Opinion 2003
DECEMBER
RESPONSIBILITY
Prepared
disaster
Call for a commission of inquiry
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
COPY
RIGHT
Precedent
set
Case on Iranian intellectual property in US
By Ali Kamarei, Esq.
MEDIA
For
crying out loud
North American news coverage of earthquake in Iran
By Mitra Sadrameli
ELECTIONS
Adam-e
sherkat dar entekhaabaat
Not voting in the upcoming Majlis elections
By Niloofar Beyzaie
NUMBER
Seven
No
other number seems to have a stronger presence in our lives
By Babak Khiavchi
POINT
Walking
on Arab Street
Highly improbable that an entire race should be deprived
of the minimal common sense
By Alidad Vassigh
IRAQ
Victor's
justice
Case for US trial for Saddam Hussein
By Guive Mirfendereski
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon: Part
7
By Sina Rahmani
COVER
The
good lie
It's up to you whether Santa really exists
By Niki Tehranchi
OPINION
Tale
of two counter-elites
In their anti-modernist stance ruling elites in Iran and
the US are unapologetic about their return to the language and
politics of fundamentalist religion
By Ahmad Sadri
COVER
The
longing
Open letter
By Parastou Forouhar
GENDER
WARS
Great
year
For Iranian women. And Iranian men are plain jealous.
By Siamack Baniameri
OPINION
Mommie
dearest
The pope beatified Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist,
and a fraud
By Hosein DeVilt
OPINION
Paayaan-e
dictaatori
The fall of Saddam Hossein
By Amir Azar
OPINION
Spare
a thought for us -- first
Ebadi's wasted opportunity?
By Ardavan Bahrami
RIGHTS
Restless
limbs
Shirin Ebadi's Nobel speech
IDEA
Plant
a tree on Noruz
Help the environment and learn to cooperate
By John Mohammadi
IDENTITY
Simply
human nature
Would anybody want to hire us if we were all going to be
known only as terrorists?
By Cas Anvar
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
EDUCATION
Certificate
chasers
What matters is not learning, but the degree
By Syma Sayyah
ETHNIC
The
problem with the Kurds
They are trusting to their own ruin
By Pedram Moallemian
OPINION
Ripe
for reinterpretation
From Ebadi's various remarks it is clear that progressive
Islam protects human rights but also advocates a secular approach
with regards to political institutions
By Nema Milaninia
REPLY
Weight
of history
... would seem to reflect that any good from Qajar rule
was in spite of them, not because of them
By James M. Nugent
MEDIA
Garden
variety
An Iranian teaches an American a lesson about journalism.
The film skips the Iranian part
By Kambiz Foroohar
IRAN-U.S.
Signs
of life
Recollections from an autumn on the road
By Guive Mirfendereski
OPINION
It
would be a sad day
On the Islamic Republic's desire to join the Arab League
By A. Shahmolki
INHUMANITY
The
hanging judge is dead
After taking so many innocent lives, the grim reaper visits
Khalkhali
By Iran Watcher
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