NEWS IN BRIEF

June 2, 2001 - 0:0
The book "Mysticism, an Introduction to Islamic Mysticism," the latest work by famous German Iranologist and orientalist Anna-Marie Schimmel, was recently published in Bonn. The book is about Islamic mysticism from the 8th to 20th centuries.

* The Club of Iranian Documentary Filmmakers is to screen the film ****American Dream**** at the Iranian Artists' Forum today. The film screening session is open to the public. A film about the life and works of renowned French painter Pierre Seulage was also screened at the Iranian Artists' Forum on Wednesday and Babak Etminani reviewed works of this famous artist at the end of the film.

* The film ****Last Immigrant to Marshland**** by Mohammad Ebrahim Mo'ayeri is currently being edited. According to the Art Bureau of the Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO), the film is about children and young adults living in northern coastal areas of Iran.

* The play ****Bitter Sky of Willow****, a work produced by the Art Bureau of the IPO, won the Best Playwright Prize of "Khorramshahr's Conquest" Theater Festival. The play was directed by Mohammadreza Choupan.