December 24, 1998
Not
even a mouse
Mom would always read " 'twas the night before Christmas..."
By Khordad
December 23, 1998
Nothing
like a book
Depressed? Homesick? Pick up a good Persian book
By Ali A. Parsa
December 8, 1998
The
magician
He made up grand stories and I believed every one of them
By Shahrzad Irani
December 2, 1998
Tonboon-e
Faati
With so few rights, Iranian brides-to-be are extra cautious
By Nasim Bagheri
November 24, 1998
Angels belong to the heavens, Pedar-jAn
By Ghasedak Parandeh
November 17, 1998
Marrying
an Iranian woman
...with strings attached
By Siavash Soroosh
November 3, 1998
How
to become an American
...with just minutes of practice a day
By Iraj
October 20, 1998
Practice
makes perfect
Iranian gets a break in American TV drama? Deegeh chi?
By Bruce Bahmani
October 23, 1998
It's
all a myth
A response to Laleh Khalili's "Forgiving Salm and Tur: A polemic
on race"
By Asghar Massombagi
October 15, 1998
First
snow
Years of waiting and wondering had finally ended and I was fully enjoying
every flake of snow, body and soul
xAle's Corner
October 13, 1998
People
of extremes
Iranians are really interesting people. Do be careful though
By eRoTuS
October 9, 1998
Hot
dog
What did you expect me to say, Ghormeh Sabzi?
By Yasaman J
September 30, 1998
Sing
to me, once more
My father, our home and my country have become part of my dreams
By Pejman Asgarpour
September 29, 1998
Forgiving
Salm and Tur
A polemic on race
By Laleh Khalili
September 16, 1998
The
little emigre
Who would I be today, without all those losses?
By Yasimne Rafii
September 11, 1998
We
don't need this
Polemic on a seemingly impending war with Afghanistan
By Laleh Khalili
August 27, 1998
If
you must know
On Iranian consular forms
By Siamak Namazi
August 18, 1998
Forked
Tongues
On Learning A New Persian Language
By Jasmin Darznik
August 14, 1998
Sangak on a bike
By Aref Erfani
August 13, 1998
Baptism
In search of "home"
By Siamak Namazi
August 12, 1998
xAle's Corner
fire
& snow
Hamid asked if I had ever burned snow? What? Burn snow?
August 6, 1998
Nike
Man
I had promised to buy him some Nike pumps for my 15-year-old
cousin...
By Hamid Taghavi
August 5, 1998
Memory
& Marion
Our and our children's names
By Maryam Shargh
August 4, 1998
This
is getting complicated
The distances I travel: Reflections on being half-Iranian
By Jasmin Darznik
August 5, 1998
Mr.
Enoughdaughters
Unusual Persian last names in Fars Province
By Hossein Mahloudji and Bahram Javid
July 31, 1998
Aberoo
Troubled Iranian families in California
By Bahman Gilani
July 30, 1998
The
women we wanted to be
A simple recounting - and nothing else
By Laleh Kahlili
July 29, 1998
Alone
in India
I remember marigolds and the Taj Mahal room 302
By White Cloud
July 27, 1998
Shattering
truth
Murder? Unbearable domestic abuse? The case of Farinoush Dalili
By Ramin Tabib
July 24, 1998
No
sand between my toes
I am a Mercedes-driving, cellphone-carrying, club-hopping, lady
:-)
By Golpar
July 23, 1998
Aziz
My grandmother's gift for storytelling
By Jasmin Darznik
July 22, 1998
I
was there
The Iran-U.S. soccer match in World Cup 98
By Aref Erfani
July 15, 1998
Fireworks
I love the part that goes "for the la'and of the freeee..."
By Maryam Shargh
July 10, 1998
Mulberries
xAle's Corner: Memories of Iran
July 9, 1998
Loving
an Iranian girl
Ready for love... Not!
By dAyi Hamid
June 26, 1998
World
Cup Lessions
Looking back at the whole experience
By Hamid Taghavi
June 25, 1998
Not a
total loss
A sequal to Casablanca as German and Iranian fans go at it
By J. Javid
June 25, 1998
Just
Iran
Your favorite team, even if you are an Iranian-American
By Maryam Shargh
June 24, 1998
A Small
Party
A double date with my sister and two English soldiers
June 23, 1998
On
Football, Philosophy, and Joy
Watching the Iran-U.S. match in New York
By Laleh Khalili
June 22, 1998
Delirium
The good kind... before, during and after the Iran-U.S. soccer match
By Maryam Aslani
June 19, 1998
The Other
Woman
The WASP nuclear family or the Iranian extended family ?
By Catherine Dehdashti
June 17, 1998
xAle's
Corner: Sunflowers
Memories of Iran: Love
June 15, 1998
Better
than expected
Iran 0 -Yugoslavia 1: Blame this loss on Iran's Football Federation.
By Hamid Taghavi
June 12, 1998
A
bucket of sand
On becoming a soccer fan and a reaction to an unkind LA Times comment
By Ramin Tabib
June 10, 1998
A
portrait of my father
...Dr. Abol Qassem Bakhtiar
By White Cloud
June 5, 1998
Meeting
in Moscow
Expat writers meet Siavash Kasraie shortly before his death (in
Persian)
By Masoud Sepand
June 4, 1998
"The
road to Afghanistan"
The editorial in the April/May 1998 issue of Zanan magazine
in Iran.
June 3, 1998
xAle's
Corner: Nobar
Memories of Iran: fresh fruits
May 29, 1998
The
invisible Iranians
Iranian Jews seek more visibility - and acceptance.
By Maryam Shargh
May 13, 1998
Mixing
memory and desire
A survey on Iranians in the United States.
By Laleh
Khalili
April 21, 1998
U.N.
chief awarded Cyrus cylinder
Northern California Iranians honor human rights declaration
March 26, 1998
Road
to victory
Interesting predictions about World Cup '98.
By Bruce Bahmani
March 25, 1998
The
woman back home
Never met her; want to marry her.
By Ramin Tabib
March 18, 1998
Eenam
az chahaarshanbeh soori-ye ma
Mahdiyeh Javid reports on chahaarshanbeh soori in her
neighborhood in Tehran (in Persian)
March 18, 1998
From
empress to net surfer
Meeting Farah Pahlavi as she surfs the net.
By Farhad Sepahbody
March 3, 1998
Abgooshti
Cooking (in Persian)
15 kinds of abgoosht? Yup!
From Banu Neshatoddoleh's "Tabbakhi-ye Neshat"
Feb 26, 1998
Understanding
Iranians? Not a bad idea.
By Michael C. Walker
Feb 24, 1998
Around
a world of broken promises
By Mehrdad Azad
Feb 19, 1998
The
Sub Man
Ever tried teaching in an American public school?
By Hamid Taghavi
Jan 16, 1998
Hot
implications of U.S.-Iran relations
By Ramin Tabib
Jan 16, 1998
A
costly address
Khatami's interview with CNN has opened a Pandora box.
By Farhad Sepahbodi
Jan 15, 1998
Great
expectations
Meeting Iranian relatives in Turkey after 13 years.
By
Laura Rosen
Jan 13, 1998
My
first girlfriend
By dAyi Hamid
Jan 9, 1998
Nirvana
for one cent ... With no further obligation.
By Ramin Tabib
Jan 7, 1998
Muscular
dysqerophy
I can not do the qer-e kamar.
By Gelareh Abedi
Jan 7, 1998
El
Presidente
Going to Tijuana to get a U.S. visa.
By Hamid Rafi