Thursday
July 1, 1999
America
After all, I am Iranian
Do not let us forget who we are
By Shima Jalalipour
July 1, 1999
The Iranian
To be an Iranian teenager in America is undoubtedly difficult. There
are so many temptations and pressures. We must preserve our culture, but
adjust ourselves to our surroundings. We are expected to achieve great
feats, while remaining simple and down-to-earth. To our parents we a reflection
of them. We strive to belong; we want to be acepted by our friends, and
hope our parents would accept them ...
Today's Iranian teenagers do not deny their culture, they just want
to belong. Parents need to enrich their children's lives, but they also
need to trust them. We are not growing up under the same circumstances
as you did. Let us go out with friends and try new things. Let us wear
our designer clothes and blast our music. But please, please do not let
us forget who we are, and the great country we come from ... GO
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Wednesday
June 30, 1999
Sports
On the ball
Comparing the Iranian and U.S. soccer teams
By Amir Aras
June 30, 1999
The Iranian
Will the U.S., currently ranked 24th, continue its path to success and
become one of the top 10 teams in the world? After completing three successful
professional soccer seasons and attracting foreign players and, more importantly,
sponsors, the U.S. is making all the right moves to get to the top. Soccer
is now the most popular sport among American kids. It's only a matter of
time...
Now my question is, will MY team, the Iranian national team, find a
steady path to success even in Asia? Like most of you, I love our team.
But watching a few players who want to save their legs for foreign clubs
does not give much pleasure anymore. And what about the team's managers?
Do they know what they are doing? ... GO TO FEATURE
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Tuesday
June 29, 1999
Opinion
Not about Khatami
All about the younger citizens who are prepared to take a
stand
By Mehrdad Emadi-Moghadam
June 29, 1999
The Iranian
I think as Iranians, we owe this to ourselves to raise the profile of
what is happening in Iran. We do not need to be in agreement with President
Khatami and his government. This is not about him! The appeal is on behalf
of many Iranians who during my nine days in Iran kept asking me, "Why
is it that nobody in the West takes our struggle seriously and help us?"
Help for them did not mean sending troops. Or intervening in their struggle
against the so-called conservatives. I think it was more like why there
is so little said about what we have achieved and trying to?
I believe that Iran today is similar to Spain in the last few years
of Franco and Greece under the colonels. The outcome is not certain but
there are many encouraging signs that after all these years, we may earn
the right to live in a democratic society ... GO TO FEATURE
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Monday
June 28, 1999
Cover story
Khiyaar chambar
Persian words in the English language
By Mansoureh Haqshenas & Koorosh Bayat
June 28, 1999
The Iranian
- What are you scribbling?
- Nothing...
- Nothing? It's the third time you've written down something on that notepad
in the past 20 minutes. What's so interesting about Star Trek?
- Nothing, really.
- ...
- (Starts taking down notes again.)
- May I see that notepad for a second? I'm really curious. |
- I'm just writing down words with Persian roots commonly used in English.
This guy at work challenged me to find 100 words.
- Fascinating... So how many 2have you got so far?
- About fifty.
- Like what?
- Algebra...
- Aziz I think that's Arabic ... GO TO FEATURE
