Features

2002
(October - August)

GEOPOLITICS
That sinking feeling
Iran's bid for the Caspian
By Alex Vatanka

OPINION
Universal voice
Countering jingoist voices
By Majid Tehranian

OPINION
Garden vs. Wilderness
What is the American Dream?
By G.R. Sami Gorgan Roodi

IRAQ
Saudi rescue plan
A tripple-hitter, if U.S. policy towards Iraq succeeds
By Hassan Farzin

IRAN
Generating hope
... and eliminating fear to stop the brain drain
By Mohammad Ala

MUSIC
Ahmad Ebadi
Master Ahmad Ebadi's setar solo
Compiled by Azam Nemati

COVER
Panjshanbeh Bazaar
Photo essay: Turkman market
By Korosh Khalili

LOVE
Perhaps or maybe
Still no word from Abbas
By Heather-ley Peckham

ISRAEL
On the road to Ashod
Short story
By Michael A. Burris

PRISON
This wide-eyed nightmare
A short piece on prison
By Ramtin

THEATER
The bridge to Calcutta
One act play
By Majid

HISTORY
Chenin konand bozorgaan (2)
Teymour Lang (Tamerlane)
By Khodadad Rezakhani

LIFE
Hafiz... Jogging!
Meaning is the salt of conscience: Did 9/11 kill it?
By Moji Agha

MUSIC
Taknavazan
Traditional Persian instrumentals
Compiled by Azam Nemati

AMERICAN
We are responsible!
It should be no surprise that terrorism abounds
By Brian Appleton

SPAIN
Right in Madrid
People have yet to regard communism with the same horror they rightly do Nazism
By Alidad Vassigh

LIFE
Now what?
Leaving home
By Lilly Benevis

CONCERT
The clap is back
Iranian Pop concert
By Syma Sayyah

LITERATURE
Sophy and the Persian prince
Shakespeare and Persia
By Sami Gorgan Roodi

MUSIC
Mirage
Composed by Ahmad Pejman

COVER
Shockwaves
Paintings
By Ataollah Omidvar

LETTERS
Latest comments
From readers

MUSIC
Iraj
Tracks from "Ghazal va Avaz" album
Compiled by Azam Nemati

COVER
Crossing the border
"Welcome to Free Kurdistan!"
Written and photographed by Borzou Daragahi

OPINION
Breeding new terrorists
Where does U.S. self-defense cease and aggression begin?
By Lee Howard Hodges

OPINION
Burn Baghdad, burn!
Why we so urgently need to attack Iraq
By Pedram Moallemian

LIFE
I LOVE THIS SHIT
Thick white clouds sweep across the Costa Blanca
By Kristopher Kolumbus

DIARY
Nazanin's great leap
Part 3

MUSIC
Ahdieh
From the "Khaaterehaa" (Oosta Karim) CD
Compiled by Azam Nemati

OPINION
Squandering solidarity
An open letter to President Bush
By Alan Hale

DIASPORA
Belonging in Toronto
I was mesmerized by how close the Iranian community in Canada is
By Nikoo

POET
Pain and hope
Simin Behbahani's poetry reading in Toronto
By Sepideh

IRAN
Here and there in Tabriz
Photo essay
By Vahid Garousi

COVER
Big bang
Paintings
By Bobak Etminani

PHOTOGRAPHY
Mosaic
Photo essay: Arabs in Toronto
By Nader Davoodi

PHOTOGRAPHY
No to war
Photo essay: Anti-war rally
By Azade Akhlaghi

SATIRE
It's real ruff out there
Campaign to save Iranian dogs from persecution
By Niki Tehranchi

MUSIC
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Turkish master musician
Compiled by Azam Nemati

FICTION
Where's the firrrrrrrrrrre?
Short story
By Arash Emamzadeh

FICTION
The prey
Short story
By Ghazi Rabihavi

SNIPER
Refusing to play with god
The sniper has brought more fear to Washington DC than anything Hollywood could ever produce
By Tara Ebrahimi

LIFE
Full circle
We tumble around and around
By Assal Badrkhani

DIASPORA
Too late?
I wonder what it would have been like had I lived and grown up in Iran -- the country I was born in
By Azadeh Ensha

PARENTS
Mom & marriage
Coincidentally my parents AND Soheil are the people who bring me the most strife
By Lilly Benevis

MUSIC
Mahmoudi Khansari
Persian classical
Compiled by Azam Nemati

COVER
Kashan closeups
Photo essay
By Omid Salehi

IRAQ
WHY is war unavoidable?
It is only unavoidable if the dominant powers insist on it
Farhad Radmehrian

IMMIGRANT
The land of no land
They do not want you, Persian kitten!
By Katayoon Hadizadeh

MAKING HISTORY
Making history
Fiction that was as close as you could get to pre-revolution realities

BIRTHDAY
Regal grace
Farah Diba Pahlavi
By Reza Bayegan

MUSIC
Mitra
Six Persian folk songs

COVER
Dead or alive
Photo essay
By Mohammad Tehrani

ART
Living canvas
Body painting
By Martin Armand

WOMEN
Zapped
One woman's laser hair removal experience
By Mona Shomali

DIARY
Nazanin's great leap
Part 2

MUSIC
Bandari
More than 20 tracks from three albums
Compiled by Azam Nemati

CONCERT
Just like a woman
What a wonderful feeling, Just to know that you are near
By Babak Khiavchi

1975
Misadventures of Kai Kaous
Tales from the ZirzameenBy Brian Appleton

MEDIA
Eyewitenss screws
Media exaggerations
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

FILM
Battle for the West
Review: Spartans vs. Persians
By Darius Kadivar

TRAVEL
Unforgettable hotel
Luxor, Egypt
By Cyrus Kadivar

MUSIC
Javad Zabihi
Classical Persian music

COVER
The circle
Photo essay: Cemetery
By Azade Akhlaghi

UNDECIDED
Talk some sense
Hating the Americans or the Iraqi government is not a starting point
By Siamack Salari

SOLUTION
Democracy matters
If Islam is ever to undergo a reformation, as Christianity and Judaism did, it's only going to happen in a Muslim democracy
By Thomas L. Friedman

SELF-RIGHTEOUS
Israeli rules of war
Always a fighter, always a terrorist
By Amira Hass

