Cafe Lit 51:"The history of Islamic school of thought"

Subject: "The history of Islamic school of thought"
Presented by : Ali Shirazi
Date: Thursday , 3 Jan 2008

He gave a very short presentation on the origin of this school and its main characteristics and influences on other schools of thought, following with only naming some icons of the Islamic school of thought including, Al Kindi, Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Roshd, Ibn Bajjah, Suhrewardy, Ibn Arabi and Sadredine Shirazi (Molla Sadra).

Cafe Lit. 50: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Subject: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Date: 27 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)
Presented by: Mehdi Keshtkar
This session Marquez's biography and his works were reviewed.
The novel, "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" of Marquez were discussed.

Cafe Lit. 49: Yalda Night

Subject : Yalda Night
Presented by: Reza Assasi
Date: 20 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)


We celebrated Yalda together by introducing the myth of Yalda and its origin and reading Hafiz.

Cafe Lit. 48: Short Story

Subject: Short Story
Date: 13 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)
Presented by: Cafe Litteraire

Khatereh Khodayi read the poem "Apple" by Hamid Mosadegh.
Pasha Javadi read a short story called pink-cloud written by Alireza Mahmoudi Iranmehr.
Also Mehdi Keshtkar read the "story of my glasses" by Rasoul Parvizi.
The session finished by two poems of Ahmad shmalou whose birthday was 83 years ago the day before our session.

Cafe Lit. 47: Intellectual lacks in Iran constitutional revolution

Subject:Intellectual lacks in Iran constitutional revolution

Presented by: Dr. Ata Hoodashtian

Date: Thursday 6 Dec. 2007