The Iranian Features
Feb 19-23, 2001 / Esfand 1-5, 1379
Today
* Interview:
Fighter
* Music: Bijan Mofid
* Art:
Azaadi-ye bayaan
* Art: Lalehzari lives
* Travel:
Let's go
* Food:
Persian cooking
Recent
* History:
Surprise
* Literature:
Commotion
* Literature:
Unparalleled genius
* Revolution:
The general's widow
* Iran:
I'm the Shah here
* Poetry:
Maah-e no aaeen
* Cover
story: Happy
* America:
Welcome to Chevron
* Refugees:
Just turned 26
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Friday
February 23, 2001
Interview
Fighter
Interview with female boxer Kina Elyassi
February 23, 2001
The Iranian
I have always strived to be the best I could be in anything I was a
part of. Women's boxing at the amateur and professional level is growing
rapidly and will more than likely be an Olympic sport at the 2004 games
in Athens, Greece. It is now my goal to become the first woman ever to
win an Olympic gold medal in the sport >>>
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Music
Bijan Mofid
Two great musicals
February 23, 2001
The Iranian
Here are the original performance of Shahr-e Qesseh and Mah
o Palang by the late theatrical genius Bijan Mofid >>>
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Art
Azaadi-ye bayaan
Posters: Freedom of expression
By Amirali Ghassemi
February 23, 2001
The Iranian
Three poster designs freedom of expression by Amirali Ghassemi, a young
artist in Iran >>>
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Art
Lalehzar lives
Cartoons
By Mahmoud M.
February 23, 2001
The Iranian
Various cartoons by Mahmoud M. Thanks to Soroush Motahari for forwarding
them >>>
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Travel
Let's go
Travel package for young Iranians abroad
By Hanieh Bastani & Parichehr Kooshesh
February 23, 2001
The IranianWe are young Iranians (18 and 19-years old) who grew
up in America. We have organized two-week tours designed especially with
the Iranian-American college student in mind >>>
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Food
Persian cooking
This week's recipe
By Pari Ardalan Malek
February 23, 2001
The Iranian
This week's recipe: >>>
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Thursday
February 22, 2001
History
Surprise
Nobody saw the revolution coming
By Maziar Behrooz
February 22, 2001
The Iranian
The February 1979 revolution in Iran was a surprise to all its participants,
both domestic and foreign powers trying either to bring the situation under
control or to take advantage of it. The rapidity in which the last shah
of Iran and his imperial regime were delivered to the archives of history
stunned the superpowers of the time, paralyzed the shah and his mighty
imperial armed forces, and was an unexpected victory, when compared to
other revolutions, for the ad hoc coalition which had formed against the
imperial regime >>>
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Literature
Commotion
Novel
By James Buchan
February 22, 2001
The Iranian
For years now, I have sought to feel again the sensation I felt, if
only for a moment, one day during the Iranian Revolution. It was 5 November,
1978, the day they burned the banks in Tehran and paper money fluttered
here and there in the hot draughts above Ferdowsi Square. The sun was dissolving
in dirt and smoke as I set off, going nowhere in particular, except downhill,
under the force of my own gravity. I knew I must be off the street because
of the curfew. I came into Lalehzar and the reek of alcohol made me swoon
>>>
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Literature
Unparalleled genius
That is Nizami Ganjavi
By Kamran Talattof and Jerome W. Clinton
February 22, 2001
The Iranian
The work of Nizami Ganjavi, one of the great Persian poets, has achieved
enduring significance. The five long poems, known collectively as the Khamsa
(Quintet) or Panj Ganj (Five Treasures), composed by Nizami in the
late twelfth century, set new standards in their own time for elegance
of expression, richness of characterization, and narrative sophistication
>>>
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Wednesday
February 21, 2001
Revolution
The general's widow
Overnight our lives had turned upside down
By Cyrus Kadivar
February 21, 2001
The Iranian
Dressed in complete black, the general's widow has been in mourning
ever since that terrible night when her husband was shot. The circumstances
of his death have been known for many years. He was among the first batch
of pro-Shah officers to be tried and executed by a revolutionary firing
squad shortly before midnight on February 15th, 1979. Twenty-two years
after the event, the gruesome details surrounding his final moments still
exerts a powerful fascination >>>
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Iran
I'm the Shah here
Back then generals were gods, and they took our dream away
By Behrooz Parsa
February 21, 2001
The Iranian
Some day someone may come across this fact that in 1973 about 15 people
were accepted in the entrance exam (konkoor) of the College of Science
and Technology (Daaneshkadeh Elm o Sana't), but they never registered and
mysteriously vanished. People were and still are willing to give an arm
and a leg to get into this fine institution. Then how come these fifteen
or so people got accepted but never registered?
The good news is that they did not die and they were not arrested by
SAVAK. And as far as I know, they are all alive and well. But >>>
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Poetry
By Alireza Tarighian
February 21, 2001
The Iranian
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Tuesday
February 20, 2001
Cover story
Happy
Paintings by Mani Gholami
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
Seeing Mani Gholami's paintings on Elahe Gallery's site was such a wonderful
surprise. They are so different than anything else on the site -- or anything
by any other Iranian painter I've seen. They are incredibly modern, personal
and happy. You look at them and you cannot help smiling and falling
in love with all the characters. That's an incredibly rare quality, especially
for an artist based in Iran >>>
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America
Welcome to Chevron
Vast, impersonal, intense loneliness of America
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
He arrived in New York City six months ago just before winter. An Iranian
from Izmir, Turkey; the Ottoman city between East and West, largest port
and best natural harbor in Turkey where he ate at Alioli's Mediterranian
Grill on the Aegian Bay in his fair youth >>>
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Refugees
Just turned 26
And he won't turn 27
By A. R. Begli Beigie
February 20, 2001
The Iranian
I got into work this morning and as part of my routine I settled down
behind my desk to open my email. The first item was from a dear old friend
in London. Before I left England, we made a promise to each other to keep
in touch. His email just took the wind out of me. It was about a story
about the a young Iranian refugee who committed suicide >>>
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Monday
February 19, 2001
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