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08:00 AM » 15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF IWSF

پانزدهمين کنفرانس سالانه بين المللى بنياد‌پژوهش هاى زنان ايران ‌
٢ تا ٤ جولاى ٢٠٠٤ برلن
نگرشى بر نقش اجتماعى جنسيت در روند مدرنيته
در ايران

" Gender Relations and Modernity in Iran " "Geschlechter und Modernitaet im Iran"

از همه دوستانى که مايل به سخنرانى و ارائه کارهاى هنرى مى باشند

دعوت مى کنيم تا ٣٠ ژانويه ٢٠٠٤ با ما تماس گرفته و خلاصه اى

از سخنرانى و يا کار هنرى خود را براى ما بفرستند

آدرس پستى IWSF

c/o AFDI

Waldemar str.36

999 10 Berlin

Germany

فاکس ٦٢٩٨١٥٣١ -٣٠ - ٠٠٤٩

پست الکترونيکى IWSF2004berlin@yahoo.com

هيات هماهنگى کميته محلى برگزار کننده کنفرانس ٢٠٠٤ برلن

Further details about the conference program will be announced closer to the conference time.

Please contact organising committee: IWSF2004Berlin@yahoo.com

by Fax.: ++49-30-62981531

by mail: IWSFBerlin c/o AFDI

Waldemarstr. 36

D-10999 Berlin, Germany

Fot more information about IWSF, please see our website www.iwsf.org

We welcome your participation in the conference.

Call for Papers - The Fifteenth International Conference of the Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation (IWSF) will be held in Berlin, Germany in July 2-4, 2004.

The theme of the three-days conference will be Gender Relations and Modernity in Iran
We invite activists, researchers and academics – whose area of interest concerns Iranian women, the women’s movment and feminism – to send a one page typed abstracts of their papers on the theme of conference.

A committee will select abstracts against a set criteria and on the basis of their relevance to the main topic of the conference. A formal invitation will be send to the selected speakers. The invitation will cover travel and accommodation costs.

IWSF was founded as a non-profit organisation in USA in 1990 – to promote research on Iranian women’s issues both in Iran and abroad. Each year a major international conference is organised and hosted by IWSF in one of the Europian countries, the United States or Canada. The last fourteen conferences have been huge success and have attracted activists, academics, writers, artists and filmmakers from all around the world.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 30, 2004.

05:05 PM » Gipsy Kings Party Concert - Like No Other: Buses, Food, Drinks, Reserved Seating..

Hey, Ladies and Gentlemen.... if you have not attended any of these parties that I put on before... you are in for a Real Treat:

SEE THE GIPSY KINGS LIVE in concert on
Fri. July 2nd
at the Beatutiful GREEK Theater
on a FULL MOON NIGHT ...
With the Alf and Alf Party Ensemble!!!!
Plan Ahead and ACT NOW...

…. Pre-Party with Drinks and Food, The WILD Bus Ride, Drinks on the bus, Party Artifacts, Tix in to the Concert….
Reserved Seating Just For US inside the Greek!
the Conga Line…the Troopsters….the After Party…..all included….It is ONE AMAZING …unforgettable time….

IF YOU THINK this is a Regular kind of Concert Party Trip.....
THINK AGAIN.....
or Stay at HOME ;-)...NOPE...this will be ONE helluva Party Time...
and is Probably The Alf and Alf Signature EVENT of them ALL.....
I can promisse you that you will be a Part
of an event that you will NEVER FORGET....
See pix from Last year HERE:

http://www.alfandalf.com/picgallery/gk2003/gipsykings1.htm

Proudly Sponsored by Giovanni The Margarita King and
Mariachis Mexican Restaurant

contact Alf at: alf@alfandalf.com or (415)-673-6464 right away...
IF you want to be A Part of this Uniques and VERY fun event

BUT do this: Contact YOUR FUN friends, Round them up, and I will try to fit you all
...but DO Tell me HOW FUN you and YOUR Friends are...in an email to me...

