By
the way human rights, free speech...
2003
PROFILING
Santa
at the border
With your long beard and your strange brightly-colored costume,
you practically have 'Fanatical Muslim' tattooed on your forehead!
By Niki Tehranchi
REFUGEE
Little
black spiders
Short story
By Farid Parsa
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon
By Sina Rahmani
COVER
The
longing
Open letter
By Parastou Forouhar
OPINION
Spare
a thought for us -- first
Ebadi's wasted opportunity?
By Ardavan Bahrami
RIGHTS
Welcome
hope
Photo essay: Cheers for Ebadi
By Takyar
MEMORIES
Born
again
Story of an MKO member
By Sepideh
RIGHTS
Who
cares?
A probono lawyer and her one-practice fight against the Patriot Act
By Behrouz Bahmani
ART
The
missing
Tooba, the tree of life, must be controlled, kept in fear, scrutinized
By Torange Yeghiazarian
HUMANITARIAN
Why
do I want to go there?
It is my calling. It may be yours too.
By Roz Omid
RIGHTS
In
the name of national security
If Maher Arar was in fact a threat to the US, why...
By Asghar Massombagi
RIGHTS
We
shall never forget
Interview with Abdol-Karim Lahiji
By Fariba Amini
INHUMANITY
The
hanging judge is dead
After taking so many innocent lives, the grim reaper visits Khalkhali
By Iran Watcher
COVER
In
their place
Photo essay: Home of the Forouhars
By M.A.
OPINION
Be
fair
People like Ebadi have fought for freedom and human rights in
Iran for the past 23 years. What have you done?
By Taraneh Izadi
OPINION
Open
criticism
It is the responsibility of every one of us to challenge
each other and to make views transparent
By Sheema Kalbasi
RIGHTS
Rights
we've come to expect
The most basic principle of American democracy is the right to
criticize government
By Mana Tahaie
RIGHTS
Exclusion
and complicity
Becoming a lesbian in diaspora
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
RIGHTS
Wrong
direction
Condemning the Bush Administration on approach to freedom and
security
By Al Gore.
RIGHTS
Farhang-e
estelaahaat-e zendaaniyaan-e siyaasi
Prison dictionary
By Azam Kiakojouri
RIGHTS
The
forgotten prisoner
Abbas Amir-Entezam, Iran's longest-serving political prisoner
By Fariba Amini
CAPTIVITY
Let
my friend go
Dariush Zahedi, a good soul and a brilliant mind, is a prisoner
in Iran
By Ramin Tabib Evin prison.
COVER
Break
by brick
Photo essay: Brickyard near Tehran
By Yalda Moaiery
OPINION
The
outsider
In a restless Iran, Shirin Ebadi is a problem for conservatives
and reformists
By Jahanshah Javid
OPINION
The
chisel and the hammer
Shirin Ebadi's public endorsement of Islam is a qualified proposition
but it is sociologically sound and politically astute
By Ahmad Sadri
OPINION
Taba'aat-e
Nobel
Political implications of Ebadi's Nobel prize
By Dariush Sajjadi
OPINION
Prize
for courage
Ebadi's Nobel prize is the revival of the spirits of those who
perished under injustice
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
COVER
Reason
to smile
Shirin Ebadi photos and media reaction
COMMENT
The
clap of one hand
I had no clue who Shirin Ebadi is. But...
By Zohreh Khazai-Ghahremani
COVER
For
human rights and democracy
Nobel committee statement on Shirin Ebadi
RIGHTS
Sedaaye
mardom-e Iran
Shirin Ebadi's Nobel prize
By Niloofar Beyzaie
RIGHTS
The
catalyst
With Shirin Ebadi's Nobel prize, I became empowered
By Golbarg Wedin Bashi
ABUSE
Dokhtari
beh naameh Gohar
Girls raped by fathers not uncommon in rural areas of Iran
By Aborz
HOPE
Imagine
The celebration of an Iran
By Brian Appleton
WOMEN
Matter
of choice
Wearing the hijab not the deciding factor in whether someone
was good or not
By Leila Shirazi
RIGHTS
Far
from causal brutality
Zahra Kazemi's murder
By Asghar Massombagi
OPINION
Symbol
of struggle
Women's rights are Iranian rights
By Nema Milaninia
REFUGEE
Carlos'
last wish
For Majid
By Farid Parsa
HOMOSEXUALITY
Facing
our dark shadow
Gay psychology and activism
By Dr. Payam
OPINION
Forgotten
fighters
We must recognize the huge sacrifices made by thousands of "Tudehies" for
a better Iran
By Babak Khosravi
COVER
Close
enough
We're not Arabs but we certainly have similar cultures, features,
religions
By Shadi Akhavan
OPINION
Kazemigate
The murder of Zahra Kazemi is now cast as an international crisis
By Ahmad Sadri
ETHNIC
Crazy & unwelcome
Most Iranian Azeris don't care for separatist ideas
By Hamid Ahmadi
HUMAN
RIGHTS
If
he were alive
Interview with Ali Akbar Saeedi Sirjani's daughter, Sayeh
By Fariba Amini
ETHNIC
Pure
as a mutt
Was there ever a "pure" Iranian-ness that belonged
to a glorious past?
