The Iranian Features
September 18-22, 2000 / Shahrivar 28-Mehr 1, 1379
Today
* U.S.-Iran:
Clinton legacy?
* Poem:
What does this mean?
Recent
* Visa:
Gisheh-ye shomaareh-ye 2
* Sports:
Varzeshemoonam zoori-ye
* Revolution:
Reverberations
* Islands:
The Tonbs
* Racism:
Okay, I'm a racist
* Los Angeles:
Doctor... Doctor
* Cover
story: Googoosh live!
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Friday
September 22, 2000
U.S.-Iran
Clinton legacy?
Clinton & the Iranian-American community
By Guive Mirfendereski
September 22, 2000
The Iranian
A while back a friend asked my opinion about a piece in which he had
compared the reported search by presidents Clinton and Khatami for some
sort of elusive legacy. Exhorting Clinton to work harder toward normalizing
Iran-U.S. relations, the piece ended with a very probing question: What
is Clinton's legacy? To this query, I quipped, "A blow job or two
by Monica Lewinsky." Then, I got to thinking about all this by some
in the Iranian-American community to measure Clinton's political legacy
in terms of Iran-U.S. relations. Flippantly, I fired back at my friend:
"Never mind Clinton's legacy, what about Khatami's?" >>>
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Poetry
What's does this mean?
Poem
By Siamak Kiarostami
September 22, 2000
The Iranian
My questions are out of order so
I let my lips press arbitrary answers
all over your body that very same night
you changed my name.
Hours of this interrogation had passed
We had certainly moved past any logic-
Begging for understanding >>>
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Thursday
September 21, 2000
Visa
By Sadaf Kiani Abbassian
September 21, 2000
The Iranian
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Sports
By Mohandes
September 21, 2000
The Iranian
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Wednesday
September 20, 2000
Revolution
Reverberations
An outsider's perspective of the revolution
By Sayed S. Husein
September 20, 2000
The Iranian
The revolution in Iran was seen as a possible catalyst for redemption
by a large segment of the Muslim population worldwide. The revolution gave
them hope; after all a Muslim state could be in accordance with the tenants
of the religion, and still be modern and vibrant. There was certain admiration,
even if guarded, for the way people succeeded in removing a well-entrenched
monarch. Off course not everyone saw this revolution in such favorable
light. Many felt that the leaders of the revolution, would unleash repression
of another kind in the name of religion, as the task of running a modern
state would be beyond them. Many others were hostile towards the revolution
purely on ideological grounds >>>
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Islands
The Tonbs
The Haute Couture connection
September 20, 2000
The Iranian
Ancient Greek historian Heredotus wrote that in Xerxes' army that invaded
Asia Minor was a group of "islanders who came from the Erythraean
sea [Persian Gulf], where they inhabited the islands to which the king
sends those whom he banishes, [and they] wore a dress and arms almost exactly
like the Median." (G. Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus (London:
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1858), vol.2, p.150)
If the Tonbs contributed any men to Xerxes' army is not known, but either
island would have been sufficiently desolate and unsuitable to be a place
of exile >>>
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Tuesday
September 19, 2000
Racism
Okay, I'm a racist
I must shamefully admit that I don't like Arabs
By dAyi Hamid
Sepetmber 19, 2000
The Iranian
Are we better human beings because we are Iranians? Then why do we treat
foreigners like Swedes treat non-Europeans? If we are superior to other
races, why do we make the same mistakes? Why do we look down at Pakistanis?
Why do we belittle Arabs? Are these the symptoms of having pure Aryan blood?
If our race makes us better human beings, then we have to prove it by treating
foreigners better than other nations do.
Having said all that I must shamefully admit that I don't like Arabs.
yeki biAd bezaneh tu sar-e man >>>
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Los Angeles
Doctor... Doctor...
Dude! Eeverybody is a doctor here
By Siamack Baniameri
September 19, 2000
The Iranian
I was in Los Angles attending a seminar. It was a week-long event which
ended at in the early afternoon on a Friday. Maziyar, my old high school
buddy lives in Los Angles. I always get in touch with him when I'm in the
neighborhood. I called his cellphone from my hotel room. I told him I was
in town and leaving for the airport in couple of hours. I asked him if
he could meet me for a cup of coffee and some gossiping. He tells me that
he is working late but he insists I stay an extra day. He was having a
pool party on Saturday and had invited friends over at his house. I kept
telling him that I was leaving in two hours. But he insisted and insisted
till I gave up. What the hell. I can handle another sunny, beautiful day
in L.A. >>>
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Monday
September 18, 2000
Cover story
Googoosh live!
Washington DC
Photographs by Jahanshah Javid
September 18, 2000
The Iranian
Googoosh in concert in front of 14,000 fans at the MCI Center in Washington,
DC, Saturday September 16, 2000: >>>
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