Opinion 2003
APRIL
COVER
Under
the arch
Good reasons for feelings of closeness between Iranians
and Iraqis
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
IRAN
Referendum
-- or else
People of Iran might seek foreign help for freedom
By Heshmat Tabarzadi
AMERICA
Where "they" end
and "we" begin
What is our role as Iranian Americans?
By Termeh Rassi
LESSON
Better
than the past
What recent history has taught Iranians
By Nikki Keddie
BOOK
Monarchy
and theocracy
The Impact of Iranian mythology on the Islamic revolution
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
ISLAM & POLITICS
Hameye
raah-haa beh Qom khatm nemeeshavd
All roads don't lead to Qom
By Ramin Kamran
RIGHTS
Monster
mistake
Job
site's move to drop Iranians raises legal and ethical questions
By Dokhi Fassihian
IMMIGRANTS
Homeland
insecurity
Today's Middle-Eastern Americans and yeterday's Japanese
Americans
By Niki Tehranchi
COMMUNICATION
Linguistic
deodorant
The language of war
By Yahya Kamalipour
IRAQ
The
culture gaff
The message that we deliver often assumes that the audience
is a knave, fool, or rascal
By Guive Mirfendereski
FREE SPEECH
Heterosexist
Haji
Not a cry for censorship, but an appeal for journalistic
responsibility
By Choob Dosargohi
SURVEY
All
of the above
Opponents of war in Iraq twice as many
IRAN
Beating
Reza about the Bush
Is Pahlavi an Ahmad Chalabi in the making?
By Kasra Ardavan
CIVILIZATION
Did
anyone care?
Looting of Baghdad Museum: America's clash WITH civilizations
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
OPINION
Morgh-e
azaa va aroosee
Screwed, either way
By B. Behboud
IRAQ
The
myth of hatred is dead
Fall of Baghdad should usher new era of common respect
of all nations
By Iqbal Latif
RUNNER
In
memory of peace
Reasons for running in the marathon
By Azin Nezami
MIDEAST
You
can relax (for a few months)
U.S. will not initiate Iraqi-style regime change in any
other country, yet
By Nader Habibi
VETERAN
Shock
and awe Iranian style
Braveness is taking one's rifle and wanting to go back
to the battlefield to defend one inch of your land
By Pesare Gol
IRANIANS
Taking
hold of our fate
Or watch someone else dictate it their own way
By Nema Milaninia
IRAN
New
dog or new tricks?
The end of Khatami era inevitably marks the end for Islamic
reformers
By Ramin Ahmadi
IRAQ
Karate
against a kid
What does it means to beat Iraq
By Daniel Patrick Welch
IRAQ
Liberated?
Please...
By Sharif N. Mafi
OPINION
Booy-e
kabaab neest
Don't expect Americans to bring democracy to Iran
By Ramin Kamran
IRAQ
Why
Americans want this war
Achilles from below and Don Quixote from above
By Ahmad Sadri
IRAQ
The
fairly obvious
U.S. may win the war but lose the peace
By Majid Tehranian
IRAQ
Dawn
of a new day
Fall of Baghdad from 1258 to 2003
By Iqbal Latif
HATE
Does
that make me an anti-Semite?
I criticize Israel. But I don't hate Jews
By Reza Mazaheri |