Sensitive Middle Eastern Characters Win Empathy in New Feature Films

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the Legend of Omar Khayyam"; "Paradise Now...Keeper" made its Houston premiere June 26...agreed Mashayekh, a Houston criminal defense...favorite poet, Omar Khayyam, the 11th century...knowledge about Omar Khayyam and the cultures...ill patient at Houston's ...

Interview: Kayvan Mashayekh and Mehdi Aminrazavi on "The Keeper" and the...

NPR Weekend All Things Considered;  January 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......LYDEN, host: "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" was once one of the most-read...The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam." It was made by an Iranian-Americ...The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam"): Hi, Jacki. Thank you very...Life, Poetry and Philosophy of Omar Khayyam." ...

Houston Filmmaker Sells Out International Premiere at Moscow International...

PR Newswire;  June 21, 2005 ;     356 words ...HOUSTON, June 21 /PRNewswire...Iranian-American filmmaker from Houston, was greeted on Sunday...The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam. The film opened on June...Angelika Film Center in Houston on June 23 with a benefit...story of a boy living in Houston, TX who uncovers a personal ...

`THE KEEPER' A NAIVE, BUT WORTHY FIRST EFFORT

The Boston Globe;  December 9, 2005 ;     571 words ......Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam" is a vanity film refreshingly...Kayvan Mashayekh, a Houston-raised Iranian-American...Persian astronomer- poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1123), the author...apart. In modern-day Houston, an Iranian immigrant...Nader tells him is of Omar ...

Unstoppable display from Omar Khayyam.(Sport Cricket)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  July 15, 2005 ;     170 words ......Stafford Place had no answer to the Omar Khayyam bowlers as they were dismissed for just...wickets without conceding a run, before Omar Khayyam won with seven wickets to spare. In...positions: Division A: MSV 26, McKenna 26, Omar Khayyam 24, Jap Parts UK 22, Azaad 12, JMG Joiners...

Omar Khayyam

A Dictionary of Scientists;      95 words ...Omar Khayyam ( c. 1048– c. 1122) Persian astronomer, mathematician, and poet Omar Khayyam, who was born at Nishapur (now in Iran), produced a work on algebra that was used as a textbook in Persia until this century. He gave a rule for solving...

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam.(Movie Review)

Daily Variety;  January 13, 2006 ;     543 words ......Zimmerman, Andrea Clark. Reviewed on DVD, Houston, Jan. 10, 2006. MPAA Rating: PG...sustain The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam, a reverentially pokey drama that...First-time filmmaker Kayvan Mashayekh, a Houston-based Iranian emigre, earns praise...account of 11th-century poet-astronomer ...

Not Much of a 'Keeper'

The Washington Post;  December 16, 2005 ;     259 words ...In "The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam," 12-year-old Kamran (Adam Echahly) accepts a weighty responsibility...ancestor. Kamran, an Iranian American who lives in modern-day Houston, is thrilled to become his family's "keeper," the one who must pass along the story of Omar Khayyam, the great ...

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam Wins Over Audiences and Expands in...

PR Newswire;  June 28, 2005 ;     372 words ......Premiere Raises Funds for Charity HOUSTON, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh...The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam has created a tidal wave of...The Angelika Film Center in Houston with astounding force by becoming...personal connection to the great Omar Khayyam, the 11th century ...

Culture city? Houston is hardly subtle, but it can be elegant

The Boston Globe;  April 4, 1993 ;     700+ words ...HOUSTON -- "Refined" is not the word that comes to mind when people say "Houston." "Refinery," maybe, as in oil, but certainly not "refined...city turns out to be, although I'd stop short of "subtle." Houston's high culture is anything but. The competing sculptures...

Houston Unveils Technological Wonder to Assist 2012 Olympic Games;...

PR Newswire;  July 11, 2002 ;     658 words ...HOUSTON -- The city of Houston will welcome the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) Site Evaluation...USOC team members will be guided through their two-day inspection of Houston's Olympic Games plan by a prototype of the Concierge 2012 that was...

Key Olympic Inspection Finds Houston Games Ready for Lift-off; Diversity,...

PR Newswire;  July 13, 2002 ;     521 words ...HOUSTON -- The United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) Site Evaluation Team (SET) finished a two-day inspection of Houston as preparation for its final decision on the US designee...Games. The two-day review, which ended in a joint USOC and Houston 2012 Foundation press conference, displayed ...

Omar Khayyam and the ever-enchanting Rubaiyat, BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia);  April 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......difficult to savor these words and to take pleasure in them for Omar Khayyam's works are not only accessible but can be read at several...from the Encyclopedia Britannica regarding Khayyam's life. Omar Khayyam's actual name was Ghiyath al-Din Abul Fateh Omar Ibn Ibrahim...

Qatar University to honour Omar Khayyam

The Hindustan Times;  February 23, 2006 ;     166 words ...Tehran, Feb 23 -- Qatar University will honour Omar Khayyam during a two-day ceremony next month in commemoration of the 12th century Iranian poet, mathematician and astronomer, Mehr News...

Houston finally gets the chance he's always wanted

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Houston finally gets the chance he's always wanted By TOM HAUDRICOURT of the Journal Sentinel...2001 When an injury to Mark Loretta during spring training paved the way for Tyler Houston to dig a foothold at third base with the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston wasn't about to ask any questions. "I've always been ...