The Iranian Features
October 16-19, 2000 / Mehr 25-28, 1379
Today
* Memories:
Soghra's tribe
* History:
Ancestor in Paris
Recent
* Elections:
Not presidential material
* Terminology:
Vaajeh-haaye asraaraamiz
* History:
Where it all started
* History:
Bam
* Feminist:
Blind date
* Hejab:
Hal-e moshkel-e hejaab
* Cover
story: Vacation on Mars
* Middle
East: Crooked wall
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Friday
October 20, 2000
Memories
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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Thursday
October 19, 2000
Elections
Not presidential material
But your votes on November 7 will still be important
By Babak Yektafar
October 18, 2000
The Iranian
Did I learn anything about the candidates at the conclusion of these
debates? Well, I learned that Mr. Bush is the governor of a "big"
state (he emphasized that in every debate, as if size matters -- in this
case). I also learned that he likes to use the word "fuzzy",
and that he does not trust the government and if we trust him by voting
for him, then he would turn around and trust us back by giving us all the
money we want to do with it as we please.
If I had the chance to ask a question from Mr. Bush, I would want to
know why he is spending millions of dollars to head an entity that he does
not trust? >>>
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Terminology
By Mohandes
October 18, 2000
The Iranian
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Wednesday
October 18, 2000
History
Where it all started
Democratic concepts emerged during the 1906 Constituional
Revolution
By Janet Afary
October 18, 2000
The Iranian
In The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911, I have focused
on the influence of social democratic activists and organizations and have
attempted to show that three divergent concepts of democracy emerged during
the Constitutional Revolution: 1. a European-style parliamentary democracy
represented by the Majlis-i Shawra-yi Milli (National Consultative Assembly)
and the 1906 constitution, 2. a series of social democratic tendencies
that were inspired predominantly by Transcaucasian social democratic associations
in tsarist Russia, and 3. multiple expressions of radical democracy that
manifested themselves in a variety of grassroots councils >>>
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History
Bam
If you decide to visit the popular citadel, read the history
By Hedieh Azad
October 18, 2000
The Iranian
Arg-e-Bam has an area of six square kilometers. Its length is three
hundred meters and its width is two hundred meters. The citadel has 38
watchtowers and a rampart surrounding it. There used to be a moat all around
the citadel for protection against opposing armies >>>
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Tuesday
October 17, 2000
Feminist
Blind date
With an Iranian feminist
By Siamack Baniameri
October 17, 2000
The Iranian
Okay, it's a blind date. Not exactly my style but I figured what the
heck? Things haven't been going my way lately. I'm getting older. My self-steam
is low. The front of my hair is getting closer to the back of my neck;
belly's pushing down on the belt, and hair's growing on parts of my body
that even makes a monkey laugh. I admit it; I am growing out of style.
I'm not exactly Brad Pit. Who am I kidding? I'm not even Danny Devito.
"So, is she good looking" I asked Nasser.
"That all depends on your definition of good looking." >>>
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Hejab
By Saeed Tavakkol
October 17, 2000
The Iranian
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Monday
October 16, 2000
Cover story
Vacation on Mars
Paintings by Reza Kassai
October 16, 2000
The Iranian
Reza Kassai describes his collection of paintings, "Random Thoughts",
as child-like drawings that represent "flash thoughts about illusions,
fantasies, dreams, the subconscious, social and political issues, history,
comedy, tragedy and personal experiences."
"The main focus is to portray my feelings regarding various issues
at a particular time. Images stem from observations, news, conversations
with a neighbor or even the cognition and understanding of a five-year-old."
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Middle East
Crooked wall
Blind support for Israel undermines U.S. as peace broker
By Guive Mirfendereski
October 16, 2000
The Iranian
One who lays a crooked brick, builds a tumbling wall. If this is not
already a proverb in the Middle East, well, it should be. On the first
of October, the wall that Bill Clinton was building in the Middle East
came crumbling down, burying his quest for that elusive and dubious legacy
as a peacemaker and sending his hope for a peace prize down the proverbial
water closet >>>
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