Opinion 2004
MAY
OPINION
Hopeful
but skeptical
The question remains, Ms. Ebadi: whose progress and whose
ship?
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
OPINION
Impossible
promises
IAPAC is creating false hopes and making impossible promises
By Ladan Afrasiabi
OPINION
Root
of democracy
What Ebadi was getting at
By Mitra Yousefi
OPINION
Arnold
is good for us
Engagement in American politics
By Abtin Assadi
OPINION
US
elections and us
Questioning our standing in American civic space
By Goudarz Eghtedari
AMERICA
Our
darkest days
... are here
By Andy Rooney
RIGHTS
They
wrote the book
America has been exporting torture methods for a long time
By Fariba Amini
OPINION
The
wrong way
Twisting the truth about Ebadi's speech in Maryland
By Ramin Takloo-Bighash
DEMOCRACY
Our
only hope
Photo essay: Shirin Ebadi calls for democracy
By Jahanshah Javid
OPINION
The
kakistocracy
Government by the most unprincipled citizens
By Shahriar Zangeneh
OPINION
No
belle
Ebadi's slogans are nice. But that's not enough
By Mohsen M.
WELCOME
Married
to LA
Nobel Laureate treated like a bride by L.A. Iranian community
By Bahar Mirhosseini
OPINION
The
new voice of the Islamic Republic
That is Shirin Ebadi
By Ali Ardeshir Jowza
OBSERVATIONS
Click
here for democracy
Shirin Ebadi speaks in Los Angeles
By Mohammad Ala
POINT
Equally
appalling
Abu Ghraibs in Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria,
Yemen, Cuba, or North Korea, Zimbabwe, China, Russia... you get the
picture
By Alidad Vassigh
OPINION
Apocalypse
tomorrow
Beware the self-fulfilling prophesies of millenarians
By Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri
ABUSE
Messing
up Iraq
There is a culture in the U.S. administration that promotes collective
humiliation
By Shahla Azizi
IRAN-U.S.
Hollow
modernity
Obsession with the Great American Culture Project is not
a sign of advanced democratic consciousness
By Roozbeh Shirazi
UNITY
We
will!
It is so much easier, and far more enjoyable, to be
a team
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
FARAH
Lesson
in generosity
Reflections on Farah Pahlavi’s memoirs
By Reza Bayegan
IRAQ
Please
accept our sincere denials
A sociology of Abu Ghraib
By Ahmad Sadri
IDEAS
Swan
song
The many reformations of Iranian Islam
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
SERIOUS
A
to D
Classification of Iranians in the U.S.
By Dr. MD_PhD
COLONIALISM
When
they invade Iran
Maybe then you'll care
By Lawrence Reza Ershaghi
COMPARISON
From
Bam to Lisbon
Earthquake: Misfortune, insjustice, or the will of God?
By Mansour Farhang
IDENTITY
I'm
from Purrrsia
We cannot control how people want to call us
By Mohsen
IDENTITY
Playing
footsie with facts
For one thing, all things inside Iran are NOT Persian
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
ACTIVISM
Change
requires action
Are you willing to die for your country?
By Tina
IRAN-U.S.
That
arrogant reporter
Response to "Those friendly Iranians" in the New
York Times
By Roozbeh Shirazi
IDENTITY
Persian
vs. Iranian
The debate continues
By Behrouz Bahmani
RECALL
Sense & humor
Another statesman lost
By Mahmoud Ghaffari
FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
On
diplomacy
And
foreign
policy
By Ahmad Mirfendereski
OPINION
Bread & circuses
Propaganda is common and inherent in democratic systems
By John Mohammadi
IRAQ
Hypocracy
won't bring democracy
What Bush says and what soldiers do in Iraq
By Hamid Bakhsheshi
MIDDLE
EAST
When
the
oil
dries
up
Untold
billions
of
dollars
in
oil
revenues
and
not
much
to
show
for
it
By
Jerry
Quill
NATIONALISM
We're
different (and better)
Battle of superiority
By Hydar Kenani
POLITICS
Not
so far fetched
The wonderful thing about the Velvet Revolution
By Cyrus Rasti |