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May 8-12, 2000 / Ordibehesht 19-23, 1379

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* Simin Behbahani: Heart attack
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Iranian director makes history
* Reporting from Cannes
* Shajarian prefers Western Pop

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* Makhmalbaf: All in the family
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Satirist publsihes collected works
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Qaderi's new film
* Kiarostami and censorship in Iran

* Forget the press ban! Look at Golshiri
* Poets: Unpopularity
* Theater chief resigns, but...
* Golshiri still in hospital
* Who's doing what
* Afkhami complains against state TV

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Friday
May 12, 2000

* Simin Behbahani: Heart attack

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Poet Simin Behbahani has been hospitalized following a heart attack >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Iranian director makes history Samira Makhmalbaf makes history at Cannes

By Pam O' Toole
BBC

May 12, 2000 -- Iranian film-maker Samira Makhmalbaf is making history at Cannes, becoming the youngest ever director to compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or with her film, Blackboard.

Although only 20 years of age, Makhmalbaf is no stranger to the glitter of the Cannes circuit - her first film, The Apple, directed when she was only 17, was well received when it was shown out of competition at Cannes two years ago >>> FULL TEXT

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* Reporting from Cannes

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Ham-Mihan reporter's exclusive coverage of the Cannes film fest. Some strange details >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Shajarian prefers Western Pop

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Persian classical vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian says he perfers Western Pop music to Iranian >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Thursday
May 11, 2000

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Wednesday
May 10, 2000

* Makhmalbaf: All in the family

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - First there was Mohsen. Then came Samira. Now there's a Marziyeh Meshkini, Makhmalbaf's wife. Mrs. Makhmalbaf has made a film called "Rouzi keh zan shodam" (The day I became a woman) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Satirist publsihes collected works

Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Roya Sadr, a satirist who writes for Gol Aqa magazine, talk about her collected works which has just been published: "Khabarnaameh-ye mahramaaneh" >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Qaderi's new film

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Iraj Qaderi is making a new film called "Saam va Belqeys". His "Shorat" is also ready for screening >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Tuesday
May 9, 2000

Kiarostami and censorship in Iran

National Public Radio, Morning Edition
May 8, 2000

Audio HERE

BOB EDWARDS, host: As the government of Iran was closing several reformist newspapers and arresting their editors last month, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami was in the United States accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival. The international press helped give Kiarostami the stature he has today. Critics consider his movies some of the finest of the last 10 years. Kiarostami's movies have not been critical of the Islamic regime in Teheran, but he says he's concerned about the Iranian government's new restrictions of freedom of expression. David D'Arcy reports >>> FULL TEXT

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* Forget the press ban! Look at Golshiri

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Nevermind the closure of the newspapers, Golshiri is in the hospital! Houshang Ansari-Far writes a tribute to the ailing author >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Poets: Unpopularity

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Three poets discuss why poetry is unpopular in Iran, why poets can't make a living and why... >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Theater chief resigns, but...

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Hossein Salimi, the head of the Center for the Performing Arts, who has done so much to revive theater in the past three years, has resigned. But the minister of culture is not letting him go >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Monday
May 8, 2000

* Golshiri still in hospital

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Novelist Hooshang Golshiri is still in a Tehran hospital suffering from a lung ailment. His wife says his condition is improving >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Who's doing what

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Updates on film projects led by Iraj Qaderi, Davoud Rashidi, Pouran Derakhshandeh, Rasoul Molla-Qolipour and >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Afkhami complains against state TV

Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Behrouz Afkhami has complained to Guidance Ministry against the state TV's refusal to air commercials for his film, "Shoakaran" >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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