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* Politics: Rallies in
San Francisco, Ottawa, Sydny
* Lecture: In the U.S. as exiles
or immigrants?, Virginia
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* Literature: Storytelling
and dialogue, N. California
* School: Farsi school
in Maryland
* Film: Divorce Iranian Style,
In New York
* Women: International conference
* Art: Gallery Ovissi - First
specializing in Iranian art
* Art show: Qajar paintings
at Brooklyn Museum of Art
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* Rally in San Francisco, Ottawa, Sydny
In San Francisco: Sponsored by: "The Committee For Freedom
Of Thought & Expression In Iran (Northern California)": Join
Our Vigil To Protest The Killings Of Dissidents In Iran. Our Demands from
U.N.:
- Intervene to stop this new wave of terror in Iran.
- Send an international, independent fact-finding commission to Iran.
- Support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to investigate
the cases of crimes against humanity in Iran.
Time: 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight Wednesday Dec. 23
Place: UN Plaza, San Francisco, corner of 7th & Market
Information: (510) 644-0403
In Ottawa: The Iranian community in Ontario will rally Saturday
from 1 to 3 pm in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, to protest against the
recent series of murders and disappearances of political opponents, journalists
and writers in Iran. They will gather in front of the Parliament at 1 pm
and from there will walk to the Iranian embassy.
From: Dr. Ziaian
ziaian@ERDA.GLENDON.YORKU.CA
In Sydny: The Iranian community in Sydney will voice their outrage
against recent attacks of the Islamic Republic on Tuesday 22 December at
4 pm in front of the office of Amnesty International.
From: Susan Ghaemi
s.ghaemi@UNSW.EDU.AU
* Lecture: In the U.S. as exiles or immigrants?, Virginia
Speaker: Dr. Haleh Vaziri Dr. Vaziri -- herself born in the U.S. of
Iranian parents -- shall examine how Iranians and their children living
in the United States construct and understand their respective identities.
She shall address such questions as: Do Iranians live in the US as "exiles"
or "immigrants"? How do the children of Iranians relate to their
parents' homeland, Iran, and to the host society, the US? What influence
may those calling themselves "Iranian-American" have within the
Iranian community in Diaspora and/or inside Iran? Is there space for multiple
conceptualizations of Iranian-ness and American-ness?
Sunday, December 20, 1998, 6:30PM to 9:00PM Mason Governmental Center
6507 Columbia Pike Annandale, Virginia
* Storytelling and dialogue, N. California
The Committee For Freedom Of Thought And Expression In Iran (Northern
California) presents: "Storytelling And Dialogue" with Akbar
Sardoozami, Iranian writer in exile.
Date: Sunday December 20, at 7:30
Place: Albany Senior Center846 Masonic Ave., Albany
(Take I80 East, exit Albany/Buchanan St., at 3rd stop light turn left on
Masonic, drive one block and cross Solano, Center is on your left.)
Information: (510)644-0403
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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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* 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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