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COMMENTARY
Shirin Ebadi
By AZAR NAFISI
Iran is in the news again. Not for its nuclear weapons or its
connections to terrorist groups; not for its interventions in
Iraq and Afghanistan or the murder of an Iranian-born Canadian
journalist; not for its stonings, and not even for its
executions. Iran is in the news because a woman, a human-rights
lawyer, has won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Nobel
intentions
The
Guardian
In
Tehran a few years ago I met Shirin Ebadi, the
lawyer who has just won the Nobel Peace prize.
Her integrity and bravery, even in the face of
frequent threats and arrests, certainly make
her an outstanding figure in her country and
beyond - and of course a great recipient of
the prize.
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Freedom Awareness
by
Amil Imani
According
to the Article 18, Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Everyone
has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right
includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either
alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest
his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and
observance."
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Iran's
democratic hopes are surging once again
OPPOSITION TO
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC, LATEST STEP IN DECADES OF STRUGGLE
by: Dr. Abbas
Milani
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran
was one of the 20th century's greatest political heists. Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini and his cohorts abducted a popular movement that was
bent on creating a democratic and independent Iran.
Mafiaism
& Sufism, the Convergence in Iran
by: Farrokh
Ashtiani
Recently I read All
the Shah's Men, a new book by Stephen Kinzer. I was
particularly interested since I had also published a short
fiction last year called All
the King’s Men. After I finished reading the
book I realized that, similar to many other books written
since the overthrow of the Shah, two elements are sadly and
noticeably missing.
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Residan-e
Be Noghte-y-e Sefre
by:
Adlan Parsi
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Book Review
The
Souvenirs of an Empress
October 23, 2003
POINT DE VUE
Vincent Meylan
The book came out for
her 65th birthday, the 14th October 2003. Twenty-four years
after the start of her exile, away from Iran where she was
crowned empress, Farah has finally decided to speak, to open
her heart and the gates of her memories.
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Opinion
Bozorgdasht-e
Zaadrooz-e Mossadegh dar Australia and New Zealand
by: Dr
Jalil Doostkhah
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Read)
EEn
Shiftegiha Va Boghzha Maara Be Koja Mibarand
Manzarehay-e Yek
Vaaghe-e Pas Az 50 Saal
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Iran Shenassi
The
Persian Gulf Trade in Late Antiquity
by: Professor
Touraj Daryaee
The Persians made
themselves important in world history with the establishment of
the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century B.C.E. Their
rise and center of power was from the province of Fars (Pars/Persis)
in the Southwestern region of the Iranian Plateau.
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Short Stories
War
by:
Luigi Pirandello
The
passengers who had left Rome by the night express had had to
stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in order to
continue their journey by the small old-fashioned local joining
the main line with Sulmona.
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The
house with yellow fence
by: Sadaf
Kiani
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A young Walnut tree on
the Messiah's Grave
by: Fatemeh Abtahi
The Messiah is
born. I must give my blessing, I must perform a vow and make an
offering. I must pray. I will light tall candles for the
messiah. I will light candles in every mosque ad church. Now I
am like other women. How worried I am! I feel his forehead
several times a day.
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History
Mirza
Jahangir Khan-e Sur-Esraafil
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Iranians
take back their history
By
Ali Akbar Dareini
Sent
by Dariush Kadivar
Kish
Island, Iran - It started small - a few babies named after the
pre-Islamic heroes Darius or Cyrus, a bit more government money
earmarked for preserving ancient sites, advertisers using the
image of ruins of Persepolis - founded as an imperial capital
2?500 years ago - to sell everything from salad dressing to
motorbikes.
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Inquisition
in Europe
The
Inquisition was a permanent institution in the Catholic Church
charged with the eradication of heresies. Unlike many other
religions (e.g., Buddhism, Judaism), the Catholic Church has a
hierarchical structure with a central bureaucracy.
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Literature/Mythology
Homer's
Iliad (an excerpt)
The Achaians (Greeks), under king
Agamemnon, have been fighting the Trojans for nine years, trying to
retrieve Helen, the wife of Menelaos, and thus Agamemnon's
sister-in-law. Helen, who will become legendary as "Helen of
Troy" and as "the woman with the face that launched a thousand
ships, "was kidnapped by Paris, a son of the king of Troy.
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Cinema
THE AVA
GARDNER MUSEUM
Sent by: Dariush
Kadivar
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"Rally
of a Decade Paris-Persepolis-Paris"
by:
Dariush Kadivar
French
Engineer and Industrialist André Citroën
(1878-1935) founded one of the major car
construction companies of its era. By 1922 he
launched several expeditions across the world
with his automobiles, thus providing an
efficient publicity platform for his company. By
far the most exciting expedition was the
"Crosière Jaune" aka "Yellow
Rally" meant to persue by car what was
known as the "Silk Road" joining the
West and Asian continents since the Times of
Cyrus the Great.
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Iranian
Women tell their own story
Nargess, by
'elder stateswoman' Rakhshan Bani Etemad
The importance of women in Iran's renascent film industry
surprises many who believe that Islamic strictures in the
country have suppressed female self-expression.
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Website devoted to
the director of the film Alexander the Great click on the
Alexander icon to see content .
The
most expected Epic film of the Century based
on Alexander the Great with Leonardo Di Caprio
will be shot in Australia due to fears after
the terrorist threats and attacks in Morroco.
The Latter country is one of the major
places which in latter years has attracted
Hollywood and European film studios for
such films like "The Gladiator" or
"Asterix and Obelix: Mission
Cleopatra", Oliver Stone is also
filming s story on Alexander starring
Colin Farrel and Anthony Hopkins and it will
probably be in my opinion a much better
adaptation given the director's talent and
personal filmography ( Wall Street, Platton,
JFK, Nixon ). Nevertheless this website is
about the film made with Di Caprio and
Nicole Kidman. Who will be cast as
Persian King Darius III is still a mystery and
whether or not his role will be as important
is not sure yet, as for the Persians we shall
see.
Art
Wonderful
Website on Abdollah Eskandari, Iranian Make Up artist
Mr
Eskandary has worked in France and other
countries where his work is appreciated as a
Make Up Artist he lives and works in Iran and
has worked on more than 170 feature films and
20 historical TV series and some Opera and
Theater performances:
http://www.eskandarimakeup.com/
Just beware some pictures can be Gore, on some
films but the work done by this talented
artist on the actors and actress' is
remarkable, including the work on some
Historical films for which he transformed a
good deal of faces. He has managed to recreate
the the faces of Persian Kings from Nasseredin
Shah to the Former Shah of Iran, but also some
of our Great Poets and scientists of Ancient
Persia. He has also worked closely on
Behrouz Vossoughi's films, who as some of you
may know played with Anthony Quinn in Caravans
shot in Iran in 1978.
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