The Iranian Features
March 12-16, 2001 / Esfand 22-26, 1379
Today
* Noruz:
Something to smile about
* Art:
Lalehzar lives
* Food:
Persian cooking
Recent
* Noruz:
New old tradition
* Art:
Motion
* Poetry:
Culture complex
* Politics:
Shah or president
* Monarchy:
Hadji Baba
* Poetry:
Boro
* Spring:
Rooz-haaye aakhar-e saal
* Romance:
The hell with romance
* Cover
story: America, welcome
* Foreign
policy: Equal but undivided?
* Heritage:
Everything
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Friday
March 16, 2001
Noruz
Something to smile about
Yes, thank God for Noruz
By Najmeh Fakhraie
March 16, 2001
The Iranian
It's near. You can tell by just walking in the street, or looking up
at the sky. You can feel it without even catching a glimpse.
Memories of Noruz past wash over me like a wave, and how amazing it
is that I remember all of them, from the time my brain first started holding
on to the most precious of times. Even the name sounds pretty >>>
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Art
Lalehzar lives
Cartoons
By Mahmoud M.
Updated March 16, 2001
The Iranian
Can't help becoming more and more impressed with Mahmoud M's cartoon.
They are so light and playful and funny. Here are his latest >>>
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Food
Persian cooking
Recipes
March 16 2001
The Iranian
This week's recipe >>>
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Thursday
March 15, 2001
Noruz
New old tradition
A taste of Chaarshanbeh Suri in California
By Yasaman J
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
I have wonderful childhood memories of Chaarshanbeh Suri. So I decided
to give a taste of it to my son Roshan here in California, far away from
Iran.
After some thinking and planning I invited a few of his little friends
and their parents. We started the evening by coloring hard-boiled eggs.
Easter being around the corner, it was not too hard finding the coloring
kits >>>
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Art
Motions
Drawings by Mina Ghaziani
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
Mina Ghaziani received her M.A. in art from Tehran University in 1996.
She also taught drawing and elements of design at Azad University for five
years. She has held numerous individual and group exhibits in Iran and
the U.S. >>>
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Poetry
Culture complex
By Yasmin Assemi
March 15, 2001
The Iranian
There's a face peering out of the mirror at me
A face that shifts with the changing tides
One that can assemble
Adapt
Our kind belong in 2 worlds
One Iranian
One "farangi"
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Wednesday
March 14, 2001
Politics
Shah or president?
We should reject hereditary systems of government
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
March 14, 2001
The Iranian
Reading the articles and letters in favor or against the restoration
of the monarchy in Iran, it seems many Iranians abroad are still flabbergasted
by what happened in 1979. A quarter of a century after the ascent of Ayatollah
Khomeini and his totalitarian theocracy, expatriates still air anti-shah
rhetoric or feel nostalgia for a father-king. Yet recent history in Iran
(and elsewhere) teaches us that there's more to a government than its appearance
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Monarchy
Royal openings
Join the court of Asghar Shah
By Asghar Agha
March 14, 2001
The Iranian
As part of the activites of Our newly formed Empire of Eye-Ran, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan, maa eraadeh kardeem and We are sending out the following
farmaan to all of our subjects.
We have the following job openings. Forward your resume and we shall
mansoob you, should you be deemed worthy of service to Us. (Remember: khodaa,
shaah, mihan - so We are next in line to khodaa.) >>>
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Poetry
By Mahdiyeh Javid
March 14, 2001
The Iranian
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Tuesday
March 13, 2001
Spring
By Sadaf Kiani Abbassian
March 13, 2001
The Iranian
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Romance
The hell with romance
Persian men can't even spell "romantic"
By Siamack Baniameri
March 13, 2001
The Iranian
Reflecting on my detestable Valentine's Day a few weeks ago, it occurred
to me -- I hate Valentine's Day. I don't know the first thing about being
romantic. I'm a Persian man after all. Persian men can't even spell "romantic".
I mean, come on. Who are you kidding? Be a man and admit it. Acting romantic
is not included in our Persian package. The romantic section of our brain
has been held hostage by our sex drive. The hell with romance. Let's just
get it on. The way we real Persian men see it, romance is for sissies.
We skip the appetizer and go straight to the main dish >>>
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Monday
March 12, 2001
Cover story
America, welcome
Convinced that most Iranians actually like Americans
Written and photographed by Ron Wurzer
March 12, 2001
The Iranian
I had been at a small party in north Tehran of twentysomething-year-old
Iranians. North Tehran is the upscale, more modern part of the capital.
It boasts a Nike store, internet cafes, well-stocked computer stores, and
a fast-food restaurant called Boof that sells good fried chicken and pizza.
The partygoers were college-educated. The young women immediately took
off their headscarves and manteaus, or cloaks, when they walked through
the door. As the heavy-metal music of Metallica blared on the stereo, the
group began passing around marijuana cigarettes >>>
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Foreign Policy
Equal but undivided?
The Russian-Iranian gambit in the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski
March 12, 2001
The Iranian
President Khatami's visit to Moscow is taking place sooner than expected.
The quick trip north is at any rate an apt metaphor for the urgent need
to resolve the simmering Caspian situation -- before environmental degredation,
decline of fisheries, risks associated with offshore petroleum development,
and potential for regional conflicts reach boiling point >>>
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Heritage
Everything
Encyclopaedia Iranica is the ultimate source on all things
Iranian
By Davood N. Rahni
March 12, 2001
The Iranian
Have you ever encountered a scenario when you were asked to provide
a detailed explanation of a historical incident, certain artifacts, a musical
piece, or a scientific breakthrough pertaining to Iran, yet didn't have
the comprehensive verified reference compendium to develop your specific
convincing response? Well, you would be thrilled to realize that there
is no more confusion as Encyclopaedia Irancia is resolving this dilemma
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