TOLERANCE
For grandpa
The man I never got a chance to know
By Linda Ghassemi

LIFE
Carlos
I got to come out here to make a buck
By Shahriar Zahedi

HISTORY
Chenin konand bozorgaan
Shah Abbas
By Khodadad Rezakhani

FILM
Tradition and modernity
Characters in Payami's film represent extreme poles of our schizophrenic collective self
By Ataollah Togha

LIFE
Shirley, Soma and the Persian carpet
Koon-fused, Part III
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley

MUSIC
Fereshteh
Tracks from "Nam-name baaroon" album

COVER
Afghanistan Bank
Paintings
By Ali Dadgar

OOPS!
Lost passport
It would have been better if you had lost cash or jewelry or a car
By Akhtar Sayar

OPINION
Naked imperial policy
Letter to U.N. Secretary General
By Peter Attwood

LIFE
Train of thoughts
You live and breathe beside the unexpected
By Najmeh Fakhraie

MUSIC
Sousan
Tracks from "Dooset Daaram" album

COVER
This is London
"Don't Attack Iraq" demonstration
Original photographs by Robert Leigh Banks
Altered by Jahanshah Javid

PROTEST
Taking to the streets
Peace rally in London
By Shappi Khorsandi

SATIRE
Healthy society
Junkies and prostitutes contribute more to our society than you and I ever could
By Siamack Baniameri

SHOPPING
I hate Sony
And I hate myself because I still buy things like a 7-year-old
By Siamack Salari

DIARY
Nazanin's great leap
Part 1

FICTION
The necklace
Short story
By Azin Arefi

FICTION
Beautifully short
Short story
By Farooq Azam

FICTION
Compatriots
Short story
By Abbas Mehdibeigi

FICTION
Dar jostojooye eshgh
Short story
By Namdar Nasser

COVER
I can fly
Paintings of Forough Farrokhzad
By Faezeh Rastin

OPINION
Vote him out
How to get rid of Saddam Hossein cheaply and legitimately
By Kazem Alamdari

FILM
So boring, so pointless
Review: Babak Payami's "Secret Ballot"
By I.X.

CULTURE
My big fat Persian culture
What's wrong with it?
By Mahyar Etminan

ETHNIC
Claims and facts
On Azaris and Azarbaijan
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

HOROSCOPE
The stars are gone
Fuck you for existing in the first place
By Madame Bayaz

HISTORY
Chaman Andam
Slavery in early 20th century Iran
By Massome Price

COVER
Black wrap
Photo essay: Women in Iran
By Omid Salehi

CONVERSATIONS
Standing up and speaking out
Or keeping down and staying silent

By Behrouz Bahmani

ART
Secret of Runes
Installation: Calligraphy
By Sadegh Tirafkan

ART
Free wrap
Paintings: Women
By Pooneh Jafari Nejad

ART
Fantastic tales
Paintings & drawings
By Parisa Panahi

ART
Circular brushwork
Paintings
By Freydoon Rassouli

COVER
Pilgrim
"This is a book about Iran and Iranians"
By Afshin Molavi

POETRY
New meaning
Poems by the late Hassan Honarmandi
By Esmail Nooriala

POETRY
Az "moje no" taa "sh'ere eshgh"
History of modern Persian poetry
By Esmail Nooriala

POETRY
Aadam nashavi
By Kamran Seyed Mousavi

POETRY
Consider the camel
Persian:
Va negaah kon beh Shotor, aari
By Simin Behbahani
Translated by Korosh Khalili

POETRY
Winter vacation
By Roger Sedarat

POETRY
Karpaye
By Namdar Nasser

POETRY
On a dusty mountain path
By Setareh Sabety

POETRY
Come the light
By Ahmad Shamloo
Translated by Joseph U. Freeman

POETRY
Hands
By Roozbeh Shirazi

POETRY
Saa'ate panj
By Leila Farjami

POETRY
Grimor
By Vahid Amiri

POETRY
The classified
By Naz Rakhshandeh

POETRY
Traces on the sand
By Sheema Kalbasi

POETRY
Beshno az del!
Based on Alanis Morrisett's "Thank you India"
By Reza Khalili

POETRY
Baagh o aayneh
By Omid Rahimi

POETRY
Gardner
By Maziar Ouliaei-Nia

POETRY
Glance
By Hamid Karimi

POETRY
Center of my grief
By Ada Barrett

POETRY
Bigaaneh parast
By Azam Nemati

POETRY
Aabitareen saedaaye hamisheh
By Parisa Movahed

POETRY
Tavalodi deegar
By Ali Jamali

POETRY
Namaki
By Sami Gorgan Roodi

POETRY
Nazanin
By Michael Fredieu

POETRY
Beh yaad aavari maa raa
By Ali Zahedi

POETRY
The God of History
By Maryam Kordkheili

POETRY
Qalam
By Katayoon Hadizadeh

COVER
Life inside
Soudabeh Ardavan's
prison drawings
Interview by Fariba Amini

ART
Giving depth
Reverse-glass painting
By Mahin Azima

DESIGN
Digital mass
Visual effects
By Nader Davani

PHOTOGRAPHY
Dog show
Photo essay
By Bijan Seylsepour

ART
Where I'm from
Painting
By Malissa Saghatchi

MUSIC
The hum before the storm
A glimpse into a band that possesses all the elements for a cult following
By Babak Khiavchi

MUSIC
Why Rock? Why Ghormeh Sabzi
"The only reason we are here today playing this music is the love we feel for it."
By Nima Kasraie

MUSIC
Deep Dish obssession
The sweetness of this acoustic candy was just too good to be true
By Sanaz Khalaj

MUSIC
Muhammad Mehdi
Tracks from a new CD

MUSIC
Demis Roussos
12 of his greatest hits

COVER
Old Shiraz
Photo essay: 69 photos

TEHRAN
Uncharacteristic civility
I found myself telling people who have never been to Europe to just walk down to Tehran's subway stations
By Ben Bagheri

FEAR
Az saayeye khod betarseed!
Fear your own shadow
By Saeed Tavakkol

FICTION
Nazi Abadism
Short story
By Rasool Nafisi

IRAN-U.S.
Resolutions on Iran
On Capitol Hill
From National Iranian American council

IRAN-U.S.
A new strategy?
Nothing is going to happen. I mean NOTHING.
By Asadollah Bani

