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Travelers 1996-2000

People of Oraman
Weathered by more than the elements
Written and photographed by Rasool Nafisi
December 18, 2000

Please come back
If I understood where she started, maybe things could change
By Kendal Sheets
November 21, 2000

Like a movie star
Special hospitality for an American in Iran
By Nicholas Lore
September 27, 2000

Hidden beauty
I want to start my day with a small glass of tea
By Minou
September 11, 2000

Paris Tehran
The capital of swelling desire
By Soma
September 7, 2000

In good hands
Yazd has a popular governor
By Amir Salehzadeh
September 5, 2000

Forget Martha's Vineyard
I'm going to Iran
By Genevieve Poucel
August 30, 2000

Poignant disorder
Iran's infinite risks and possibilities
By Gelareh Asayesh
August 22, 2000

Ahl-e Abyaneh
What of this cocoon in 20, 30 years?
By Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
July 11, 2000

Marmalade
U.N. volunteer recalls learning Farsi
By Chris Linney
April 26, 2000

Thank you
We wanted to see Iran for ourselves - and we are glad we did
By Janetta Davies
April 25, 2000

Flying doves
Childhood memories of an American in Iran
By Jim Culp
March 14, 2000

Imbaba
No wonder Egyptians loved Iranians so much
Written & photographed by Dokhi Fassihian
February 11, 2000

Taking a bow
... to the splendor of Isfahan
By Laleh Khalili
February 3, 2000

November 9, 1999
By the pale-green stone
I blinked at a portrait in a gold frame: a saluting monarch in white
By Cyrus Kadivar

November 2, 1999
True awakening
Going back to Iran was the best thing I had done in my life
By Kaveh Sartipi

September 14, 1999
A ramble from Chile
You think of one million things and nothing at all
By Rouzbeh Shirazi

May 21, 1999
My city, Isfahan
The good, the bad and the ugly
By Mohammad Ali

May 4, 1999
Turkish coffee is good. But not that good
Cheated in Istanbul, snubbed by Visa
By Majid Tehranian

March 31, 1999
From Sydney to Shahroud
Day drifting for a few seconds
By Yassaman Motaghipour

March 24, 1999
Persian on the Inca Trail
From Persepolis to Machu Picchu
By Ali Hosseini

February 24, 1999
Waking the friendly giant
Why is our tourism industry so dead?
By Khodadad Rezakhani

February 3, 1999
TU & the revolution
"The campus looked as beautiful as I remembered"
Written and photographed by Armin Alaedini

December 14, 1998
Paris heartbeats in an orange glow
She is still in glorious excess
Written and photographed by Rose Ghajar

November 13, 1998
Forget shomal
Dazzled by the surprising beauty of the desert
By Ali Parandeh

May 18, 1998
Symbols
A pictorial travel report, in Europe, with friends

May 11, 1998
Shemshak
Traveling to Tehran and heading for the mountains east of the capital

May 11, 1998
Did the impossible
Traveling to Tehran for the first time in 12 years
By Hamid Rafi

Feb 2, 1998
Babolsar Zoo
Written and photographed
By J. Javid

Dec 22, 1997
Christ and the Persian magi
Marco Polo on Persia's "Christian" fire worshippers

Dec 19, 1997
Mr. Dagger Mouth
An American is invited to watch an unusual video in Tehran
By Mark N. Katz

Oct 12, 1997
Boogalamoon
Thanksgiving in Iran
By Bruce Livingston

Oct 3, 1997
Dinner in Paris
What I remember from my visit to Paris, other than the buildings and cafes
By Iran Javid Fulton

Sept 16, 1997
Alexander's cold passage
An excursion to a gorge east of Tehran near Damavand
By Ali Parandeh

Sept 16, 1997
In spite of
Ben Bagheri's photos from a recent visit to Iran.

Sept 15, 1997
Absence: Part one -- Part two -- Part three
Home is still the now-vague-image of Iran
By Laleh Khalil

Shiraz
Taking my daughter to my second home, and Persepolis
By J. Javid

Land of rice and tea
You will never have to worry about going hungry when you visit Iran
By Susan M. Nurre

Weathering the storm
Jews in today's Iran

Seema's Fairy Tale
Going to Iran to visit relatives and Persepolis
By Shirin Bazleh

Farewell, 1978
The last party before the exodus
By Andrea Wright Alemazkoor

Luckily things were a bit different
Loved Mashhad. And thank God I was married
By Jan van Assche

Persians: Kind, hospitable, tolerant flattering cheats?
17th century traveler's often unflattering observations
By Sir John Chardin

Nasimi az doust (Persian)
Going back to Darbandsar after 17 years
By Nina Sharif

Bimehrabad
Tehran airport: Khoda nasib nakoneh
By Shabnam Tabibzadeh

At peace in the Iranian army
Unforgettable: Going back to Iran for military service
By Siamak Namazi

A hat will not do
Tourist guide: The dress code of the Islamic Republic
By David St. Vincent

Suspended animation
A 19th-century British traveler describes Mount Damavand
By George N. Curzon

"Behesht-e Ruy-e Zamin" (Persian)
From a recent travel diary: On the Caspian coast; in a computer center in Qom
By Morteza Negahi

New York va Jeek Jeek (Persian)
Late contemporary poet writes home from the Big Apple
By Sohrab Sepehri

The old man of Kalar Dasht
Experiencing the the unexpected (good) in human nature
By Freya Stark

Weakness replaced by stubbornness
A British scientific team in Kerman finds urban Iranians... not so pleasant
By Anthony Smith

Panbeh
Adventure with a puppy in Tehran
By J. Javid

Colors of a Somber Paradise
An American painter's Iranian sojourn
By F. Scott Hess

Iranian under the veil
An American editor visits "The Country of Flowers and Nightingales"
By Robert D. Kaplan

Searching for us
Lookinh into an Hungarian community's claim to Iranian ancestry
By J. Javid

The little things in life
Recalling an uncommon day in Tehran
By Manouchehr

Shomal; The pleasant reality
An American tourist sees only green in Iran's Caspian region
By Stephen Shaffer.

An American in Iran
Visiting post-revolutionary Iran
By S. Shaffer

At home with my tribe, the Qashqaies
Memories from a visit to Qashqaie relatives
By Behrouz Bruce Bahmani

Beyond the Feathers of the Peacock
A South African writes about his trip to Iran
By Hugh Fraser.

Mostaqim!
On the experience of riding a cab in Iran
By S. Shaffer

Passing Seasons
Reflecting on Iranian hospitality and Iran-U.S. relations
By S. Shaffer

Ali's Sweater
A Mashhadi lends warm clothes to an Australian tourist
By Peter Kiernan

Coming to America
My daughter's first visit to the U.S. Does it mean anything?
By J. Javid.

Mehmoun Navazi -- Iranian Hospitality
Being treated like royalty by a complete stranger in Shomal
By Shabnam Tabibzadeh

 

 

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