| Opinion
2001
Man
zendaani meeshavam, pas hastam
When idealism turns to perpetual militancy
By Nima Khoshkish
Consider
the facts
Prognosis for a return of kings
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
Gender
ideology
To what extent are equal rights for women tied to issues of globalization?
By Jane Bayes and Nayereh Tohidi
Deltangi
Few are free from homesickness
By Mersedeh Mehrtash
Don't
get left behind
The reform process is already happening
By By John Mohammadi
Cannot
win
Constitution leaves no room for maneuver
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Democracy
will prevail
Akbar Ganji's trial
On
the same side?
Distorted mindsets of the past must be shattered
By Madeleine Albright
Raqsandeh
baa gorg-haa
Iran's right wing at it again
By Dariush Sajjadi
Aspects
of modernity
On Iranian history and gender
By Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Where's
the Muslim Mahatma?
Where is Islam's magnanimity these days?
By Hajmirzakhan
Who's
afraid of Jacques Derrida?
Pioneer thinkers in Iranian universities should be welcomed
By Mehdi Nasrin
Looking
under the carpet
Remembering Hiroshima so that we do not let it happen to us
By Mersedeh Mehrtash
After
Afghanistan
Iran may not be far behind
By Hajmirzakhan
Bee
peer maro
More concerned with facts than wisdom
By Ali A. Parsa
Giving
away faithlessness
... by putting forth grand questions about religion
By Massud Alemi
Darke
maa shodan
Traditional vs. modern notions of marriage
By Maral Karimi
Sacred
vs. Secular
Clash of civilizatrions
By Samuel Huntington
Cutting
knowledge
Dialogue or clash of civilizations?
By Goudarz Eghtedari
Restoring
reason
Afghanistan: An Iranian perspective
By Hossein Shahidi
Questions
of faith and freedom
Does the exercise of power by a woman make her a prostitute?
By Darya Allen-Attar
The
R-word
Youth increasingly opting for radical surgery to cure the intractable
ills of the nation
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Lagging
behind
Why the West moved forward
By Kazem Alamdari
Media
village
Multicultural analysis of the impact of increasingly globalized
Western media
By Yahya Kamalipour
We
had hope
Khomeini promised clerics would return to theological schools
By Sam Miller
For
people & country
Interview with Arash Forouhar
By Fariba Amini
Correction
Correcting the mistake of the older generation
By Ahmad Javan
Shotormorgh
Dynasty
When they have to fly, they're "shotor"; when they
have to carry loads, they're "morgh"
By Hajmirzakhan
Enemy
within
Who should we wage a war against?
By Ali Khalili
Cultural
continuity
To keep a culture one needs to preserve its traditions
By A. R. Begli Beigie
Opposing
John Wayneism
Students against war
By Leyla Momeny
President
Pahlavi
Forget the monarchy
By Ghafour Mirzaei
State
of paralysis
Tudeh factionalism and the 1953 coup
By Maziar Behrooz
Dream
on
Monarchists and international terrorism
By Mohammad Sahimi
More
business, more democracy
U.S. sanctions on Iran and democratization of the Middle East
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
Cheraa
farhange lompanizm?
Language and education
By Maral Karimi
Being
real
Gay Iranians struggle to be themselves
By Dr. Payam
His
royal lowness
Why should we go from one aqazadeh system to another?
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
Freedom,
freedom and freedom
Let's hope domestic American values will be projected in the
Middle East
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Beh
jaaye monologhaaye faryaadi
Dialogue vs. confrontation
By Maral Karimi
The
only survivor
What matters is love
By Mahmoud Sadri
World
War III?
Preventability of future acts of terror
By Ahmad Sadri
A
tall order
As grieving turns to rage
By Ahmad Sadri
Taking
a stand
... and giving credit where credit is due
By Jahanshah Javid
Defining
moment
Fight against terrorism should focus on fostering republican
democracies
By Guive Mirfendereski
Darkest
day
Mankind's balance of terror has been most unfortunately changed
By Iqbal Latif
Blond
or bearded
Fanatics of every color and creed are all enemies of free-thinking
peoples
By Setareh Sabety
Holy
smoke
Thick cloud over Islamic fanaticism
By Jahanshah Javid
Qezaavathaaye
sathi
Homosexuality and its critics
By Saviz Shafaie
Let
us count the crimes
Jews v. Zionists
By Khashayar Pakravan
Iranian
Don Quixote
No real basis for hostility against Israel
By G. Motamedi
The
rest is history
When things started to become sacred
By A. R. Begli Beigie
Aqle
saalem
Common sense approach to the Mideast conflict
By Jan Shiraz
Rise
and fall
Islamic apathy vs 400 years of forgotten renaissance
By Iqbal Latif, Paris
Sinners
preaching the gospel
IRI vs. Israel: The pot calling the kettle black
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Understanding
outrage
Blame does not solve any problems
By Amir
Think
wider
Iran and Israel: Tribalism
By Moji Agha
Pakistan?
