Racism
Punch
When all else fails
By Setareh Sabety
February 15, 2001
The Iranian
My daughter came home today from school and for the third time told
me that a boy in her class was teasing her for being brown and Iranian.
Since I had just the day before talked to her teacher about it I was shocked
to find out that the teachers subsequent actions had bore no fruit. I was
very angry and told my daughter that next time this happened to hit the
boy! >>>
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Dialogue
Ten commandments
For dialogue & conflict resolution
By Majid Tehranian
February 15, 2001
The Iranian
What is the magic of dialogue? In contrast to all of the above, dialogue
begins with the assumption that "truth" or "meaning"
is not the monopoly of any single person or group. Truth (with a small
"t") must be therefore negotiated among contending parties >>>
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Politics
Doesn't work
Totalitarianism will fail as it has elsewhere
By Hamid Zangeneh
February 1, 2001
The Iranian
The history of China, Soviet Union, North Korea or of Nazi Germany have
all point to this fact that totalitarianism does not work and while it
is being enforced, it is not efficient and productive >>>
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Book
L'Eminence Rouge
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Prudence is more important than the truth >>>
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Outlook
Man Who Would Be Shah Seeks Job Ruling Iran
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
The New York Times
February 15, 2001
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- On the day four decades ago when Riza Pahlevi
was born, crowds took to the streets throughout Iran to chant: ''It's a
boy! God is great!'' An honor guard marked the moment with a 41-gun salute.
Criers in the mosques called the faithful to prayer. Air force planes rained
down thousands of bouquets. Royal edicts freed nearly 100 prisoners and
ordered a nationwide tax cut of 20 percent >>>
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Poet of the Revolution
By Louise Steinman
LA Weekly
February 9 - 15, 2001
THE BACK DOOR TO MAJID NAFICY'S MODEST SANTA Monica apartment is open.
The aroma of sweet and sour wafts in from a Chinese hole-in-the-wall across
the parking lot. A clay pot full of fresh mint sits on the railing of the
small patio. On his bookcase shelves, well-worn volumes in Farsi and a
few in English, including Walt Whitman and a Hebrew-English dictionary
>>>
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Sound of history
These are said to be the actual voices of Mozafaredin Shah and his chief
minister Mirza Atabak >>>
HERE
Thanks to Massud Alemi
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* Shah's mistake: Didn't shoot rebels
Khosrow Moniri
writes: The late Shah had [opponents], including those who are now
in charge of Iran, in jail on many charges. Time has proven him right.
Fariba Amini ["Thy
father's sins"] and others forced him to release them and we all
are paying the price for it >>>
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* New proposals
Hamid Estahbanati
writes: Now I understand why we had so much fuss on this very productive
proposal of Mr. Mirfendereski. People just don't get it. Well, to clarify
the situation, I would like to state the following supplementary proposals:
-- All Jewish Americans who have any problem in the U.S., please contact
Israeli embassy in Washington, DC >>>
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* He's Armenian
Magen writes: I
read your article regarding Andre Agassi ["Just
don't do it"]. I thought Agassi was Armenian... Perhaps, if Andre
is Christian, this may be an explanation as to why he doesn't identify
himself as Iranian >>>
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* Barber
J. Heath writes:
I am a barber in Bettendorf, Iowa and have never heard of Persia,
Iowa! Are you still there?
Art: Miniature
exhibition, Washington
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Not just her laugh and her face are lovely;
Her anger, her moods, her harsh words are too.
Like it or not, she demands my life.
Who cares for life? Her demand's lovely too.
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
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Shah's crime
The late Shah was a gift that my countrymen never understood.
I will agree that he was weak in one aspect and guilty of one crime and
that was not to shoot the rebels and their supporters when he could.
-- Khosrow Moniri Speaker
Letter
to The Iranian
February 15, 2001
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