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* Protest: Gathering and
march in Washington DC
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* School: Farsi school
in Maryland
* Music: Spiritual Persian
music, N. California
* Film: Divorce Iranian
Style, In New York
* Lecture: A new perspective,
Berkeley
* Women: International conference
* Art: Qajar symposium,
New York
* Lecture: Ferdowsi and language
of Khorasan, Berkeley
* Art: Gallery Ovissi - First
specializing in Iranian art\
* Art show: Qajar paintings
at Brooklyn Museum of Art
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* Farsi school for children in Maryland
The Iranian-American Cultural Society of Maryland currently sponsors
two Farsi schools in the Baltimore, MD areas of Columbia and Towson. More
information, including sample homeworks from the children, is available
at //www.zeba.com/iacs/edu.htm
Reza Shadmehr
reza@bme.jhu.edu
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* Spiritual Persian music, N. California
Lian Ensemble:
Houman Pourmehdi: Tombak, Daf, Ney
Mahshid Mirzadeh: Santure
Khosrow Ansari: Vocal
Piraye Pourafar: Tar
When: Friday December 11, 1998 8:00 PM
Where: St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave. - Berkeley
When: Saturday December 12, 1998 , 8:00 PM
Where: Pacific Cultural Center , 1307 Seabright Avenue, Santa Cruz.
Information: (510) 644-1780
Sponsored by X DOT 25 Music
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* Shahnameh: A new perspective, Berkeley
"Center For Dialogue" in northern California presents:
"A New Perspective on Shahnameh" a talk by Dr. Bagher Parham.
Most recently, Dr. Parham is the author of "From Ferdosi's Perspective,
a Critique of Political Thought in Iran".
Time: Sunday December 13, at 7:30
Place: 2060 Valley Life Science Building University Of California, Berkeley
Lecture in Persian
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* Qajar art symposium, New York
The Brooklyn Museum of Art and the New York University Hagop Kevorkian
Center for Near Eastern Studies are pleased to present:
RE-PRESENTING THE QAJARS:
New Research in the Study of 19th Century Iran
Friday, December 11, 1998 at NYU, 1 pm to 5:30 pm and Saturday, December
12, 1998 at Brooklyn Museum of Art, 9am to 5:30 pm
Expanding upon themes in the special exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
of Art, "Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925,"
the symposiumwill bring together scholars of art, history, and culture
to discuss issues of representation, identity, revivalism, and modernity
in Iranian visual imagery and culture. For a complete listing of locations,
who will be presenting, and which specific topics will be presented, please
visit:
www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast/events.html
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* Protest gathering and march in Wasgington DC
In protest to the killings of Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, and to
mark the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights and the 48th
anniversary of the December 7 clashes between students and troops at Tehran
University (known as "Student Day" ever since), The Alliance
for Defense of Human Rights in Iran is holding a gathering at Georgetown
University's ICC Auditorium (3600 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington DC) on
Saturday December 12 from 3:30 to 5:00. The main speaker will be Mr. Manouchehr
Mohammadi, a student leader in Iran.
The gathering will be followed by a silent march toward the United Nations
Information Center.
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* Ferdowsi and language of Khorasan, Berkeley
After convening six months of Shahnameh Reading sessions on regular
basis (every two weeks), Shahnameh
Learning League (SLL) is proud to host Dr. Mahmoud Omidsalar this Saturday
December 5th from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at 145 Dwinell Hall of Berkeley University.
This is the first of lecture series specifically tailored to further
understand Shahnameh. Dr. Omidsalar's will present "Ferdowsi and the
Literary language of Khorasan".
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* Gallery Ovissi: First specializing in Iranian art
Press release:
Maryam Ovissi and Daryl Pendleton are proud to announce the opening
of Gallery Ovissi in Emeryville, California. The Gallery will feature unique
exhibitions and events that share the works of contemporary Iranian and
Middle Eastern artists in the United States.
Iranian-born Maryam Ovissi, the daughter of internationally renown Iranian
artist Nasser Ovissi, has been a part of the art world since birth. Her
experience and expertise in art has allowed her to curate annual exhibitions
for Iranian and Arab artiststhroughout the United States... FULL
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* International conference
The Tenth International Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
"The Iranian Woman at the Threshold of the Year 2000" will be
held at the University of Montreal on July 2-5,1999 in Montreal, Canada.
Foundation: IWSF, PO Box 380882, Cambridge, MA 02238-0882, USA, Tel:
617-492-9001, Fax: 617-492-0111, Email: IranianWSF@aol.com
Local Committee: IWSF, PO Box 354 Station "H", Montreal (QC),
H3G 2L1, CANADA, Tel: 514-735-7776, Fax: 514-934-9912, Email: Machouf@magellan.umontreal.ca
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* Divorce Iranian Style, In New York
FILM FORUM - NEW YORK CITY
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 2 WEEKS
DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE
Directed by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini
ENGLAND, 1998
80 MINS.
IN FARSI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
One woman tells the judge her husband is crazy: in 30 years he has refused
to let her answer the phone. (In Iran "craziness" is one of the
few acceptable grounds for divorce when proceedings are brought by a woman;
for men, divorce is granted upon request.) A 16-year-old, married at age
14 to a man 2 1/2 times her age, explains that she desperately wants a
divorce to go back to school. Another pleads for custody of her 4-year-old
daughter, having already lost custody of the older child. "You're
poisoning my tea," mutters the judge to a woman who insists he find
her misplaced file within the hour (he had suggested she return in a week).
Inside an Iranian divorce court, a stream of veiled women (some only teenager
others elderly) make use of reason, wit, charm, and chicanery to get what
they want above all else: a divorce. Daily: 2, 3:40, 5:20, 7, 8:40, 10:20
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