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Honest
Paintings
By Sepidé Majd
August 28, 2000
The Iranian
Composition, color and the unconscious mind are key components of my
work. I use these elements together to convey my surrounding, as I relate
to it, and as it relates to me. The biggest challenge I encounter when
working is to successfully bring to life what I see and feel with my mind's
eye >>>
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Film
Persia?
Ancient Persia's virtual absence in Hollywood
By Darius Kadivar
August 28, 2000
The Iranian
Unlike many ancient civilizations, such as Greece, Rome or Egypt, Persia
has hardly been given significant attention in Hollywood. This is mainly
due to lack of significant feedback and study on Persian civilization which
has never quite penetrated Western popular culture. Only an elite group
of Western scholars ponder on the "mysterious" Persian Empire.
However a few films do emerge beneath the veil that seems to cover ancient
Persian history. Persia's Hollywood presence goes back to 1916 in D.W Griffith's
film "Intolerance">>>
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One Killed in Khorramabad Riots
BBC Persian Service
A policeman was killed, several others wounded, and buildings were damaged
in a fresh round of violent clashes between supporters of President Khatami
and Islamic hardliners in the city of Khorramabad, province of Lorestan,
three days after two prominent progressives were blocked from adressing
a student conference. Maria Sarsalari interviews journalist Massoud Razavi,
an expert on Lorestan affairs >>>
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The People's Shah
Book review
By Elaine Sciolinio
The New York Times
August 27, 2000
Khomeini Life of the Ayatollah. By Baqer Moin. 355 pp. New York:
Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press. $27.95.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was not an easy man. Stern and vengeful,
he was not an easy man to like. Single-minded in his thinking, he was not
an easy man to negotiate with. He certainly was not an easy man to interview.
I remember the second time I interviewed him, in his exile in a village
outside of Paris in the months before the 1979 revolution. He didn't like
one of my questions. So he simply stood up from his cross-legged position
on the floor and, without a word, wrapped himself in his cloak and left
the room >>>
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For Fans, Iranian Pop Star Revives Memories
By TARA BAHRAMPOUR
The New York Times
August 27, 2000
UNIONDALE, N.Y., Aug. 26 -- In prerevolutionary Tehran, when the pop
singer Googoosh got a new haircut, her fans rushed out to get one, too.
When she wore a particular style of dress, they'd adopt it as well. And
this weekend, as she stood before many of those fans for the first time
in two decades and broke down in tears, thousands of ecstatic Iranian émigrés
cried, too.
If Googoosh, 50, ever worried that she had been forgotten since 1979,
when Islamic clerics silenced her career, her fears must now be allayed.
About 10,000 fans, some old enough to remember her days as a child star,
others too young even to remember Iran, converged at the Nassau Coliseum
to pay homage to an icon whose life story represents the hopes and disappointments
of so many >>>
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Gay poem
Homan is an organization which defends the rights of Iranian gays and
lesbians. It also publishes their articles and poems. Here's a sample >>> READ HERE
More Letters
* Bubble-gum cinema
Ramin Tabib writes:
Finally someone with enough guts to put into words what many of us
have felt all along about the new invasion of Iranian cinema ["Not THAT
good"]...
What is of concern is that once this fascination ends, what is remembered
of this era of Iranian cinema is one epitomized by a simplistic, bubble-gum-humanistic
view of Iran and Iranian culture which trivializes the complexity of we
know the real Iran to be >>>
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* Film du jour
Nargess Shahmanesh
writes: I read with great interest Naghmeh Sohrabi's critical piece
"Not
THAT good". She is right to be criticizing the critical unquestioning
of Iranian cinema.
I live in England and unfortunately the same applies here, if not worse.
I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have fallen into pointless
heated arguments with Qestern intellectuals on this issue. It is as if
they are forbidden to make negative comments >>>
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* Clean laughs
R. Habibi writes:
I just wanted to tell dAyi Hamid that it was so refreshing to see things
like this ["Zan
gereftan"]! We Iranians really could use some clean laughs while
getting a taste of our culture. Keep up the good work DAyi Hamid.
* Baamazeh
Sheila Mohabbati
writes: dAyi Hamid khasteh nabaashi! maghaaleh-haatoon kheili jaaleb
hastand va man az khoondaneshoon kheili lezzat mibaram ["Zan
gereftan"]. Omidvaaram keh hamisheh movafagh bashid va baaz ham
baa nevashtan naameh haaye baamazzatoon maa raa mostafiz konin.
Festival: Iran in Chicago humanities
fest
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL XI, NOW!
NOVEMBER 2 12, 2000
Programs Focusing on Iran
(Excerpted from the Complete List of 150 Programs) >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Seeking love, I see it winding in your curls.
Seeking life, I see it walking down your street.
Driven by deep thirst, I drink, only to see
A dream upon the water: you face to face with me.