LANGUAGE
Facelift
Persian words that can replace their Arabic equivalents
By Vahid Isabeigi

COVER
Good times
Photo essay: Iranians in Toronto
By Nader Davoodi

NOSTALGIA
Yesterday
Pre-revolution ads and magazine covers
Sent by Bahram 9821

LIFE
Wild and mild
Koon-fused, Part II
By Marjaneh
Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley

VISA
No entry for Kiarostami
New visa regulations for Iranians prevent filmmaker from getting a U.S. visa
By Jacques Mandelbaum

MUSIC
Afshin
LA Pop

Assadollah Malek
Violinist

HISTORY
Student opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari

FAMILY
My husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba

DISCRIMINATION
My last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha

DREAMS
Royaye zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian

9/11
The 9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha

COVER: Cuba
Identity crisis
Photo essay: Cuba
By Roozbeh Shirazi

Without a care in the world
Havana under the clear blue Caribbean skies is poetry of colour
Written by Nargess Shahmanesh
Photographs by Robert Leigh Banks

CHUTZPAH
Shopping is easier than jihad
Why I wonder, do so many people hate Americans? Well, they say they do, but they don't really
By Alidad Vassigh

OPINION
Futility of revenge
I cannot stay uncaring about the fate of the Mujahideen Khalgh rank and file
By Shahriar Zangeneh

OPINION
The seventh oil war
Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world
By Majid Tehranian

AMERICAN
You shouldn't be visiting Mexico either
Not without my laptop (8)
By Joni Mashti

PHOTOGRAPHY
Ms. Cookandclean
Photography: Women
By Shadafarin Ghadirian

DIASPORA
The sacrificial lamb
A bloody Sunday that ended happily. Nobody got arrested.
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

DIASPORA
Blending in
I am really going to miss when we were just Iranians
By Termeh Rassi

HISTORY
Student opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari

FAMILY
My husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba

DISCRIMINATION
My last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha

DREAMS
Royaye zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian

9/11
The 9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha

HISTORY
Student opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari

FAMILY
My husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba

DISCRIMINATION
My last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha

DREAMS
Royaye zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian

9/11
The 9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha

COVER: Cuba
Identity crisis
Photo essay: Cuba
By Roozbeh Shirazi

Without a care in the world
Havana under the clear blue Caribbean skies is poetry of colour
Written by Nargess Shahmanesh
Photographs by Robert Leigh Banks

CHUTZPAH
Shopping is easier than jihad
Why I wonder, do so many people hate Americans? Well, they say they do, but they don't really
By Alidad Vassigh

OPINION
Futility of revenge
I cannot stay uncaring about the fate of the Mujahideen Khalgh rank and file
By Shahriar Zangeneh

OPINION
The seventh oil war
Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world
By Majid Tehranian

AMERICAN
You shouldn't be visiting Mexico either
Not without my laptop (8)
By Joni Mashti

PHOTOGRAPHY
Ms. Cookandclean
Photography: Women
By Shadafarin Ghadirian

DIASPORA
The sacrificial lamb
A bloody Sunday that ended happily. Nobody got arrested.
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

DIASPORA
Blending in
I am really going to miss when we were just Iranians
By Termeh Rassi

COMMUNITY
Supporting your own
It starts with wanting to see Iranians progress
By Said Rouhol-Amin

UNIVERSITY
Lower education
Universities, democracy and girls' education
By Mohammad Ghaed

COVER
Perfect Forough
How a postcard for Forough Farrokhzad got designend
By Jahanshah Javid
Drawings by Sadaf Kiani

HISTORY
Persepolis at Pataliputra
The Zoroastrian period of Indian history
By Samar Abbas

RAPE
Aayaa tajaavoz jensee hatk hormat ast?
Reducing reape to something less than a crime it is
By Maral Karimi

LIFE
The Big Three O
The glorious things about reaching 30
By Shappi Khorsandi

DIASPORA
What do you want?
My desire is to have peace from my family
By Yasaman Rohani

LIFE
When is it enough?
When can we say, I don't need to wait for anything, everything I want or need is right here in this moment, right now
By Arezou Raeisghasem

FAMILY
Nesfe jahan away
She is leaving us, laying in that hospital bed, half the world away
By Assal Badrkhani

COVER
Flight
Photo essay: Flight school in Holland
By Bijan Seylsepour

INTERVIEW
Zan zalil
Most Iranian women like to keep their man on a short leash
By Siamack Baniameri

POETRY
Eehaam dar zanaanegi
Poem
By Tannaz Ebadollahi

KISS
Booseh
The kiss
By Hossein Nushazar

FOOD
(Fat) lost brother
Half-Libyan construction workers AND food lovers
By Siamack Salari

REPUBLIC
Pyramid of loyalty
God, King, Country? The very notion of kingship runs counter to the universally recognized rights of the citizen
By Guive Mirfendereski

REPUBLIC
THIS republic has to go
Because it fails to provide for democracy
By Amir

COVER
After the storm
Painting
By Mahshid Modares

9/11
How about 'God Bless the Whole World'?
Three times as many civilians have been killed in Afghanistan than died in the WTC
By Shappi Khorsandi

9/11
International Enough Day
September 11
By Afshin Levy

9/11
Beyond economic interests
America has a golden oppurtunity of implementing its true values of human rights and democracy in the Middle East
By Darius Kadivar

9/11
Strange parallel
Charity begins at home so should anti-terrorism!
By Ramin Tork

SATIRE
Conference call
Tony, Mohammad and George
By Arash Z

COVER
After the storm
Painting
By Mahshid Modares

MUSIC
Umm Kulthum

9/11
The world's end?
Poem
By Setareh Sabety

9/11
Who lost the world?
On the anniversary of 9/11 we must be troubled for having squandered the sympathy of the world
By Ahmad Sadri

9/11
Reflections on transnational terrorism
Remembering The Past And Imagining The Future
By Mansour Farhang

9/11
I'm gonna live my life
Having some sort of Middle Eastern heritage is about the same as being Black in the 60's
By Alborz Bahmani

9/11
Pillars of Heaven
We will be the light that drives out the darknes
By Shahriar Afshar

9/11
Blame belief
Fundamental principles that underpin terrorism
By Everett E. Allie

