Mozhgan Ilanlu

Like a Woman

Faezeh Hahsemi daughter of the Iran's powerful president, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani. Faezeh Hahsemi is the most news making woman in the Islamic republic's history. She was at first, only, known as the courageous daughter of the Iran's powerful president, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani. But quickly she became an independent character and turned into one of the most influential individuals in the world of politics in Iran with her speeches about Baha'i in Iran and also with her protests against the election in Ahmadi Nejhad Time.

A Cube of Sugar

Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The event also proves an occasion for extended family to reconnect, reminisce and rejoice in the pleasures of familiar company. The family compound of aged Uncle Ezzatolah proves an ideal site for this summer reunion among three generations, with its lush courtyard gardens, labyrinthine parlors and passageways and erratic electrical system (subject to untimely city blackouts).