is a young poet whose whork has been praised by critics. Here's a review of (PDF file) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Censors should use more common sense

Tehran (Mosharekat) - President Khatami and Guidance Minister Ataollah Mohajerani deserve praise for the wider of variety of books made available to the public during the past year. But there's one "small problem": The censors should be reasonable in their reviews >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Monday
April 24, 2000

* Poetry: Attar Day

Tehran (Hamshahri) - The 25th of Farvardin (April 13) has been named Attar Day. Learn a little about the great poet in this interview with Mashhad University professor Reza Ashrafzadeh >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Treasure hunters raid tomb

Tehran (Hamshahri) - The tomb of 14th century mystic Sheikh Mahmoud Khiavai in Astara has been vandalized several times by treasure hunters >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Preserving tomb of Sheikh Safi's grandson

Tehran (Hamshahri) - The tomb of Ali, Sheikh Safiyedin's grandson, in Dezful has been registered as a national monument >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Friday
April 21, 2000

* Iranian studies & the West

Tehran (Hamshahri) - For decades Western scholars have written extensively about Iranian history. Now their work is being critiqued and reviewed by Iranian scholars. In an interview, Dr. Mahmoud Ebadian explains >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* "Persia" published in Russia

Tehran (Mosharekat) - The first issue of "Persia" has been published in Moscow. The magazine is the joint effort of Iran's cultural office in Moscow, the Russian Academy of Sciences and "Asia-Africa" magazine >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* "Men of God" sing in Europe

Tehran (Mosharekat) - Performances by "Mardaan-e khodaa" (Men of God) -- an Iranian spiritual musical group led by vocalist Mohammadian -- has been widely received in Austria and Hungary >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Nami, Gholam Hossein: Wall No. 2

Tuesday

* Hamidi, Javad: Still life

Wednesday

* Daryabeigi, Abdolreza:
Desert

Thursday

* Milkonian, Sirak: Untitled

Friday

* Esfandiari, Ahmad: Entry to villa

 Art links

* Museum of Contemporary Iranian Artists

* Golestan gallery (Tehran)

* Barg Art Gallert (Tehran)

* Aria Art Gallery (Tehran)

* Negah Open Gallery (Tehran)

 


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