COVER
Attitude
Photo essay: Caribbean parade
By Nader Davoodi

MIDDLE EAST
"W" stands for "war"
Oil is thicker than blood
By Babak Khiavchi

9/11
You know it will get worse
Who could believe a person's life can change so much in so little time?
By Amir Marvasti

FAIR
Mashad fair
Photo essay: Expo in Mashad
By Moe

BEHAVIOR
Shared psychotic disorder
Mass illusion of absolute attachment to a cause
By Leila Farjami

IRAN
Fanciful presidential flight
What Khatami's words really mean
By Reza Bayegan

LIFE
GHETTO QUA RAN HAS HIT THE FAN
Sailing over the Atlantic, crossing back with C. Columbus
By BURNTOAST

ROW
Battle for a body
Farhad's last wish and desire was to have his body cremated
By Pooya Dayanim

EHRAN
Tales from the zirzameen
Story # 3: The man who would be King
By Brian H. Appleton

FAMILY
My sister is gay
We are just like everybody else
By Abstre

9/11
Grand conspiracies
September 11: Reality check
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany

MUSIC
Seven Valleys
Narration: Mansour Taeed
Setar: Kourosh Taghavi
Percussion: Jamsheed Agahi

THIS WEEK
Recent features
Archive

COVER
Business as usual
Iranian ads in Los Angeles
By Jahanshah Javid

RACE & RELIGION
Mixed and matched
I heard the sensationalism that others described as fact and decided he's 'the one'
By Nathalie Taghaboni

REGRET
Nashavad, shod
For Khomeini
By Kaveh Ahangar

9/11
See the angels fly away
On September 11
By Borzoo Elahi

COMPARE
Passion vs. possession
Cuba with all its marvelous idiosyncrasies
By Roozbeh Shirazi

TRIP
Warm waters
Family vacation in Bushehr, 1970
By Cyrus Kadivar

MEMORY
Beh yaade Farhad
In memory of Farhad
By Hossein Shahidi

POETRY
Vasiyat
In memory of Farhad
By Vahid Amiri

POETRY
Throbs in our throats
In memory of Farhad
By Mersedeh Khozin

9/11
Schizophrenic citizen of the world
Poem
By Shoreh Kooshesh

HOROSCOPE
Broken heart
You this month
Madame Bayaz

COVER
To happier times
A tribute to Farhad
By Jahanshah Javid

MUSIC
Lily Afshar
Tracks from new "Possession"

Shahram Solati
Tracks from new "Hichestan"

Golhaa
Parvin, Ghavami and Mahmoodi Khansari

DIARY
Moral dilemma
To give them an Iranian recipe or not to give them an Iranian recipe?
By Shappi Khorsandi

9/11
Justifying aggression
U.S. has gained sympathy to such an extent that it now has a free hand to do as it wills and implement its worldwide agenda without hindrance
By Sadaf Sadaf

REVIEW
Twilight of religious marketability
Mohsen Kadivar in New York
By Amir

GAZE
A night on the Silk Road
To you, that barefoot beauty from Persia
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

THIEF
Docharkheh dozdee shoghle sharifist
Bicycle thief
English text
By Saeed Tavakkol

PERSIAN
Is our language dying?
Should we totally discard the Arabic element in Persian?
By Vahid Isabeigi

COVER
Broken, steady rhythms
2002 artist award: Kamrooz Aram
By Maryam Ovissi

TRIP
Negotiating courage
Meeting an old friend & going to the iranian.com event in Berkeley
By Guive Mirfendereski

9/11
Play it very safe
and remember that the Middle East does not have monopoly on lunatics and stupidity...

SPORTS
Feeling on top of the world
Determination beats everything
By Mehrnoush Barmaki

WOMEN
The indirect approach
Women and broad-based sustainable development
By Fatima Farideh Nedjat

9/11
United we can
The world today is no longer the one we knew
By Mahyad M. Tousi

SAVIOR
The Messiah's Cousin
The Book of Asghar
By Ramin Tork

WOMEN
Fulfilling expectations
Who is an intern?
By Farzin Foroughi

IDENTITY
More authentic, or less?
Iranian Nationalism has benefited from a more solid and cohesive base
By Alessio Loreti

HIGH SCHOOL
Enshaay Mohsen
Returning my cousin's favor
By Shahriar Zahedi

COVER
Metro murals
Photo essay: Murals at Tehran metro stations

CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
Summer of 88
Mass executions, 1988

9/11
Out of sight
Photo essay: World Trade Center a year after 9/11
By
Mahdi Sajjadpour

PHOTOGRAPHY
Eye on the ball
Photo essay: Tennis
By Nader Davoodi

WORLD CUP
Surrounded by joy
Photo essay: World Cup, Brazil
By Sourna Mohammadi

COVER
Sudden shift
Sculpture
By Bijan Rafaty

POETRY
Behind bars
The poetry of Khalil Rostamkhan

RIGHTS
Uncertain future
Interview with winner of Human Rights Watch journalism award
By Fariba Amini

SATIRE
Bridal imports
We are dealing with a generation that is a bit shaky upstairs
By Siamack Baniameri

DIPLOMACY
Is it true?
Do you eat with your hands?
By Hashem Hakimi

DEBATE
The company you keep
Abject poverty in the area of elemental discourse
By Guive Mirfendereski

COVER
Going for a ride
Photo essay: Iran
By Arash Shiva

ETHNIC
Headless cat
Perhaps we should start by examining ourselves
By Ramin Tork

ETHNIC
Truncated a version of Persia
Nationalism and culture
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar

SATIRE
Bohlool
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar

FOOD
Khoresh-e maast
With a nice glass of iced green tea
By Johnny Waters

LOVE
No wonder
Our most natural and almost universal desire
By Ali Khalili

COVER
A picture of dad
Not a day goes by when I don't miss him
By Siamack Salari

POP
He's half-Iranian, you know
At last we have our own version of Ricky Martin
By Shappi Khorsandi

DIASPORA
Real pahlavans
May the FARS be with you!
By Babak Khiavchi

AMERICA
The men from JINSA and CSP

Interesting dynamic among right-wing hawks
By Jason A. Vest
Source: The Nation

MIDEAST
Reason over blood
An overview of the Israel-Palestinian conflict
By Iqbal Latif