-- Rumi
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Dozens arrested, wounded in Iran clashes
over reform student meeting
TEHRAN, Aug 27 (AFP) - Dozens of people were injured in violent
clashes between reform supporters of President Mohammad Khatami and Islamic
hardliners in the Iranian city of Khoramabad, press reports said on Sunday.
The unrest followed days of protests after two prominent progressives were
blocked last week from addressing a conference of a leading pro-reform student
group holding its annual meeting in the city >>> FULL TEXT
Mortar rounds hit eastern Tehran, none
said hurt
TEHRAN,
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Five mortar rounds struck a former army base in eastern
Tehran early on Monday, but there were no casualties or damage, the official
IRNA news agency said >>> FULL TEXT
MKO claims series of attacks
NICOSIA,
Aug 26 (AFP) - The exiled armed opposition, the Iraqi based People's Mujahedeen,
said Saturday it had carried out a series of attacks on Iranian army units
in the west of the country over the past two days >>> FULL TEXT
Intelligence Ministry lauds informer network
August
27, 2000 TEHRAN (AP)-- Iran's intelligence minister has revealed, for the
first time, that his ministry has thousands of employees and relies on hundreds
of thousands of informers, Tehran television reported Sunday >>>
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Parliament speaker heads for parliamentary
conference in New York
TEHRAN,
Aug 28 (AFP) - Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karrubi left Tehran early Monday
to take part in a world parliamentary conference in New York, television
reported >>> FULL TEXT
Head of a film & sports newspaper summoned
to hardline court
TEHRAN,
Aug 28 (AFP) - The managing editor of a film and sport newspaper has been
summoned to appear at Tehran's conservative Special Court for Clergy (SCC),
the official IRNA news agency reported Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Influential cleric "dissatisfied"
with Khatami government
President
Mohammad Khatami's reformist government came under attack Sunday by the
speaker of Iran's influential Council of Experts, who said he was "seriously
dissatisfied" with the Khatami cabinet >>> FULL TEXT
Iran energy finds shift emphasis back to
Persian Gulf
TEHRAN,
Aug 26 (AFP) - Iran's latest major oil and gas discoveries will help return
the world market's attention to the low-cost energy reserves in the Persian
Gulf, to the benefit of Iraq and Saudi Arabia, analysts say >>>
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Iran to privatise 100 copper and lead mines
TEHRAN,
Aug 26 (AFP) - Iran plans to privatise some 100 of its smaller copper and
lead mines, which would also be made available to foreign companies, the
state IRNA news agency reported Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
Oil minister praises economic reforms
TEHRAN,
Aug 28 (AFP) - Oil Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh gave a ringing endorsement
of President Mohammad Khatami's programme of economic reforms in an interview
in Monday's press >>> FULL TEXT
Steel plant in Kuwait to be Iran's first
factory abroad
TEHRAN,
Aug 26 (AFP) - Iran will build a steel plant in Kuwait that marks the Islamic
republic's first-ever industrial factory abroad, the official IRNA news
agency reported Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
10 million for best "reformist"
film
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Every year the film with the best reformist values will receive
a cash award. This year the best film, chosen by 300 organizations, will
receive 10 million tomans >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Ancient rock relief copied for public
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- An enlarged rock relief from the 2,700-tear-old Ziwiyeh remains
in Kurdistan has been opened for public viewing. The main theme of the relief
is lion hunting >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
How officials deal with music
Tehran
(Iran daily) -- Classical ney player Mohammad Ali Kiani-Nejad talks about
how music is treated in official circles, including the state radio and
TV >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Players announced for Austria friendly
TEHRAN, August 26 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Head coach of the
Iranian National Team, Jalal Talebi, announced the names of 20 players that
will take part in the upcoming friendly match against Austria in Vienna.
Of the 20 players, 6 are based in Europe and will join the team in Vienna.
Tomorrow the 14 players based in Iran will begin practices for the friendly
match against Austria on September 1st >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian U19 defeat China
TEHRAN, August 27 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Under19
National Team defeat China 3-2 on Sunday at Shahid Shiroudi Stadium in a
friendly match. China opened the scoring in minute 2 of the match after
the Iranian defense broke open. Iran would equalize in minute 51 of the
match. Iran's lead would increase in minutes 62 and 76. China's final goal
was scored in final minutes of the game.
Mahdavikia's Hamburg defeat Aue
HAMBURG, August 27 (Iran Sports Press) -- The team of coach Frank
Pagelsdorf passed the first round of the German Cup. By winning 3:0 in Aue
(Erzgebirge, Eastern Germany). Hamburg started without Yeboah, Hollerbach
and Cardoso (injured). In the attack, ranian international Mehdi Mahdavikia
started next to Marek Heinz and Marcel Ketelaer >>> FULL TEXT
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Assembly of Experts
Assembly of Experts has started its annual
meeting in Tehran behind closed doors. There has been calls for the Assembly
to report on details of its sessions. Why does it refuse to do so ? Lara
Petrossian interviews political analyst Mohammad Kazem Mohammadi Esfahani
>>> LISTEN HERE
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