Israel-Turkey vs. Iran-Pakistan
By Zachary Latif
Simple
logic
We should not be blind to Israel's ambitions
By Babak Sani
Siyaasate
vaaqebinaaneh
Realistic (Iranian) view of the Arab-Israeli conflict
By Jan Shiraz
Friendly
stance
Friendship with Israel could have benefits
By Amir
It
is our business
Palestine has historically affected us
By Kamran D. Rastegar
Just
wondering
Is Israel a threat to Iran?
By Jahanshah Javid
Unexamined
world
The merits of rational thinking
By Ebrahim Harandi
Politics
as usual
U.S. sanctions & the peace process
By Iranians for International Cooperation
Beh
jaaye monologhaaye faryaadi
Dialogue vs. confrontation
By Maral Karimi
Nimehye
aashkaar
Arrest of Tahmineh Milani
From Iran
Khaaneh
takaaniye fekri
Monarchists and gay rights
By Nassim
Hint
of fear
Comparing the Taliban to feminism is really imaginative
By Amir
Keeping
accounts
... too carefully
By Zara Houshmand
What
forgiveness?
Reformists need to acknowledge their past
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
No
heroes
Democracy and democratization
By Behrouz Enayati
Aadame
aazaadeh
Being "Westoxicated" is not so bad
By Mohandes
Virtually
impossible
A rational look at stoning
By A. Shahmolki
Reduced
to genitals
Feminism's root problem
By Moji Agha
Making
light of pain
Being vicious beyond good and evil
By Amir
Old
spoils and the sea
Diplomatic history of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski
Breaking
loose
Realistic strategy for economic development
By Ray Smith
No
matter who's in power
Iran's national interests
By Hamid Zangeneh
Last
refuge
A discourse on humanism
By Hamed Vahidi
Divine
discrimination
Women & "religious" law in Israel and Iran
By Nakissa Sedaghat
Share
the blame
WTO's rejection of Iran's membership application
By Tagi Sagafi-nejad
Bonapartism
Good or bad for Iran?
By Mohandes
Ganji's
Paine
Following Paine's footsteps in the fight for democracy
By Farshid Bakhshi
End
of the beginning
Two years after the student revolt
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Slowly
but surely
Reform or revolution?
By Mehdi Amini
Cucumber
is green
We are developing a schizophrenic approach to truth
By Ali Kazemi
Badge
of honor
A nation used to being navigated is about to find it's own map
By Amirali Baniasadi
Limbs
of no body
World's indifference to the Afghan tragedy
By Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Diana
not
Serious soul-searching about our collective identity crises
By Setareh Sabety
Hengam
Island
By Guive Mirfendereski
Yes
& no
On publishing sexually explicit stories
By Sheila Shirazi and Jahanshah Javid
Az
Googoosh taa Emam Zaman
Dissecting the presidential votes
By Abdolqader Bidel Dehlavi
Engage
U.S. should reassess Iran policies
By Moji Agha
A
voice, nevertheless
Voting to say No to Khatami's opponents
By Najmeh Fakhraie
Boycott
or perish
There is bad news ahead unless we unite
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany
Canary
in a cage
Iranian cinema has become poetry with a message of liberty
By Setareh Sabety
No
man's man
Religion, gender and class in Iran's presidential race
By Roshanak Keyghobadi
Harming
whom?
Do stories about sex harm anyone?
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
Success
shmuckcess
Islamic Republic -- not Iranian -- cinema
By Parviz Sayyad
Crime
and punishment
An interview with an assassination survivor
By Fariba Amini
Cheraa
Khatami?
Why vote for Khatami?
By Farhad Behbahani
The
Ostrich Syndrome
Can't afford to hide in the sand
By Guive Mirfendereski
Where
do you start?
Taking away the gravity of true apartheid and genocide
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
First
things first
Sanctity of life and property
By Hamid Zangeneh
Article
64
Separating minorities from the rest of the nation
By Guive Mirfendereski
Proverbial
egg
Revealing natural, god-given feelings
By Shahriar Zangeneh
Break
the cycle
Raise your sons to respect and admire women
By Dokhi Fassihian
Polite
racism
... in the Canadian legal system
By Nakissa Sedaghat
Sense
of guilt
... for abandoning an ancient country
By H. Shamloo
Trade
mafia
U.S. sanctions helping corrupt businesses in Iran
By Japeh Youssefi
Camel's
neck to a dolphin's body
Disparate notes on mating, culture, etcetera
By Ataollah Togha
Imperialism
is alive
By way of a lesson for Iranian filmmakers
By Khashayar Pakravan
Romanticizing
the past
Googoosh is no feminist heroine
By Ramin Tabib
Googoosh,
the myth
Decoding a popular phenomenon
By Setareh Sabety
Great
Little Tonbs
A brief history
By Guive Mirfendereski
Somewhere
inbetween
Ancient and modern man
By Hamed Vahidi
Irreverence
for life
Whither the world?