FILM
Practicing care
Prerequisite to breaking out of the prison of global inhumanity
By Bill Swanson

SHAH
Taller and taller
He has given his answer to that fair and fearless judge called history
By Reza Bayegan

2002
(August-June)

COVER
Concord rehearsal
Photo essay: Muscians
Photos by Jahanshah Javid

POETRY
Taarofing
Poem
By Roger Sedarat

Los Angeles booye kabaab meedahad
Poem
By Leila Farjami

Dancing flame
Poem
By Yooseph Azad

Three poems
Poem
By Hamid Karimi

Paeez
Poem
By Omid Rahimi

LANGUAGE
Politicizing linguistics
It is a mistake to confuse ethnicity with language
By Reza Ordoubadian

TEHRAN
1, 2, 3, 4
Photo essay: Streets of Tehran
By Ali Khaligh

PLAN
The ideal scenario
For Middle East peace
By Majid Tehranian

PEACE
Finish the story
Who is writing the Israeli-Palestinian story? Why can't the author finish it?
By Kamran Talatoff

LIFE
Raahe tey shodeh
Remembering an old flame
By Yazdaneh Amiryazdani

IRANIANS
Choice & respect
Everything Iranians do, other Iranians take personally
By SSK

COVER
The way we were
Photo essay: ancient ruins
by Mansour Sane

FICTION
Photographs
Short story
By Azin Arefi

RIGHTS
Secular or not
Religious intellectuals come short
By Ali Akbar Mahdi

TRADITION
It defies MY logoic
We are supposed to beat ourselves bloody for that? And that proves what?
By Mehrnaz Mahallati

FAMILY
Perfectly imperfect
They make me want to be a better person
By Arezou Raeisghasem

COVER
Venus
She's got guts

ART
Moved
Paintings
By Ardeshir Tabrizi

ART
Half a haftseen
Paintings
By Mahzad Seif

ART
Conversations
Paintings
By Sepidé Majd

I am a 20-year-old painter born in Tehran, moved to the U.S. at age 4.

MUSIC
Vahid & Bahar

From Swedish-based Vahid & Bahar's "Toloo" album:

PEOPLE
The same wish
How children feel about events of twenty-plus years ago
By Assal Badrkhani

FICTION
The art of cooking
Short story
By Saghi (Sasha) Michaelis

MEMORIES
The culture of emshee
And afternoon naps
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

COUPLE
Thanks for 25 years
Together
By Je Sea

COVER
The Abadanis
Short story
By Ramin Tork

IRAN-U.S.
Doaaye "Green Card" yaa...
Bush's plans for Iran
By Kaveh P.

MEMORIES
Five o'clock tea
From my student's days in Beirut
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

ETHNIC
Who are Azeris?
Important to emphasize the roots of Azerbaijan
By Aylinah Jurabchi

BUSINESS
Where's my money?
Next time you are in his restaurant, ask where's my money?
By Ramin Mahmoodi

COVER
Kopol vs. Topol
Battle of the bulge: Champion
By Siamack Salari &
Jahanshah Javid

CULTURE
A tale of Kobra-Soghra
In they come, shrieking and slapping their heads, threatening to faint
By Alidad Vassigh

BOOKS
Hamishe no
Takht hozi songs
By Morteza Ahmadi

LIFE
MUJAHIDEEN
They told a million lies
By BURNTOAST

EXODUS
The biggest injustice
Brain drain
By Ahmad Anvari

CHAOS
Stop at the red light
Before changing the government
By Farhad Radmehrian

EDUCATION
Challenging ignorance
... on Islam: A Ten-Point Primer for Americans
By Gary Leupp

MINORITY
Medieval ignorance
The silence of Iranian polity towards Bahai persecution
By Iqbal Latif

IDEAS
The Khshathric Society
We need a fresh, powerful ideology
By Delshah

1977
Meeting Buddha in Bamiyan
The Afghanistan I saw was full of shy smiling little children of many diverse ethnic groups
By Brian H. Appleton

COVER
A hug and a thought
Quest for Mount Denali, Alaska
By Yazdan Aghaghiri
See photos

IRAN
Man yek javaane Irani hastam
I am young Iranian
By Galony

ARTIST
Naabeghehee dar khiyaabaane seezdahom
Visiting an ailing Ardeshir Mohassess in New York
By Morteza Negahi

HOROSCOPE
Dropping a (LP) needle on the matter
You this month
By Madame Bayaz

METAMORPHSIS
Constant or consistent?
One should be consistent in changing and growing
By Arash Kamangir

TRAVEL
Beh farang meeravi?
Leaving Iran on a trip
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

FICTION
Coming back
Short story
By Azin Arefi

FICTION
All, but indifferent
Short story
By Reza T. Saberi

ART
The spiritual eye
The art of Kendal Kennedy: Appearing, disappearing and reappearing
By Sharon L. Parker

TRAVEL
Bus trip
I'll never forget it
By Christine Zahra Beyzaei

COVER
Kurdish frames
Painting
By Jamshid Porawzan

NATIONALISM
Loyalty to our roots
At its most extreme, nationalism is quite like infatuation
By Ali Khalili

RACISM
Welcome to the real world
If racism was a religion, it would have the greatest following
By Kendal Sheets

IRAN
Haalaa aakharesh chand?
Choonehing with a shopkeeper
By Lily Raissi

MUSIC
Javad Yasari
Koocheh baazaari

SATIRE
Khaaneye afaaf
Official brothel
By Hossein Nushazar

IRAN
Leave it to the people
Democratic movement gaining momentum
By Narges Bajoghli

DIPLOMAT
Ex-ambassador
"I was never one of those people who admired the Shah"
By Cyrus Kadivar

QUOTES
100 years gone in a minute
From a forgotten twenty-year-old file
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

ART
Tears, wall-to-wall
"The Tree That Remembers" hasn't a central thesis or focus
By Julian Samuel

COVER
Escape
Painting
By Zaman Zamani

ART
(Traditional) pop culture
Photo essay: Ta'ziyeh
By Maryam Ovissi

ART
Sugar bowl
Photo essay: pewter bowl
By Nathan Pearson

STUDENTS
For the record
Photo essay: 18 Tir
By Hamid Davodabadi

Photos from the July 9, 1999 student uprising in Tehran.

