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Opinion 2004
JUNE
POLITICS
Start
with two pounds of voting
Recipe for political influence
By Abtin Assadi
RELIGION
Two
thumbs down
Islam and human rights
By Maryam Namazie
LIFE
The
Peacemonger
Short story
By Siamak Vossoughi
MEDIA
Plastic
advice
Medical talk shows on Iranian satellite TV
By Pesare Gol
NUCLEAR
This
is my fate they are talking about
Nuclear weapons and the Iranian people
By Hossein Derakhshan
FILM
Republicans
must see
Fahrenheit 9/11 may open the eyes of Bush supporters in the
Iranian-American community
By Maziar Shirazi
FILM
Nostalgia
and something less cheery
Michael Moore's fabulously effective piece of propaganda
By Sam Fayyaz
POLITICS
Is
this our year?
Iranian-American Activism takes hold in San Francisco
By Behrouz Bahmani
POINT
Fermez
la bouche
What have the French done to spread democracy, anywhere?
By Alidad Vassigh
BRITS
Rightly
arrested
At least detained British soldiers in Iran weren't wearing
orange suits and chains
By Peyvand Khorsandi
OPINION
Khaanom-e
Ebadi bass ast!
Ms Ebadi, enough!
By Sayeh Saeedi Sirjani
DIASPORA
From
immigration to discrimination
An American story
By Jim S
IDENTITY
Do
we believe in Him?
Letter to the people of my country
By Farhad Amir
CAMPAIGN
Aman
for president
Seven-year-old Aman Ardalan wants to be the next president of Iran
MIDDLE
EAST
After
June
30th
What to do with the IRI
By Shahriar Zangeneh
PEACE
Alami
degar bebaayad saakht vaz no aadami
Ending world tour in front of Evin Prison in autumn
By Hasan Alizadeh and Amir Ahmadi
SECURITY
Airport
insecurity
My wife got a knife through security -- twice
By Sankara Saranam
WOMEN
Homework
Can Muslim governments help women prosper economically?
By Fatima Farideh Nejat
PAKISTAN
Burning
Karachi
It is a pity that in Pakistan no body rules
By Ali Ashraf Khan
ENVIRONMENT
How's
the weather?
Questions about food and the environment
By Ramin Takloo-Bighash
RIGHTS
The
Mohammadis
Prisoners of conscience
By Reza M.
COVER
Alive
in Kabul
I have experienced here a feeling that is not as common
these days as I'd like, and it is hope
By Roozbeh Shirazi
DEMOCRACY
Democrasihaa
chegooneh barjaa meemaanand?
How do democracies survive?
By Ramin Kamran
MIDDLE
EAST
Dignity
a
priority
Kurdish national identity
By Kamal H. Artin
PROFILING
United
States of Klingons
My personal integrity would not allow me to sheepishly submit
to the newly installed Big Brother screening procedure at the American
customs depot
By Mahin Bahrami
DEMOCRACY
Two
sides of the same coin
Ethnic cleansing and dictatorship vs. pluralism and democracy: A Critique of
ethnic policies of Pahlavi and Islamic fundamentalist regimes
By Masoud Kazemzadeh
AMERICA
Worse
than Blacks
Conversation with my younger cousin in Iran
By Ahmagh Khan
MIDEAST
Turning
the tide
The solution is to embrace those who are passionate about change at the core
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
AMERICA
Marhoom
Reagan
Having lunch and listening to Reagan's funeral on the radio
By Farhad Radmehrian
PERSIAN
GULF
Mind
your
own
business
EU interference in the issue of Persian Gulf islands
By Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
US
ELECTIONS
20/20
One vote makes a difference
By Babak Morvarid
MEDIA
True
lies
The powerful impact of the media in stereotyping Iranians
By Bita
MIDDLE
EAST
Iran-Iraq
friendship
pact
The
only
way
to
secure
a
peaceful
and
thriving
region
By
Sharif
N
Mafi
HUMAN
Starry
night
I realized I am responsible, not just the governments
By Yassaman Farmani unedited
LANGUAGE
The
more things change
We can't stop the penetration of non-Persian words or their contamination
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
INTELLECTUAL
Passionate,
genuine & deeply flawed
Thoughts on philosopher Ahmad Fardid
By Mahmoud Sadri
THEOCRACY
Ramz-e
baghaaye hokoomat-e dini
Theocracy's survival is not a big mystery
By Niloufar Beyzaie
IRAN-U.S.
Watch
out for Iranicons
They believe democracy is something that can cooked
faster in a microwave
By Roozbeh Shirazi
MEMORIAL
Let's
dream
Abu Ghraib and Evin prisons are never destroyed
By Amir Ali Fassihi
PROTEST
Wear
red on fridays
In opposition to Bush policies
By Jason Jazayeri
LIFE
Blessed
curses
Dichotomies of change among Iranians
By Farid Parsa
TORTURE
Shah
or sheikh
Savages do the same job irrespective of who's in power
By Parkhash
OBSERVER
The
petite giant
I was taken aback by Ebadi's strength of words
By Meysa Maleki
OPINION
Voting
on merit
Where Goli Ameri was born is inconsequential
By Jim S.
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