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* Film: "A Taste
of Cherry," northern California
* Conference: Challenges for
Iranians Abroad, Indianapolis
* Film: Mehrjui's "Leila,"
Ohio
* Music: Shajarian in concert,
New York
* Festival: Iranian Arts
and Cultural Event, Bay Area
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* Demonstration: In front
of the U.N.
* Shahnameh: Readings in
Mountain View
* Commemoration: Christine
Mirzayan murdered
* Acting: Are you Iranian-American?
Want to be in a film?
* Conference:
Computer engineering
* Reunion: Kansas University
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* Kiarostami's "A Taste of Cherry," northern California
The Lark Theatre in Larkspur (northern California) will be screening
Abbas Kiarostami's "A Taste of Cherry" on September 11, 12, and
13. Call the theatre for showtimes: (415) 924-3311.
Thanks to Jasmin Darznik jasmind@wenet.net
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* Mehrjui's "Leila," Ohio
Program: "Leila" written and directed by Dariush Mehrjui.
1997
Date: Thursday and Friday, September 10-11, 7:00 PM
Location: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, N. High
St. and 15th Ave.
Tickets: $5; $4 Students and Wexner Members
Call: 614-292-3535 for more information
Praised by the New York Times as "devastaging" and "heartbreaking,"
"Leila" is the lastest film from Iranian Director Dariush Mehrjui,
and illuminates the often brutal clash between modernity and Islamic tradition.
Focusing on a wealthy couple who married out of love but are unable to
conceive children, the story focuses on the agony and confusion felt by
Leila as her husband is forced to consider taking a second wife, leaving
her isolated from both her families.
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* Conference: Challenges for Iranians Abroad, Indianapolis
DANESH Institute, Inc. in cooperation with Society for Promotion of
Persian Culture present: Third Annual Conference, October 24, 1998
Location: Indiana University-Purdue University, Student Activities
Center, 815 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Challenges for Iranians Abroad in the Onset of the Next Millennium:
Agenda for Action
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Refreshments
9:00 - 9: Welcome and Business Meeting
Ebrahim Fakouri, Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Cyrus S. Behroozi
9:30 - 10:30 PRESENTATION
Role Reversal & Its Consequences in the Iranian Immigrant Family
Presenter: Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University
Chair: Sara Kurtz Allaei, Indiana University - Purdue
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 12:30 PRESENTATIONS
The Experience of lranian Women in the United States: The Case of
the Twin Cities
Presenter: Farah Gilanshah, University of Minnesota
Living in Exile: Iranian Acculturation in Literature
Presenter: Lena Afary, Independent Scholar
Chair: Mohammad R. Torabi, Indiana University
12:30 - 1:45 LUNCH
1:45 - 3:15 WORKSHOP
Impacts of the Political Relationship between Iran & the United
States on Iranian Immigrants
Facilitator: Yahya R. Kamalipour, Purdue University
3:15 - 3:30 BREAK
3:30 - 4:45 CONCLUSIONS
Challenges for Iranians Abroad: Summary & Agenda for Action
Presenter: Ali Akbar Mahdi
Chair & Facilitator: Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Indiana University
Contact: Dr. Cyrus S. Behroozi, 317-283-8757
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* Shajarian in concert, New York
ASIA SOCIETY PRESENTS Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Classical Music of Iran
Wednesday, September 23, 8:00 p.m. at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
The Asia Society presents the only New York appearance of the world's greatest
singer of classical Persian music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian.
Performing with an ensemble of five, Shajarian employs a flawless vocal
technique in an immense and unique repertoire. This concert - of intensely
emotional renderings from contemporary Iran - is presented as a major step
toward renewed cultural exchange between the United States and Iran. Tickets:
Centercharge 212/721-6500
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* Iranian Arts and Cultural Event, Bay Area
Join us at the Iranian Arts and Cultural Event in northern California
on September 19, 1998. For more information about the Event : Please visit
our website at "//www.payvand.org"
and click on the tee-shirt design. For direction : "//www.payvand.org/html/map.htm"
Fariba Nejat
FarNejat@aol.com
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* Demonstration in front of the U.N.
The Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees (CHAIR),
the International Federation of Iranian Refugees, the Campaign in Defense
of Women's Rights in Iran, and the Worker-communist Party of Iran areholding
a demostration against the Islamic Republic at the United Nations September
8, 1998. On that date, the fifty-third session of the UN General Assembly
will begin in New York City and Iran's representatives will be attending
the session.
CHAIR CHAIRNGO@AOL.COM
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* Readings in Mountain View
Following, please find the schedule of upcoming Shahnameh Reading sessions
which will be held at Mountain View Library located at 585 Franklin Street
by the intersection of Mercy St (northern California). Franklin St. runs
parallel to Castro St. Castro St. is the main street in downtown Mountain
View.
The sessions are (for the time being) every other Sunday, starting promptly
at 1:30 pm.
Page numbers are based on the Shahnameh of Dr. Khaleghi Motlagh.
September 13th: (pages 50-52) End of Jamshid
September 27th: (pages 55-57) Zahak
Shahnameh@shahnameh.com
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* Christine Mirzayan murdered in Washington, DC
Tuesday's Washington Post reported: The woman found beaten to death
in Georgetown [Washington, DC] over the weekend has identified as Christine
M. Mirzayan, a highly regarded 28-year-old biologist who apparently was
attacked as she walked home alone Saturday night from a barbecue at the
house of a fellow intern at the National Research Council... FULL
TEXT
On this sad occasion, I wish to propose that we the Iranian and Iranian-American
communities commemorate the loss of this young woman in some fashion --
perhaps by setting up a reward fund for the apprehension of the perpetrator
of the crime against her, or helping her husband/family in some other manner.
I shall offer to organize this effort. Let me tell you a bit about myself
to put you at greater ease with the idea. My vitals are below for those
of you who do not know me:
Full Name: Haleh Vaziri
Citizenship: U.S., born in Michigan of Iranian parents in 1963
Profession: Assistant Professor, Researcher & Writer in International
Politics
Current Place of Residence: Washington, DC
Email: HVaziri@aol.com
Please contact me by email if you are interested in this proposal, and
perhaps we can all put our heads together. I sincerely believe that this
tragedy should compel each and every one of us to reflect on the fragility
of life. We should put aside our differences -- political, religious, or
otherwise -- to act as a community and assist the authorities and/or the
family in whatever way we can.
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* Are you Iranian-American? Want to be in a film?
I am making a film in Iran which starts shooting in Feb 1999. One of
the things I am doing when I come back to the United States in looking
for an actor. I need a man around 24-years old who speaks Persian with
an accent and is willing to come to Iran for 2+ months and have the lead
role in this film. An Iranian-American. I was thinking the Internet would
be a good place to start. they could contact me via email, then perhaps
send a photo or short video.
Ramin Bahrani
Bahrani@neda.net
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* Computer engineering conference in Tehran
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Fourth Annual International CSI Computer Conference (CSICC'98)
26-28 January, 1999
Computer Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Tehran, Iran
full
details
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* Kansas University reunion
Some University of Kansas (Jayhawks) Iranian alumni will hold a reunion
in Kansas City on Saturday August 22nd 1998. The participants who are coming
from all over the place-- including Iran -- have mostly entered K.U. or
graduated from it between mid-1970's to late 1980's. But every body else
is also welcome.
For more information contact Amir-Mosaddegh Katouzian at katouzia@jccc.net;
Tel: (913) 648-6344.
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