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Soghra's tribe
Her stories centred around Qashqaies wandering towards the
sun
By Cyrus Kadivar
October 20, 2000
The Iranian
Every afternoon, when the blazing sun had left the ground and a cool
breeze tempered the heat, Baba Soghra would cycle to our house on Behbahani
Street in Shiraz, to tend the plants and water the grass and flowerbeds.
Before leaving, he would wash down the dust from the balconies and the
paving stones in our courtyard. This gave a cooling effect before we all
sat down on wooden benches covered by tribal rugs, drinking tea or eating
pommegranates. Maryam, Baba Sogra's wife, often took over the domestic
chores in the daytime until her ten-year-old daughter, Soghra, came to
relieve her in the evening after school >>>
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History
Ancestor in Paris
Nose to nose with an Immortal Guard
By Darius Kadivar
October 20, 2000
The Iranian
I was tired after a long week's work and I was looking forward to the
short but precious weekend. One of my colleagues suggested going to Asterix
Park outside Paris. "Asterix Park? Where is that? I thought. Not far,
he said. I could take the metro to the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Terminal
One Airport, and from there a bus could take me directly to the park.
I thought, well, why not? ... After visiting the different areas of
Asterix Park, I decided to have a lunch break. So I headed towards a fast-food
restaurant which had a terrace in the back yard surrounded by familiar-looking
walls. Then as I was enjoying my hamburger and Coca-Cola, it struck me!
I was sitting in front of what looked like a replica of a portion of a
Persian or Mesopotamian palace >>>
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Khamenei and the grand ayatollahs
BBC Persian Service
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When life should not imitate art: exiled writer Faraj
Sarkohi
FRANKFURT, Oct 20 (AFP) - For the writer who suffers violent political
repression, it may be better that life does not imitate art, Faraj Sarkohi,
the Iranian writer now living in Germany, explained Thursday.
Before winning freedom from prison and receiving a scholarship from
the German PEN club for writers, Sarkohi said he preferred Kafka's "Trial"
where misfortune and death are inevitable, to the uncertainties of his
unfinished "The Castle", but now was not so sure >>>
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Boxing ring
International Haftegi: Third congress of the Workers Communist
Part of Iran a succecss >>>
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Kayhan: Protecting the street sign of Khaled Eslamboli >>>
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Greatest show on earth
Went to see the Cirque du Soleil in McLean, Virginia, last night. What
a show... WHAT A SHOW... simply spellbinding... If they do come to your
town, do not miss them. It's an unforgettable experience >>>
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* Obligation to Iranians first, not Palestinians
Hamid K. writes:
Iran is facing her most critical of times. But the way our elected
and non-elected officials and other self-appointed guardians are viewing
the Middle East crisis, makes me wonder ["Crooked
wall"]...
In the past twenty some years, we have heard our top officials talk
more about the problems of the Palestinians and Lebanese than our own problems.
Not a day that goes by without a comment relating to the Palestinians'
struggle or Hizbollah's Jihad. Extremists with their papers and loud speakers
cry out for them, day and night...
I hope some day soon the Palestinian struggle comes to a fair and peaceful
end. I hope some day soon Iranian officials realize, above all, their obligation
to the people of Iran >>>
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* Beh delam neshast
S.A. writes: man dokhtari hastam 20 saaleh va az aamricaa
beh shomaa email midaham. chand daghigheye pish maghaalehee keh dar iranian.com
bood be naam-e "Khalvateh
paaeezi" ro khoondam va vaaghe'an beh delam neshast. natoonestam
jeloy-e khodamo begiram va goftam hatman baayad email bedam va tashakkor
konam >>>
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* Damn ignorant
Maziar Shirazi writes:
In response to "You
are all sick": Okay, first of all, do you have any idea of what
you have just said? You don't. You just classified an entire nation as
sick, ignorant, and fundamentalist. How many Iranians do you know? If you
know any, ask them if they advocate burning homosexuals at the stake. Ask
them if they think kissing in public is a bad thing >>>
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Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, Virginia Phone: 301 251 1578 email: hsorurie@yahoo.com >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
You do bad deeds and hope to get back good,
Though bad deserves bad only in return.
God is merciful and kind, but even so,
If you plant barley, wheat won't grow.
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accused of blasphemy and possibly facing the death sentence. In a fax to
the wife of Hassan Yussefi-Eshkevari, a copy of which was obtained by AFP,
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Hassan Yussefi-Eshkevari, a German political foundation said here Wednesday.
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conservative establishment of being too liberal, is still waiting for the
president to accept his resignation, newspapers said on Thursday >>>
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U.S. senators to probe Gore arms pact with
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Spain's Aznar due in Tehran Saturday on
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leader since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, a Spanish diplomat said
Thursday >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami stresses right to use nuclear technology
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Writer's first novel named best book
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Daei: "It was a wrestling match out
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ways to go", said Jalal Talebi at the post game press conference following
the match between Iran and Iraq on Wednesday. Talebi said, "I am pleased
with my team's performance. They did a wonderful job as a team. I hope they
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South Korea defeat Indonesia
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victory in the Asian Cup, beating Indonesia 3-0 to claim the third place
spot and advance to the quarter-finals stage of the competition. With China
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China and Kuwait in goalless draw
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from one win and two draws. China are paired to face the best third-placed
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Judiciary criticised
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Behrouz Parsa in this report talks to Taghi Rahmani, journalist, Hojj. Ayazi,
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Memories
Every autumn in London my thoughts wanders back in search
of the caravan of memories - sketching on paper the autumn migration of
the Qashqaies as they move slowly away from Shiraz, treking across the Marvdasht
plains in search of the sun.
-- Cyrus Kadivar
"Soghra's
tribe"
The Iranian
October 20, 2000
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