The Iranian Features
Jan 16-19, 2001 / Dey 26-30, 1379
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* Love:
Marrying me
* Meaning:
Falling in love again
* Concert:
Best concert
* Book: His red-robed highness
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* Editorial:
What rule of law?
* Organization:
Power of one
* Poetry:
Pish az ferdos
* Book:
His red-robed highness
* Men:
The clear mirror
* Iran-U.S.:
There's something...
* Iran-U.S.:
Denialism
* Book: His red-robed highness
* Cover
story: Still elegance
* Identity:
Hell no
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Friday
Januray 19, 2001
Love
Marrying me
My Indian wife loves noon barbari & Googoosh
By Me
January 19, 2001
The Iranian
My wife Varinder is Indian from a large Punjabi Sikh extended household.
She should have been a Bollywood actress she tells me. Not married to a
105kg shorty who has no dress sense and can't Salsa dance.
Still, marrying me has had its advantages. She has come to love Iranian
tea from a samavar, noon barbari and vegetarian khoresht-e- bademjoon
which my mum used to cook for her when she lived with us. She enjoyed
listening to my mum's Googoosh, Heideh and Mahasti CD's. She even wants
us to go on holiday to Iran next year. This is a far cry from when we first
met >>>
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Meaning
Falling in love again
Thoughts after Googoosh's concert in London
By Cyrus Kadivar
January 19, 2001
The Iranian
One day someone opened the cage and the nightingale flew towards us
to win our love and her voice. One January evening, Googoosh, deep in the
throes of stage fright, brought thousands of exiles to their feet, many
crying, with a voice that proved both defiant and undiminished by time.
"In the name of Iran and Iranians... As long as I have you, I am always
in love." >>>
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By Mohandes
January 12, 2001
The Iranian
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Concert
Best concert
Googoosh in Las Vegas was unforgettable
By Nazanine Ram
January 19, 2001
The Iranian
I went to the hotel, checked in and called my cousin, who was in Las
Vegas with her family and our grandmother. She had to come down and get
me, since I couldn't go up to the VIP floor, where they were staying. On
the way up she asked me: Guess who is staying in the adjoining suite? Googoosh!
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Elections and the danger of patriarchy's return>>>
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Thursday
January 18, 2001
Editorial
What rule of law?
The one that only benefits conservatives
January 18, 2001
The Iranian
Mohammad Khatami's election as president nearly three years ago raised
a lot of hope. For the first time a leading cleric promised reforms that
would emphasize the democratic aspects of the 1979 revolution rather than
its religious ones. Khatami also made "rule of law" his main
campaign slogan.
But Saturday's stiff prison sentences against reformist journalists
and intellectuals made it abundantly clear -- again -- that the rule of
law has only benefited the ruling conservartives >>>
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Organization
Face in the mirror
Plight of Iranians in American Airports
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 18, 2001
The Iranian
When I question something that rubs me the wrong way, I first look at
the face in the mirror before projecting blame onto the image in the window.
In that spirit, I offered a personal reflection about the search-and-fingerprint
policies that the American government conducts with respect to Iranian
travellers ["Complain
to the Iranian government"]. I offered simply the suggestion that
the people aggrieved by these regulations should also complain to the Iranian
government. Wow! Little did I know the revolutionary nature of this idea!
An avalanche of gibberish and vituperation, Iranian style, soon followed
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Poetry
By Mahdiyeh Javid
January 18, 2001
The Iranian
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Inviting Rafsanjani to a debate: The murder case of F.F.>>>
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Wednesday
January 17, 2001
Men
Moslem gigolo
God has made us who we are
By Siamack Baniameri
January 17, 2001
The Iranian
Khalid is what you call a he-whore. He is a woman-chasing machine who
swings his bat at any female specie that comes his way without reservation
or discrimination. Born to a wealthy Arab family with ties to royalties,
Khalid roams around the globe -- contributing his sperm to human gene pool
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Iran-U.S.
There's something about Mary
Still not admitting that the U.S. embassy takeover was a
mistake
By Babak Yektafar
January 17, 2001
The Iranian
Mary has spoken, and what she had to say was nothing new, but given
the current political climate of the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is damaging
to her ally president Khatami and her nation >>>
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Iran-U.S.
Denialism
Not the right strategy
By Cyrus Samii
January 17, 2001
The Iranian
The debate over U.S.-Iranian rapprochement is on a floor as thin as
ice. The issue of rapprochement has reached a critical level so as to allow
little room for "in-between" postitions other than "for
immediate rapprochement" or "against immediate rapprochement"
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Hashemi Rafsanjani & democracy >>>
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Tuesday
January 16, 2001
Cover story
Still elegance
Life from a different camera angle
Photos by Mohammad Tehrani
January 16, 2001
The Iranian
Tehrani's photos make us look at life from a different angle and maybe
see things we would normally overlook. We see flowers and nature scenes
all the time. But just look at Tehrani's plants. They are so much more
elegant, peaceful ... and silent >>>
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Identity
Hell no
I see young Iranians gradually loosing their identity
By Babak Nikain
January 16, 2001
The Iranian
Every year that passes I lose more and more patience. I hear how Iran
calls for me and I can no longer stand out, to listen but not respond.
I would give every thing I have to be able to go back. I want to walk in
the streets, as long as it is in IRAN. I want to be in IRAN and see the
sun rise and set. I want to walk in the forests in IRAN. I want to wake
up and hear Farsi. I want to feel the SUN burning my face in IRAN. No other
place is good enough. AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU SHARE MY DREAM. I CAN
FEEL YOUR PAIN >>>
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
The weakness of the moderation theory: A look at the moderation of his
red-robed highness >>>
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Monday
January 15, 2001
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