By Majid Tehranian
Look
in the mirror
Can't ignore murderous behavior
By Bahram Rajaee
Ghost
of Khobar
Whodunit
By John Mohammadi
Good
old-fashioned sexuality
Among the "old-fashioned" one finds more openmindedness
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
Embrace
Beyond the narrow confines of Iranianism
By Yariz Kangani
No
solidarity
Iranians in the U.S.
By Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Uncivil
society
Boycotting elections teaches intolerance
By Hamid Zangeneh
What
would Terry say?
Profiling Iranian passengers in the U.S.
By Goudarz Eghtedari
Dr.
Butcher
Avoid cesarean operations
By Sheila K.
April 26, 2001
Diverse
ownership, diverse media
You own it, you control it
By Majid Tehranian
Passion
& tolerance
We must elevate to the higher plains of tolerance in political
debates
By Behrouz Enayati
April 18, 2001
Organized
corruption
Why the Iranian economy is almost beyond repair
Fereydoun Hoveyda
April 12, 2001
Bully
in the china shop
Severe case of American amnesia
By Guive Mirfendereski
April 9, 2001
Repeating
mistakes
Britain, Iran & the 1919 Treaty
By A. R. Begli Beigie
March 27, 2001
Persian
Judaism
One God, One Torah, and One Persian Jewish community
By Houman Kashani and Arash Lalezary
March 23, 2001
Joghraafiyaa-ye
Noruz
History of Noruz & immigrants
By Esmail Nooriala
March 21, 2001
Don't
run
Khatami should throw in the towel
By Hamid Zangeneh
March 21, 2001
Persianism
Modernization through reforming the Persian language
By Kamran Talatoff
March 19, 2001
Shah
or president?
We should reject hereditary systems of government
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
March 14, 2001
Equal
but undivided?
The Russian-Iranian gambit in the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski
March 12, 2001
Zanaan-e
bozorg-e sarzamin-e man
Women's Day & women in Iran
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
March 6, 2001
Polittical
revolution
Interview with a student activist
By Fariba Amini
March 6, 2001
Here
& there
What if Ebrahim Nabavi was born in Detroit and Eminem in Tehran?
By Ramin Tabib
March 1, 2001
Reason
& revelation
Reason defines truth, justice, public interest, and humanity
By Abdolkarim Soroush
February 27, 2001
Petition
by one
Write to your representative
By Guive Mirfendereski
Bring
back Persia
It is not just about a name
By G. Motamedi
Punch
When all else fails
By Setareh Sabety
February 15, 2001
Ten
commandments
For dialogue & conflict resolution
By Majid Tehranian
February 15, 2001
Doesn't
work
Totalitarianism will fail as it has elsewhere
By Hamid Zangeneh
February 1, 2001
Happy
anniversary
The revolution that went terribly wrong
Editorial
February 12, 2001
Meow
In defense of the Persian Watch Cat
By Nazila Ghazi-Mahdavi
February 13, 2001
It's
official
PWC's reply to Guive Mirfendereski
February 8, 2001
Persian
Watch Dog
In defense of Persian Watch Cat
February 7, 2001
Can't
we get along?
News from Iran is not encouraging, but...
By Babak Yektafar
February 6, 2001
Thy
father's sins
The Shah did not make just a few mistakes
By Fariba Amini
February 6, 2001
Power
of one
The PWC will be stronger without me
By Guive Mirfendereski
February 1, 2001
Pacific
Islam
Pragmatic and human reasons for respecting religious values
By Majid Tehranian
January 31, 2001
What
future
... for Iran?
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
January 30, 2001
Etehaa-maat
Kayhan
Reply to accusations
By Majid Tehranian
January30, 2001
Minority
rule
Shiism has a problem with majority rule
By Sohrab Mahdavi
January 30, 2001
Our
demands
We'll give Mr. Pahlavi a chance, if...
By Kobra Khanom
January 29, 2001
Citizen
Pahlavi
Holding on to the monarchy will not do him any good
Editorial
January 25, 2001
Democratic
republic or...
Reza Pahlavi says it's up to the people
Audio excerpts
January 25, 2001
Rah-e
sevom
Open letter
By Majid Tehranian
January23, 2001
Export
strategy
Analyzing the structural framework of Iran's exports
Masoud Kavoossi
January 22, 2001
What
rule of law?
Editorial
January 18, 2001
Face
in the mirror
Plight of Iranians in American Airports
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 18, 2001
There's
something about Mary
Still not admitting that the U.S. embassy takeover was a mistake
By Babak Yektafar
January 17, 2001
Denialism
Not the right strategy
By Cyrus Samii
January 17, 2001
Adab
az keh aamookhti?
U.S. elections
By Mohandes
January 12, 2001
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