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* 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 >>>
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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 >>>
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* Reporting from Cannes
Tehran, (Ham-Mihan) - Ham-Mihan reporter's exclusive coverage of the
Cannes film fest. Some strange details >>>
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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 >>>
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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) >>>
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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
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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... >>>
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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
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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"
>>>
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