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Poetry
His unlimited pass
Two poems
By Dokhtar Sabz
May 9, 2000
The Iranian
thick eyebrows and a too confident strut
insanely infectious laughter and a love for gormeh sabzi
so kindly handing me
My Very Own Panic Attack
that returns with a vengeance every time he does
a kiss with accented-farsi whispers >>>
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Elections in Iran
Public Broadcasting Service
May 8, 2000
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Iranian officials have yet to validate the results of last weekend's
parliamentary elections. Following a background report, Margaret Warner
discusses the issue with three guests. For more on all this, we turn to
Ali Banuazizi, ... Elaine Sciolino, ... and Daniel Pipes >>>
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Kiarostami and censorship in Iran
National Public Radio, Morning Edition
May 8, 2000
Audio HERE
 BOB EDWARDS, host: As the government of Iran was closing
several reformist newspapers and arresting their editors last month, Iranian
filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami was in the United States accepting a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival. The
international press helped give Kiarostami the stature he has today. Critics
consider his movies some of the finest of the last 10 years. Kiarostami's
movies have not been critical of the Islamic regime in Teheran, but he
says he's concerned about the Iranian government's new restrictions of
freedom of expression. David D'Arcy reports >>>
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Left hook
Mr. Yazdi is absolutely right
Commentary in Rah-e Kargar, published in Europe by the Organization
of Revolutionary Workers of Iran, on Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi's interpretation
of the constitution and the role of the Council of Guardians FULL
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Tom who?
It's rare for an AMERICAN to be familiar with the music of Tom Waits.
But Ham-Mihan is educating its Iranian readers with a complete bio, including
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More Letters
* Superpowers shape our destiny
Alizadeh writes:
I think your article explains well some of the recent problems in Iran
["Reform
in retreat"]. However, the past and present reality shows that
unlike what you have stated ("Great Britain or the U.S. have little
to do with what is happening in Iran"), the superpowers have always
played a detrimental role in shaping Iranian destiny, even though in theory,
we all say that only Iranians can shape their destiny.
* Solidarity & strikes
Dr. Jim writes: In the three point options for the people of
Iran in your leader, no mention was made of solidarity , mass organization
and strikes ["Reform
in retreat"]. Often the best way to change things fairly peacefully
is to organize, and force the ruling classes to relent through mass strikes.
I have two memories of such movements. In 1976 the Junior Doctors in
England staged a country wide strike to improve the health service and
after a period of three months we won most of the concessions that we wanted
from the Heath government.
Later in 1986 we did the same in Tehran and to begin with we had them
pretty scared but through lack of initiative and organization we did not
succeed. If we had managed to keep going for a few more days and brought
out other professional and blue collar workers then we would have succeeded.
Lecture: Iranian cinema today, Maryland
By the invitation of Iranian-American Cultural Society of Maryland (IACS),
Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou, scholar and film critic, will give a speech on
the "Iranian Cinema Today" and will show a colored documentary
film "Life in Fog", written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi and
produced by Bahman Maghsoudlou. This film was made in 1999 and has won
15 International awards. The duration of this film is thirty minutes. When:
Sunday May, 14. Time: 4:00 PM. Where: Smith Hall, Towson University.
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
In the abbatoire of love, they only kill the choicest.
The small-minded, mean ones they reject.
If you truly love, you won't escape with your life.
They are dead to begin with who don't get the knife.
-- Rumi
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Forget the press ban! Look at Golshiri
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Khodaayaa...
The lack of rain and the threat of drought, a cause of
great concern, is not without its links to sins that have been committed.
[People should hold a prayer for badly needed rain and] if that does not
work, then some more will be needed.
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