REVOLUTION
The Irooni way
Aberoo-Rizi may be just be mightier than the sword
By Hassan Moodar

SATIRE
The OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri

COVER
For the love of toot
Sketches from a Boyhood in Golhak
By Guive Mirfendereski

SATIRE
The OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri

SATIRE
Goftegoo baa Iran Khaanoom
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar

IRAN
Jomhooriye eslaamiye a'raabe iraani
Arabs patrolling Tehran?
By Behboud

MUSIC
Roohparvar
Iran's "Om Kolthum"

COVER
Kato finds a home
In Turkey: I spotted a very young kitten during breakfast
By Siamack Salari

LESSON
The Godmother
"I gained knowledge enough to realize how little I know."
By Azam Nemati

OPERA
The Persian Tragedy
Sunset of the Persian Empire
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

WELCOME
I am a champion
Third and last part of Reza Pahlooi's travel to Tehran
By Ramin Tork

SERIOUS
Standardization of standards
My spurious attempt at being an "antalagh toloogh"
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley

ON THE AIR
Part of the mainstream
Iranian on the radio in San Francisco

ICON
For good
Two years after Shamlou

By Esmail Nooriala

FICTION
Khaabe aakhar
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar

FICTION
Parandeh
Short story
By Jahanshah Javid

IRAN
First night in Tehran
A mid summer night's dream amid the yaas
By Brian H. Appleton

IRAN
Berim shomaal
The taxi driver asked me out
By Lily Raissi

COVER
In business
Photo essay: Dubai
By Nader Davoodi

MUSIC
Fairuz in Paris
Singing of love and Palestine
By Hossein Shahidi

9/11
Enjoy?
If you happen to come to New York and visit Ground Zero
By Layla Dowlatshahi

FICTION
An hour later
Short story
By Heather-ley Peckham

AMERICA
Out of love
Community art
By Katayoon Hadizadeh

SCIENCE
Alien
Observations about photons
By Hossein Javadi
Persian text

COVER
For the love of toot
Sketches from a Boyhood in Golhak
By Guive Mirfendereski

SATIRE
The OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri

SATIRE
Goftegoo baa Iran Khaanoom
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar

IRAN
Jomhooriye eslaamiye a'raabe iraani
Arabs patrolling Tehran?
By Behboud

MUSIC
Roohparvar
Iran's "Om Kolthum"

COVER
Kato finds a home
In Turkey: I spotted a very young kitten during breakfast
By Siamack Salari

LESSON
The Godmother
"I gained knowledge enough to realize how little I know."
By Azam Nemati

OPERA
The Persian Tragedy
Sunset of the Persian Empire
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

WELCOME
I am a champion
Third and last part of Reza Pahlooi's travel to Tehran
By Ramin Tork

SERIOUS
Standardization of standards
My spurious attempt at being an "antalagh toloogh"
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley

ON THE AIR
Part of the mainstream
Iranian on the radio in San Francisco

ICON
For good
Two years after Shamlou

By Esmail Nooriala

FICTION
Khaabe aakhar
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar

FICTION
Parandeh
Short story
By Jahanshah Javid

IRAN
First night in Tehran
A mid summer night's dream amid the yaas
By Brian H. Appleton

IRAN
Berim shomaal
The taxi driver asked me out
By Lily Raissi

COVER
In business
Photo essay: Dubai
By Nader Davoodi

MUSIC
Fairuz in Paris
Singing of love and Palestine
By Hossein Shahidi

9/11
Enjoy?
If you happen to come to New York and visit Ground Zero
By Layla Dowlatshahi

FICTION
An hour later
Short story
By Heather-ley Peckham

AMERICA
Out of love
Community art
By Katayoon Hadizadeh

SCIENCE
Alien
Observations about photons
By Hossein Javadi
Persian text

COVER
Aah o naaleh
Sadegh Hedayat's post cards

HELP
The small things in life
I just want a perfect sperm
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley

POETRY
Naameh
Poem
By Tannaz Ebadollahi

The edge of the precipice
Poem

By Setareh Sabety

Sar bar sereer shaaneye oryaane man beneh
Poem

By Monir Taha

MAN
Sadaf khaaliye yek tanhaaee
I can still hear his warm voice
By Sadaf Kiani Abbasian

IRAN
Daarandegi o baraazandegi
4,000 new Mercedes Benzs for Iran's police
By Behboud

MEDIA
Illusion overdose
Iranian TV stations
By Leila Farjami

MUSIC
Giti
Selected songs

GLOBE
Good idea
Why global civilization?
By Majid Tehranian

MIDDLE EAST
Open your eyes
High time for Muslims to reject once antiquated clerics and leaders
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

OPINION
Party's over
Islamic Republic - the great 'national-socialist' experiment in the Middle East
By Hossein Bagher Zadeh

OPINION
Too many to count
Similarities between Khamenei and Bush
By Farhad Radmehrian

COVER
Ultimate concerns
Photo essay: Inner child
By Azadeh Azad

PERSOPHILE
From Brian to Rasool
I became so Iranianized that I became a Moslem at the Tehran Rotary Club
By Brian H. Appleton

RIGHTS
Momentary chill
Public execution in Isfahan
By Reza Karimi

MUSIC
Common language
Hossein Aslani's multifaceted contributions to society follows his global musical perspectives
By Davood N. Rahni

TRAVEL
Vast crystal blue skies
200 kilometers of open shores lining the Persian Gulf
By Shabnam

DOMESTIC ABUSE
Who are you wearing that perfume for?
I am stronger, wiser and better
By Yalda Bidar

TRAITOR
Ladies next
Look at the mess we men have made
By Mehran Payandeh

QORBOONAM BERI
You frustrate me
I need to know how to make Iranian men understand, "No, thank you."
By Golden Flower Eyes

MIDDLE EAST
Why do you blow yourselves up?
I haven't blown myself up. Not yet anyway.
By Saghi (Sasha) Michaelis

AMERICA
A strange kind of freedom
Biggest threat to liberty in the US: Jewish and Christian fundamentalism
By Rober Fisk

COVER
Our Man, Hooman
In San Francisco's Radio Alice
By Behrouz Bahmani

YOUTH
Different agenda
Photo essay: Children of the revolution
By Nader Davoodi

PHOTOGRAPHY
The fall
Photo essay: Manikin with a view
By Mehraneh Atashi

ALIVE
Finding your own
Photo essay: India
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley

