Neda and her friends are quite the creative bunch

[Johnny Asia]

"She was 26, a philosophy student and a part-time travel agent,
according to those who knew her."

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0624/1224249417475.html

Our Neda was a real renaissance woman, philosophy student, travel
agent, music student, possibly a filmmaker, too.

2006 film by a Neda Soltani, it's about the death of a beautiful girl,
watch the eyes at the beginning of the video, see how they roll around
like the young woman in the Neda death video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYpmk2qkGeg

Her fiance is a photojournalist.

Caspian Makan, a 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified
himself as Soltan's boyfriend

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_412

The Dr. who tried to save her is also a novelist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Hejazi

http://www.caravan.ir/En/AuthorTranslatorDetail.aspx?id=12

http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/action=ConfSpeaker/SpeakerID=349

Quite a creative bunch, eh?

[Johnny Asia]

Shaping a country: list of Iranian authors
June 17, 2009 - (5 days before the Neda video)

Arash Hejazi originally studied to be a medical doctor in Tehran. His
thesis in medical school was about "the influences of storytelling on
children's anxiety disorders." ........ A staunch advocate of free
speech in Iran, Hejazi is openly against the Iranian government's
censorship of books.

http://www.examiner.com/x-13563-Richmond-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Shaping-a-country-list-of-Iranian-authors

"I am concerned about my family. The presidential election is near.
They are doing everything to keep things under control," he said.

Arash Hejazi, the Dr. in the Neda video, in 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4544105.stm

Friday, , 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK

Iran 'bans author Coelho's novel'

Coelho said he had a government permit to publish the book

The latest novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has been banned in
Iran, its publisher in the country has said.

Iranian authorities confiscated 1,000 copies of The Zahir at the
Tehran Book Fair on Monday but did not give a reason, according to
publisher Caravan.

The Zahir, published in Iran last month, tells the story of an author
who tries to track down his missing war correspondent wife.

Coelho has sold an estimated 65 million books around the world.

His previous novels include The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, and The
Zahir will be published in 83 countries.

Caravan's Arash Hejazi said he was now worried about his safety.