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July/August 2006
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Zanaan-e Shojaa-e Maa, een Kabootaraan-e Darband By: Leila Majed
Iranian Woman Blazes Trail Into Space The worlds
first female space tourist - Anousheh Ansari.
Now Ansari, 39, is a multimillionaire in the United States, having made a fortune from telecommunications software. She recently secured a flight in a Russian Soyuz rocket to the international space station, about 220 miles above Earth. After passing stringent medical tests, Ansari spent weeks training at Star City space center outside Moscow. Ansari is scheduled to make the flight, which will cost her about $18.5 million, next year. Space tourism was pioneered in 2001 when Dennis Tito, a California tycoon, became the first space tourist. Source: United Press International
"A Woman"
This is written in the Hebrew Talmud, the book It says: "Be very careful if you make
a woman
Iranian
women shut out at soccer stadiums in Iran
The group of young girls pushed against the wire-fencing that separated
them from the training pitch, waving Iranian flags and squealing out
their soccer heroes' names. Hundreds
beaten and arrested in Iran women's rights protest
Iran
bloggers back women's protest
Pictures on several Film on Iranian women, arts and freedom wins award at Santa Cruz
Film Festival
The film shows glimpses of daily life in various parts of Iran --
Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Meshed -- while focusing on interviews
with six artists, including a martial arts instructor as well as a
filmmaker, a photographer, a poet (Simin Behbahani), a journalist,
and a stage dirctor.
Feminine Breeze is available on DVD and can be purchased through
amazon. THE
CHALLENGERS: THE FIVE FAMOUS AFGHAN POETESSES
INTRODUCTION: According to many human rights activists and observers, the ruling of Taliban in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001 destroyed much of the country's culture. Nevertheless, the art of poetry not only survived but it developed deeply and rapidly among many groups of the society and particularly amidst women. Poetry is now recited at almost all social events and gatherings, political assemblies or tribal meetings, and the ability to narrate and write poetry is very much appreciated and admired.
Grounds 'too rowdy' for Iran women!
IRAN captain Ali Daei has hit back at foreign criticism of his country's ban on women entering football stadiums. Daei, the world's leading international goalscorer, said overnight the ban is an internal matter which should be decided by the people of Iran. "Every country has its own rules and culture. The United States is different from Iran, we have our own beliefs," said the 37-year-old veteran. "Currently with the atmosphere in the stadiums, I don't want my wife to be there." Daei, the first player to reach 100 international goals, said he would prefer to scrap the rule but football grounds are too rowdy for women. "I personally think they should relax this ban so women can go to stadiums but, considering the atmosphere in stadiums and the respect we have for women, it might not be appropriate at this time," he said. "There's no danger at all but there are a lot of bad things being chanted and there's a lot of shouting at each other and we have respect for women, we don't want them to see that." Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made a surprise announcement in April that the ban would be lifted, but the order was vetoed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Daei said "negative advertising" has created a misleading view of the Islamic country in the West. Advertisement: "Ninety-nine percent of what you hear is wrong and negative advertising." Iran has become increasingly isolated over its nuclear program and President Ahmadinejad's controversial views on the Holocaust, with the political fall-out swirling around the team here. Daei is hoping to add to his international tally of 109 goals as
Iran takes on Mexico, Angola and Portugal in Group D.
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