NEW YORK
Driving to Ground Zero
Photo essay: New York after 9/11
By Sheema Kalbasi

COVER
Nazri
Photo essay: Food for a blessing
By Nader Davoodi

FICTION
Taaghoot va Yaghoot har do zan boodand
Fiction
By Elahe Orouzi &
Homa Katouzian

BOOK
Nimeye Ghaayeb
Excerpt
By Hossein Sanapour

FICTION
Sheklgeereeye yek gaaf
Fiction
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

OPINION
Can we say "Who needs Norooz?"
Believing in a "lost cause"?
By Reza Bayegan

WELCOME
To be or not to be Pahlavi
My name is not Pahlavi. It is Pahlooi
By Ramin Tork
Continuation of "Checkpoint Mehrabad"

LIFE
RED JELLO EATS WH$TE AMER$CA
What you see is what you see
By BURNTOAST

AMERICA
Watch your ass
A few recommendations to my fellow Iranians
By Saeed Tavakkol

WOMEN
Conception of gender roles
Reza Shah's "Women's Awakening Project"
By Camron Michael Amin

HEALTH
How do you handle this?
Parkinson's Disease: A personal journey
By Bijan Farzan

IMMIGRANTS
Omberian visa requirements
Do you qualify?
By Mehdi Nasrin

FITNESS
Walking
A healthy alternative
By Zoya Malek

OPINION
Give this republic a chance
I will
By Guive Mirfendereski

ANNIVERSARY
18 Tir
Photo essay: student protests
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

MUSIC
Fereydoun Foroughi
Selected songs

POETRY
Earthly signs
Forough in her own voice

CRUISING
Haji Be Em Ve
Photo essay: Driving a BMW in Mashad
By Ali Shahidi

COVER
Gheysar Bath
Photo essay: southern Tehran
By Nader Davoodi

FICTION
The Wolf-man
Short story
By Sasan Hamidi

PAIN
Koon-fused
Suddenly Pavarotti hit the high C. And so did I!
By Marjaneh Joon

WELCOME
Checkpoint Mehrabad
Look respectable. Just show your passport. Don't smile too much
By Ramin Tork

VIRGINITY
Just as normal as you
For all who can't bear non-virgin yet unmarried Iranian women
By M Taheri

COVER
Kooye Daneshgah
Photo essay: Student uprising, 1999

PHOTOGRAPHER
Interview with photographer Jamshid Bayrami
In history's archive

I wanted to take photos that would make a point
By Fariba Amini

OPINION
Tic tic tic
The timer is ticking for the Islamic Republic
By Shahriar Zangeneh

HOROSCOPE
Cell phone fever
You this month
By Madame Bayaz

CONCERT
Breaking tradition
Can Alizadeh's total improvisation connect with audiences?
By Farhad Bahrami

CONCERT
Not worth it
Moin could have gained another fan, but...
By Sheila Dadvar

PHOTOGRAPHY
French fries
Photo essay: World Cup 1998, France
By Nader Davoodi

MUSIC
Shakila
New CD

Faramarz Assef
New CD

Mahrou
Selected tracks

COVER
Heechee kam nadaaran
When are we going to recognize Bahais?
By Jahanshah Javid

MIDDLE EAST
Too beautiful?
A free and prosperous Palestinian state?
By fereydoun Hoveyda

MEDIA
Don't ask, don't write
How the media spin works in favor of Israel
By John Mohammadi

CASPIAN
Strategic adjustments
Export options for Caspian energy
By Alex Vatanka

REGIONAL
The Triad
Russia-Iran-China
By R. Ebrahimi

COMMUNITY
Collective action
Opposing unfair treatment
By Hazhir Rahmandad and Mehdi Yahyanejad

IRAN
Horrendous trends
Imminent social explosion
By Vahid Isabeigi

DIASPORA
Tah-digology
Tah-dig seeking its essence
By Shoorideh Sanandaji and Moji Agha

POETRY
You must
By Setareh Sabety

Melting icicle
By Abol Danesh

Yaad kon
By Sheema Kalbasi

Beh Ameneh
By Tannaz Ebadollahi

Mahboub injaast
By Leila Farjami

Come home
By Jason Allen

Poetry 4 the people
By Solmaz Sharif

Taraneye kish o maat
By Vahid Amiri

The oil of war: 1991
By David B. McCoy

I am not a virgin
By Arezou Raeisghasem

Koocheye eshgh
By Azam Nemati

Recipe for the perfect woman
By Mitra K

Yek nafare saadeh
By Anonymous

Kineh
By Hassan Reza

PHOTOGRAPHY
The other side
Photo essay: Lebanon
By Hamid Davodabadi

DIASPORA
Stateless
A tale of two passports
By S. Raizam

DIASPORA
One big (scattered) family
Losing touch with cousins
By Nat Bartel

COVER
After work
Photo essay: Qahvekhaneh
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

COVER
Dialogue of civilizations
Commercial graphics
By Moe

WAR
Kopol vs. Topol V
Battle of the bulge

This lap's for you
By Jahanshah Javid

Daashtam meeraftam noon bekharam...
By Siamack Salari

PEOPLE
The human side
I tried to show the evolution that is taking place within families like Shahrbanoo's all over the country
By Hamid Rahmanian

WOMEN
Shopkeeper feminists
Is there really any sincere determination in us to solve our movement's problems?
By Minoo Salehi

LIFE
YES YES YSSS......BALE?
Hafez agreed to waste money on the gulls picking off ticks on the rhinos
By BURNTOAST

FICTION
Mazra'e sag koshi
Short story
By Payam Rafighi

IRANIANS
The missing factor
Merely representing the most downtrodden people
By Amir

IRANIANS
Required reading
A basic window of exposure to the dual nature of the Iranian psyche
By Mark Dankof

PHOTOGRAPHY
Scheveningen
Photo essay: Holland beach
By Bijan Seylsepour

MEDICINE
Doctors without orders
More medical students, poorer results
By Mahyar Etminan

NIGHTMARE
Persis Erectus
For Iranians it seems history does not repeat itself
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