The Skinny:

Pre Party at Mariachi's Mexican Restaurant, 5pm to 7pm With Food and Drinks included!
508 Valencia St (@ 16th St) in the Mission
(Get off work EARLY that day)
Buses leave: SHARP at 7:15 pm
Arrive Berkeley – The Greek Theater: 8:00
VIP Section Reserved in the General Admission area.
Concert starts at 8:30
Depart Berkeley: 10:45 ish. pm
Arrive at Night Club to be decided for Dancing afterwards: 11:30 pm
After Party maybe with a surprise…or two ;-)

Proudly and Graciously Sponsored by:
Giovanni The Margarita King and Mariachis Mexican Restaurant at 508 Valencia St @ 16th

If you want to be a Part of this...I need to Hear from you now ...
I am still negotiating the price, so hang tight, BUT Do let me know if you are interested...
AND A SLIGHTLY WILD TIME ;-)
DO this: Email alf: alf@alfandalf.com or Call him at 415 673 6464 and tell him how many is coming with you:
Their First and Last name
Guy or Girl?
The price will be announced once I find out all the details SHORTLY
You can....pay online and pay a few bucks extra for the Online processing pr. ticket:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=68105
OR you can send me a check right away to
Alf Marcussen, 1134 Hyde St. # 10, SF, CA 94109
First come, First Serve...but I will NOT guarantee any spots until I have the money in HAND.
Firm reservations ONLY

07:30 PM » OMID DJALILI TOUR 2004-Brighton

Omid Djalili takes his updated show 'Behind Enemy Lines' on a short
national tour of the UK. The show will contain new material as well as
some of your old favourites..... Belly dancing is guarenteed.

Tickets to all venues are priced at £14 / £12 concs and are on sale
now.

For Omid fans who live in London your nearest shows are Hayes and
Hoddesdon.

Please see below dates, times and venues.

2nd July
Brighton
Komedia
7.30pm &
10.00pm
01273 647 100

08:00 PM » Movie: Deserted Station

Deserted Station - San Francisco, CA...Roxie Theatre...July 2-8, 2004
http://www.roxie.com/July04.html#Deserted

Deserted Station
Iran, 88 minutes, 35mm, Color, 2002, In Farsi with English Subtitles
Based on a concept the director and Abbas Kiarostami developed on a photography trip together, a man and a young woman (Leila Hatami of Leila) are stranded in a remote village after their car breaks down. The photographer and the sole adult male inhabitant, a schoolteacher, leave to get help while the young woman, herself childless, bonds with the children whose parents are nowhere to be found.

WEST COAST PREMIERE. Nightly at 6:00, 8:00, and 10:00. Wed, Sat, Sun matinees at (2:00) and 4:00. PLEASE NOTE: NO 8:00pm SHOW JULY 6

“(Its) compelling underlying oddness may be enough to distinguish ‘Deserted Station’ from similarly excellent humanistic Iranian fare, and Leila Hatami's delicate beauty and nuanced performance (for which she was duly awarded in Montreal) certainly won't hurt … uniformly excellent.” - Variety

Cast

Leila Hatami as The Wife
Nezam Manouchehri as The Husband
Mehran Rajabi as Feizollah
Mahmoud Pak Neeyat as The Signal Guard

Crew

Director Ali Reza Raisian
Dir. Photography Mahammad Aladpoush
Draft written by Abbas Kiarostami
Producer Hossein Zandof
Scriptwriter Kambozia Partovi
Editor Hossein Zandof
Production Designer Mohsen Shah Ebrahimi
Sound Parviz Abnar, Julien Klocke
Music Peymen Yazdanian

About The Filmmaker

Ali Reza Raisian was born in 1955 in Tehran. Graduating in film direction from College of Television, Raisian made the short film, THIRD HYPOTHESIS as his graduation project and then began his professional career as screenwriter and assistant director. After directing a number of short films, he made his first feature film, REYHANEH in 1990. His second film, THE JOURNEY, which was based on a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami, was shown in San Sebastian, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong and London film festivals. He was producer of Rakhshan Bani Etemad's THE MAY LADY (1998) as well as a number of documentaries and short films by Jafar Panahi, Bahman Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Manouchehr Tayyab, etc. His latest film, THE DESERTED STATION, based on an idea by Abbas Kiarostami and a script by Kambozia Partovi, was produced with the support of French Ministry of Culture.

10:00 PM » OMID DJALILI TOUR 2004-Brighton

Omid Djalili takes his updated show 'Behind Enemy Lines' on a short
national tour of the UK. The show will contain new material as well as
some of your old favourites..... Belly dancing is guarenteed.

Tickets to all venues are priced at £14 / £12 concs and are on sale
now.

For Omid fans who live in London your nearest shows are Hayes and
Hoddesdon.

Please see below dates, times and venues.

2nd July
Brighton
Komedia
7.30pm &
10.00pm
01273 647 100