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
ETHNIC
Some
are separatists
On reviving the question of Azerbaijan
By Aidin Fathalizadeh Gharehshaban
ETHNIC
Just
a misunderstanding
We are not Turks; we are Iranians
By Megabiz Irani
ETHNIC
Don't
let them misguide us
What is going on? Why now? Who is going to benefit?
By Maryam Eskandari
ETHNIC
Azeri
nationalism is Iranian nationalism
Just because some speak in a different dialect, does not make
them "ethnic"
By Baraitna Irani
ETHNIC
We
deserve better
Azeri, NOT a forgotten identity
By Elyar Gizilchi
ETHNIC
Are there
any questions?
The Azeris of modern Iran
By Salman J. Borhani
COVER
Wide
awake
Mahmoud's molla cartoons
By Jahanshah Javid
REVOLUTION
Democracy?
I meant theocracy
The most truthful individual in recent history
By Dr. Jalal Matini
Translation & Introduction by Farhad Mafie
FICTION
Two
sides of a gate
Short prison story
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
POLITICS
Farewell
to Khatami
Interview with student activist Saeed Razavi-Faqih
By Kaveh Ehsani
DEMOCRACY
Letting
everybody play
We will make it happen, no matter how retarded it may look
By Kourosh Taghavi
POETRY
Inside
the prison
For Zahra Kazemi
By Peyvand Khorsandi
OPINION
Liberty
against all odds
Requiem for Laleh and Ladan
By Ahmad & Mahmoud Sadri
SATIRE
Salam
sobh-e shanbeh
Poem
By Hadi Khorsandi
PROTEST
Demonstration,
Los Angeles style
"What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? After
I fix my hair!"
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
PROTEST
Out
in force
Photo essay: Demonstration outside IRI embassy in London
By Cyrus Kadivar
PROTEST
Seeing
red
Demonstration outside IRI embassy in London
By Cyrus Kadivar
PROTEST
The
thought that counts
Photo essay: DC pro-democracy rally
By A.M.
PROTEST
In
their honor
Join me in support of Iran's brave students!
By Assal Badrkhani
RIGHTS
Who
says a fetus is not a human?
Abortion should be seen as a crime just like murder
By Yashar Zhalehdoust
EDUCATION
Band-Aid
solution
Affirmative action does not confront the larger problem of racism
By Roozbeh Shirazi
THUGS
Terrorized
to insanity
Walking through a most violent display not on donkeys, but motorcycles,
with swinging chains and waving knives
By Amir
STUDENTS
Bogzaareed
taa een vatan dobaareh vatan shavad
Students warn IRI leaders
REPUBLIC
Baraaye
ettehaad-e jomhourikhaahaan-e Iran
Republicans unite for democracy
COVER
Down
Under's shadow
Involuntary repatriation of Iranian asylum seekers
By Catherine McMahon
COVER
Despised
we should not be
On the survival and progress of unpopular minorities
in the United States
By Nader Habibi
PROFILING
Trouble
on board
Sometimes Middle-Eastern-looking men are just Middle-Eastern-looking
men
By Ahmad Sadri
IRAN
May
Day
A letter from Tehran
By A Tehrani
IRAN
Referendum
-- or else
People of Iran might seek foreign help for freedom
By Heshmat Tabarzadiruelty, corruption, injustice and poverty.
FREE SPEECH
Not
about Sina
The Islamic Republic is now targetting sprouting Internet
writers
By Pedram Moallemian
HATE
Does
that make me an anti-Semite?
I criticize Israel. But I don't hate Jews
By Reza Mazaheri
REBEL
The
red rose
A biogrpahy of Khosrow Golesorkhi
By Maziar Behrouz
MINORITIES
Imagine
being a Jew in Iran
Current condition of Iranian Jewry
By Pooya Dayanim
EXCERPT
Who's
really in charge
Fundamental weakness of the Iranian press
By Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons
ACTIVISM
Pedaling
for peace
Iranian globetrotters on bikes -- and a mission
Written and photographed
By Ben Bagheri
CYBERLOVE
Yahoo!
Photos essay: My Valentine
By Siroos Partovi
PEACE
Darbaareye
solh
Join the peace movement
By R. Hiwa
UPDATE
Shiraz
0?
Imprisoned Jews reportedly released
By Gary Fitleberg
OPINION
Poor
Grand Ayatollah!
On Montazeri's release
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
HARDSHIP
Beans
to computers
Meeting extraordinary children, suffering extraordinary hardship
in Iran
By Mahyad Tousi
TERROR
Dialogue
of murder
A cautionary tale that must not be forgotten
By Cyrus Kadivar
TORTURE
Takht
Recalling a particular form of torture
By Farideh Sabety
BUREAUCRACY
A
long, minor affair
A day at the INS office in Los Angeles
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
REVOLUTION
That
70's show
Don't reenact what our parents created for us -- a show that burned all
the bridges
By Linda Ghassemi
POLITICS
The
first moderate
Shapour Bakhtiar: We cannot move from the dictatorship of the boot
to the dictatorship of slippers
By Fariba Amini
WOMEN
Ayaa
hefdah-e day rooz-e mohemmist?
On Women's Day
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
NOTES
Seh
revaayat
On death of writers
By Majid Roshangar
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