List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-12-11

In the wake of the OFAC ruling that literature from trade-embargoed nations such as Iran are banned from being edited, translated and published, panelists Ilya Kaminsky, Ravi Shankar, Alejandro Murguia, Eileen Tabios explore how we read the literature of other cultures and how those cultures are unmade and remade through various representations such as translation. Moderated by The Translation Project's Niloufar Talebi.
http://www.thetranslationproject.com

Saturday December 11th, Locus Arts, 2857 - -24th street in San Francisco's Mission Disctirct. 2-3:30 pm. $5, Reception to follow.

*The Translation Project’s undertaking is the editing and translation of an
anthology of contemporary Iranian poetry in diaspora (1979-2004) and more.

From: The Translation Project* (editor@thetranslationproject.com)

Saturday, December 11, 2004 @ 7:30 pm
"The Flame of Love" A Sufi Celebration

Did you ever wonder about the Sufism and what it means to be a Sufi? Are you curious about the Sufi ways of life?

Come and learn about the ancient wisdom of Sufism, discover inner serenity, the beauty of Sufi Poetry (Rumi), rhythms of mystical music, the chanting of Sufi Zikr and experience the ways of the Sufi on Saturday, December 11, 2004 7:30 pm at the International House, U.C. Berkeley (please click below for direction)
http://ias.berkeley.edu/ihouse/i/visitor.html .

Please note Iran Runners & Walkers members have been given a special discount to this event. Those interested in attending please RSVP at iran_runners@yahoo.com no later than Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 8:00 pm.