Opinion 2004
FEBRUARY
MAJLIS
Selection -- not
election
The list of election irregularities was considerable
By Borzou Daragahi
COMEDIAN
A
different image
I thought it was time to present a different image of
the Muslim woman
Interview with Tissa Hami
OPINION
Religion
and terror
Religious terrorism presents a multitude of new problems
that secular/political terrorism didn't
By Ali Ardeshir Jowza
WOMEN
Robbed
of simple pleasures
Women's rights in Iran
By Ghazoll Motlagh
WORLD
STAGE
Oscar
performance
Imagine if Aghdashloo wins the Academy Award
By The Cousin
OPINION
Armed
with democracy
A weapon America has no defense against
By Jerry Quill
OBSERVER
Small
increments
Although change is taking place, the nature of it is
quite different
By Bijan Moshiri
OPINION
Vassalam, amen,
gesundheit
Some still refuse to realize that God is dead
By Amir
DEMOCRACY
Winning
by losing
The goal is implementing the values that are the substance
of a democratic society
By Abdul Aziz Said
OPINION
Irrational
fear
Whatever Israel's questionable practices against the
Palestinians, Israel has never threatened Iran's territorial sovereignty
By H. M. Jalili
COVER
The
no vote
I have never witnessed such utter disdain for voting
By Shahla Azizi
OPINION
Talking
English
Can we really blame the people of the world if they're
a little disgusted at the large gap between US practice and slogans
when it comes to democracy and rule of law?
By John Mohammadi
LIFE
My
uncle's declaration
I hoped there wouldn't be a time when outside forces would
be trying to get me to choose between being American and being Iranian
By Siamak Vossoughi
DIASPORA
Unfortunate
son of revolution
If you are living in a free country now, you should pray god
and thanks him
By Sina unedited
OBSERVATION
What
is with these people?
Voting or not voting isn't going to matter at all
By Shahriar Zahedi
POINT
Liberty
fries
Democracies mean business
By Alidad Vassigh
OPINION
Road
to recovery
The challenges for Iran
By David Ramezani
HEJAB
Reverse
extremism
France, it seems, has adopted an opposite extreme of intolerance
to that enforced by the mullahs in Iran
By Peyvand Khorsandi
US
ELECTIONS
Why
Kerry?
An
alternative
to another
four years
of Bush
By
Sam Ghandchi
COMMENTS
Dear
editor salam
Collected emails
By Hamid Boroumand
OPINION
A
mystery unravelled
What is it that keeps the IRI in place?
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
FREEDOM
Nakhosteen
bahaar-e azaadi
First spring of freedom
By Ahmad Kasravi
DIASPORA
Acting
Victorian
When I translate 200-year-old English traditions into Persian,
the strangeness disappears
By Mahin Bahrami
DIASPORA
Leveling
the playing field
What do Koreans, Pakistanis, and Tongans have that Iranians don't?
By Afshin Abedi
IDENTITY
Being
born again
Accepting, reclaiming my Iranian identity
By Nema Milaninia
REVOLUTION
The
Iranian Revolution
An oral history with then US State Department desk officer
Henry Precht
OPINION
Mind
over shoes
A new pair of shoes or new mind set?
By Sanaz Fotouhi
DIASPORA
Divided
we stand
Individual success but group failure?
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
ISLAM
A
funeral and a wedding
Hijab in France: Battle for Islamic political uniform
By Saeed Keramat
REPLY
False
phobia
Confusing 'Islamophobia' with racism
By Maryam Namazie
IRAN-US
Conspicuous
absence
America and Iran desperately in need of Lincolns and Mossadeghs
By Majid Tehranian
REVOLUTION
25
saal baa jomhooriye eslaami
25 years after the revolution
By Amir Azar
RESPONSIBILITY
The
slogan of the people
The time has come for change
By Niloofar Nafici
REVOLUTION
A
new spring of freedom?
25th anniversary of the revolution
By Fariba Amini
RIGHTS
Undue
process
Report: Iranian nationals arbitrarily detained and mistreated
in US
WORLD
ORDER
Jahaan-e
tak qotbi yaa
chand qotbi
A uni-polar
or multi-polar
world? And where
does Iran stand?
By
Ramin Kamran
IRAN
Deafening
silence
No matter how much I expand and contract with thoughts,
ideas, and prayers, I am the mermaid without a voice
By Shabnam
LIFE
Jaan-e
shirin
If you really wanna get on God's good side, how about
helping a needy family?
By Deev
IRAN
Live
free or flee
That's our Iranian slogan
By M. Shahbodaghi
SECRETS
Crying
over spilt milk
After the deluge over selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets
to Iran
By Ali Ashraf Khan
DECENCY
Of
breasts and bombs
Talk about "indecent"
By Reza Mazaheri
MEDIA
Bring
Back Conspiracy (BBC)
Questions of independence, intent and accuracy
By Mina Pejman
HEJAB
Hatred
for all things Islamic
Socialism in bed with capitalism
By Peyvand Khorsandi
HEJAB
Faraanseh
va hejaab
French ban on head scarves and Iran's reaction
By Amir Azar
IRAQ
Ayatollah
Theodore
Giant Shia stick above Paul Bremer's head
By Sharif N Mafi
COVER
On
deaf ears
Mohsen Mirdamadi reads resignation letter on behalf
of refornist MPs
OPINION
From
Islamic Republic to Iranian Caliphate
In effect the right wing is appointing a consultative Shura
in place of an elected parliament
By Ahmad Sadri
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