Cafe Lit 55: All the Shah's Men II

Subject : All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror written by Stephen Kinzer

Presented by: Iman dayarian
Date: 31 Jan 2008

we continued the book of previous session more focused on Nationalization of the Oil. The discussion were whole the subject of Mosaddegh and if he have made any mistake.

Cafe Lit. 54: All the Shah's men I

Subject : All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror written by Stephen Kinzer

Presented by: Iman dayarian
Date: 24 Jan 2008

Iman have talked about the history of oil in Iran and
and he continued till the beginning of Mossadegh prime ministry.
Because of the lack of time we will continue the subject next week.

Cafe Lit 53 (1st. ANNIVERSARY)

Subject: Café Littéraire (ANNIVERSARY )
Date: 17 Jan 2008
Presented by :Café Littéraire


In our first anniversary of Café Littéraire we have talked about the History and origin of such a Cafes in the World and
Iran and have discussed about the weaknesses and strengths of our group. We continued the celebration session in a Bar.

Cinémathèque I: A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence (1974 ) by John Cassavetes

Introduction by: Khatereh Khodaei
Date: Sunday 13th Jan. 2008
Time: 14:30

A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is a film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a young wife and mother's uninhibited, erratic, psychotic behavior which leads her violent, confused husband to commit her for psychiatric treatment, leaving the family even more dysfunctional than before. The film stars Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Laborteaux, Matthew Cassel and Christina Grisanti.

Cafe Lit 52: Michel Foucault

Subject: Michel Foucault
Date: Thursday 10 Jan 2008
Presented by: Khatereh Khodaei

Khatereh talked about Foucault biography and she explained one his famous terms, Biopower, and we discussed about the concept afterward.