The Iranian Features
October 2-6, 2000 / Mehr 11-15, 1379
Today
* Culture:
A private matter
* Poetry:
Eshq, Azadi
Recent
* Women:
Meeting Faezeh
* Art:
Shadow play
* Editorial:
Go Gore
* Fiction:
A big beautiful lamb
* Democracy:
Democracy
* Cover
story: Tehran 2000
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Friday
October 6, 2000
Culture
A private matter
"I need you to fix my daughter's problem"
By Siamack Baniameri
October 6, 2000
The Iranian
I arrived at the restaurant on time and looked around. The hostess asked
me if I was meeting anyone for lunch. I told her that I was meeting two
gentlemen but wasn't sure what they looked like. The hostess was a smart
little girl. One look at my features and she knew exactly who I was meeting.
"Right this way sir."
I followed her around to a table occupied by two super deluxe jaahels.
They looked like something out of an old Fardin movie; rough-looking guys
with big bushy mustaches, curly hair, big beer bellies, and wide shoulders.
One was taller, the other was fatter. Sort of characters you ran away from
when you were a kid >>>
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Poetry
By Majid Nafisi
October 6, 2000
The Iranian
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Thursday
September 28, 2000
Women
Meeting Faezeh
The rise and fall of a talented woman
By Massoume Price
October 5, 2000
The Iranian
The first time I met Faezeh Hashemi was in December 1998, a day after
my arrival in Tehran after 15 years of absence. We had never met but corresponded,
exchanged gifts and knew about each other's private life. After the first
Muslim Women's Olympics in Tehran in 1993, she sent me a copy of her book
with a memo. Later on, being sarcastic, I sent her a see-through chiffon
blouse and to my amazement I received word that she loved it. I still wonder
where she might wear a blouse like that? >>>
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Art
Shadow play
Drawings by Reza Bangiz
October 5, 2000
The Iranian
Reza Bangiz was born in Tehran in 1938. He has won several awards, including
at the second and third biennial shows in Tehran. He currently teaches
at Azad University >>>
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Wednesday
October 4, 2000
Editorial
Go Gore
Iran is not the main issue
October 4, 2000
The Iranian
It would be a mistake for Iranians living in the U.S. to vote for either
presidential candidate primarily based on how they may deal with Iran.
No matter how much we love Iran, we are now citizens of another country.
We should get involved in domestic politics to improve our lives. And based
on that it seems Al Gore is the better candidate >>>
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Tuesday
October 3, 2000
Fiction
A big beautiful lamb
Memoires of a sacrifice
By Mehrnaz Mahallati
October 3, 2000
The Iranian
The tall man walked firm and determined... I was staring at his foot
steps as people gave him way like Moses parting the Red Sea. It led straight
to the fig tree. In a fraction of a second the whole picture started forming
before my eyes. Now I remember. He was the butcher in my grandpa's neighborhood.
I had seen him before when I went to his shop with my grandma. "Oh,
god. Please don't let it be," I thought. I looked back. Both my cousins
had caught on to the event as well. My mouth was dry and I could not say
a word. It felt like my heart is going to break out of my chest. It was
beating so fast, I could hardly breath. Nasrin was looking down and Pari
looked lifeless >>>
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Democracy
By Mohandes
October 3, 2000
The Iranian
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Monday
October 2, 2000
Cover story
Tehran 2000
... where chaos rules
Written & photographed by Rasool Nafisi
October 2, 2000
The Iranian
Chosen by the Qajar dynasty as the capital at the bosom of Alborz Mountains
with a view of the scared Damavand peak, Tehran became a beautiful and
modern city in no time. The aristocracy settled in the northern hills,
while the poor were exiled to the south. Everything had its own order.
But nearly two centuries and two revolutions later, Tehran -- a third world
metropolis of ten million people -- is ruled by chaos >>>
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