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Opinion 2005
MARCH
ANTHEM
Rethinking "Ey
Iran"
This terrible song is for silly royalists, whining Mossadeghists,
sheepish ex-Hezbollahis, and clueless leftists, both inside and outside
Iran
Hushang Shahabi-Sirjani
HOMOSEXUALITY
Ding
dong! Ding dong!
Think about it: Which countries tolerate homosexuals, which want
to kill them?
Dario Margeli
ELECTIONS
Tahrim-e
entekhaabaat kaafee neest
Boycotting presidential elections not enough
Hossein Bagher Zadeh
HOLIDAYS
Dar
setaayesh-e betaalat
Holiday culture in Iran
Mohammad Ghaed
LIFE
Dar
setaayesheh shaadee
In praise of happiness
Massoud Noghrekar
ROYAL
Crown
jewel
What we are offered in the memory of our fragile Princess, is a lesson
in love
Reza Bayegan
U.N.
The
piano and the stool
How to reform the United Nations
Fereydoun Hoveyda
WAR
Making
little girls cry
Scars of divorce vs. scars of war
Hamid Bakhsheshi
IRAN-US
Sooner
or later
We have to deal with Iran
Shahriar Afshar
GOD
Undying
faith
Money helps... but faith is the key to happiness
Sami Nilli
AMERICA
What
can Goli Ameri do?
New US human rights rep can raise awareness against IRI's growing pressure
on dissidents
Goudarz Eghtedari
CELEBS
Simply
jealous
Our national psychological disorder
Taraneh Izadi
IRANIANS
Tomorrows
of togetherness
Who am I in relation to Iran and Islam in the new millennium?
Natalie Esfandiari
OPINION
Thanks
to Tankman
The seed of the present mushrooming of successful civilian revolutions
Iqbal Latif
HOMOSEXUALITY
Canada
is not Eden
Say "OK, fine" to gay marriage
Maziar Shirazi
POLITICS
Frankly,
here's the problem
Issues facing Iranian candidates for upcoming presidential elections
Amir Nasiri
POLITICS
Foulad
man
His mission is to educate Iranians about their history and more importantly
their religion, Islam
Pesare Gol
GAYS
Say
no to same-sex marriage
No matter what the case, marriage has been and always will remain a religious
sanction
Cid Davoodi & Jordan Cross
REPORTER
Should
I even be here?
What draws me back to Baghdad again and again
Borzou Daragahi
LIFE
Blair,
death and Dignity
Who, one wonders, is really in the business of death?
Peyvand Khorsandi
WRITING
Critique
versus criticism
A writer’s response
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
POLITICS
Yazdi
va Karbala
Still insisting on mixing politics & religion
Hassan Behgar
CULTURE
Barkhord-e
khordeh farhang-haa
Clash of subcultures in revelry and in mourning
Mohammad Ghaed
IDEAS
The
intangibles
For democracy to take root, we need a renaissance within the Iranian
psyche
Mahin Bahrami
RELIGION
Happy
medium
Listen up boys and girls: We are now at a day and age when religion is
more or less a personal choice
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
OPINION
Who's
to stop them?
Vigilance of democrats against shades of theocracy is the only protection
against the erosion of secularism
Ahmad Sadri
MIDDLE EAST
Wider
goal
On the U.S. threats against Iran
Interview with the leader of Worker-Communist Party of Iran
TASOOA-ASHOORA
Your
loss
Doest it really matter what a Westerner would
say about our culture?
Sanaz Fotouhi
FILM
To
see or not to see
A parental dilemma on Bahman Ghobadi's "Turtle
Can Fly"
Kamal H. Artin
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