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Monthly Archive for January, 2008

The Day I Became a Woman

It is a rare movie that puts me to sleep twice. I first went to see The Day I Became a Woman in Tehran when it debuted, and promptly snoozed off during the interminable, irritating first segment of the triptych. I attempted the film once again last week, having forgotten in the intervening years just how disappointing and soporific it was.

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Your Tehran Social Fly on the Wall

At a recent grand fete thrown by the ambassador of a prominent European nation, Iranian guests mingled with foreigners and both munched on tartlets and sipped fruit juice. A crowd began to gather around one particular Iranian male, who reluctantly began signing autographs.

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