COVER
*@!%! genius
Illustration
By Hadi Farahani

SMOOTH
Not Johnny or Jane
I'm a hairy monster
By Marjaneh Joon

TRAVEL
I will remember you
... will you remember me?
By By Shabnam

HEALTH
Salak spreading?
Leishmaniasis has reached "epidemic proportions"
By Nazanin Mehrparvar

MEDIA
Faded hope
If you are unsuccessful blame yourself not others
By Gari Gardner

WOMEN
Three days in Denver
Iranian Women's Studies Foundation conference
By Elham Gheytanchi

TRAVEL
Lonesome cowboy in Barcelona
Missing my beautiful "V"
By Siamack Salari

AMERICA
We're next
America is the next Empire that's going to suffer an outrageous fall
By David Marshall

MIDEAST
Martyrdom, murder or madness
A pervasive culture that immortalizes suicide bombing by equating death with power has captured the imagination of a whole people
By Alon Ben-Meir

IRAN-US
Ticking clock
Should Iranians be glad they're in the "Axis of Evil"?
By Craig Lawrence

ROYALTY
Soraya
Fragments of a life
By Cyrus Kadivar
With 24 photos

SELF
They don't know
That little 12-year-old with all her insecurities is still inside of me
By Arezou Raeisghasem

FIRE
Change of wind
For the majority of Coloradans, life is going on as normal
By Javid Djalili

COVER
100 villages gone
Photo essay: Bouin Zahra earthquak

COVER
Setareh
Photo essay: Iranian movie stars
By Ebrahim Haghighi

ANGER
I cannot blame them
Why many expatriate earthquake experts won't go to Iran
By Mehdi Sharif

QUESTIONS
Another great World Cup
Don't think too hard. Take it as it is
By Ali Khalili

RETURN
I no longer blame all of Iran
Iranians made a mistake and many are paying dearly for it
By Debra Johnson

NOSTALGIA
Gorma Saabzeh & carboza
Americans do not know what they are missing
By PaZand

COVER
Civil war
Photo essay: World Cup

RIGHTS
Dance for Khordadian
It is astonishing that a country should detain its top ghermeister
By Peyvand Khorsandi

STORY
4shanbeye nahs
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi

FICTION
Greetings
Book excerpt

DRAMA
Mohaakemeh
Play
By Saeed Tavakkol

English text

DIASPORA
Dancing in the fog
Iranians in a San Francisco garden
By Mona Shomali

PROFILING
Have a good day
I was different from the men and women who were allowed to cross the border without questioning
By Behzad Yaghmaian

TOO BAD
Just another soccer widow
I had no intention of being replaced by a game of football
By Parissa Sohie

HISTORY
One of the oldest voices
Audio: Atabak Azam
From Tourang Birangi

AMERICAN
Almost there
Not without my laptop (7)
By Joni Mashti

MUSIC
Duets
Selected songs

COVER
Still life
Painting
By Reza Karimi

MEDIA
Long Live Iranian TV!
We should not always strive to bitch and scream about our own pop culture
By Assal Badrkhani

MEMORY
The copper plate
Today, I'm going to think about that which is true
By Mark Dankof

WAR!
Kopol vs. Topol IV
Battle of the bulge

Broken scale
By Siamack Salari

I deserved it
By Jahanshah Javid

DREAM
Dreamscapes
An exceprt from my dream journal
By S. Ensandoost

MUSIC
Ramesh
Selected songs

COVER
Worshipping words
Caligraphy
By Kamran Abbasi

MUSIC
Iran rocks
Honar nazd e Iranian ast o bas, even if that honar belongs to the West
By Nima Kasraie

TRAVEL
Khedmate Khaajeh
Soul-searching with Hafez Shirazi
By Aref Erfani

TEA
Inside a kaleidoscope
Afternoon tea with my grandmother
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani

MUSIC
Mansour
Selected songs from his new album

COVER
Hand in hand
Photo essay: Kurdistan
By Omid Salehi

BOWLING
10 pins of separation
How far apart are we?
By Bruce Bahmani

STORY
The richest fruit
They cared so much about what other people thought about them
By Azin Arefi

TRAVEL
Postcards from Dubai
Where were the Iranians hiding?
By Cyrus Kadivar



LIFE
L'AMOUR NARANJESTAN
Antoinette wanted to hide in Naranjestan till it blew over in Paris
By BURNTOAST

OPINION
Caspian quartet
Last of four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

ART
Jolly cow for president
Advertising
By Zartosht Soltani

STORY
Khare Moghilan
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi

POETRY
Dream
I found this poem in the newsletter of my daughter's school.
-- Rassah's mom, Nahid

Three poems
Poem
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

Setting the record straight
Poem
By Solmaz Sharif

Why this never-ending fall?
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh

The Song of Persia
Poem
By Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi

I'm the Single Most Wonderful PersonI know
Poem :-)
By Mannaneh Shahidi

INTERESTING
I sow love
To my Divine Lady Gitana
From abdihessabi.com

RETURN
Making a difference in Iran
We prefer to spend life with loved ones rather than visiting their grave
By A.S.F.

ADVICE
When the day comes
Beware of men with ties, bowties, and Armani suits
By F.A. Ashtiani

MEDIA
Bad TV
Even the shows with political themes are mostly filled with profanity and accusations
By Farhad Radmehrian

TELEPHONE
Nightmare with Sprint
In this company, nobody really cares whether or not I am a satisfied customer
By Elliott Parivar

LOOKING BACK
The bicycle posse of Maydaneh Hedayat
The gramaphone years
By Setareh Sabety

MYSTIC
Come together
Interview
With Majid Tehraniann

ROOTS
Language of the armies
Urdu: A Derivative of Persian and Avestan
By Dr. Samar Abbas

IDETITY
Broken link
Persia And Iran are geographic (not racial) terms
By A. R. Begli Beigie

NICE TRY
I had a dream
The first few words I heard caught my attention

By Farhad Savadkouhi

COVER
30 Morgh
Paintings
By Yari Ostovany

TRAVEL
Tehran under dust
Maybe a nice long rain will wash it all away
By Shabnam

FICTION
Sobh beh kheyr
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar

ANNIVERSARY
The country she loved to death
Reflections on the anniversary of Princess Leila's death
By Reza Bayegan

OPINION
The new Islamophobia
Muslims as nemesis of the "civilized world"?
By R. Ebrahimi

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