Women
2004
Archive
DAUGHTERS
Fathers
and daughters
Our marginalizing view towards our young, unmarried daughters is at once a universal
issue and also a very Iranian one
Maziar Shirazi
OPINION
Tolerance
towards that?
Asking to show tolerance vis-à-vis
Islamic laws and customs is hypocritical
Azar Majedi
RELATIONSHIP
Between
kabob and sumac
I am the lucky one
Zariah Behesht
DIASPORA
Brentwood
Rock
September 11 memorial for an Iranian-American
Keyvan Fotoohi
RELATIONSHIP
We
never win
Irooni guys in the eyes of some Irooni girls
Heresh Rezavandi
RELATIONSHIP
Iranian
guys suck
Do you think we are going to go out with
you, knowing that you fuck anything that so much as moves?
Tuff Wild Chick
DESIRE
You've
got them. We want them. Why?
I have been doing a lot of research on men's attraction to
breasts
Shahriar Zahedi
RIGHTS
Not
the last
On Theo 'an Gogh's assassination: interview
with Azar Majedi
Maryam Namazi
DIASPORA
Almos
Baba
Iranian woman arrives in America in 1929
Ellis Island Foundation
PIONEER
Adam,
Eve & Amin
Interview with a pioneer in the internet personals business
Jahanshah Javid
RELIGION
A
threat to humankind
Political Islam vs. secularism
Azar Majedi
MUSIC
Women
against women
Women in Iran's 7th parliament
Elham Gheytanchi
AFGHANISTAN
Ignorantism
Why are we paying such a high price just because we are girls or
women?
Wazhma Frogh
EDUCATION
Critical
thinking
Religious education in Iran and Canada
Azadeh Madani
RIGHTS
Free
Izadi now!
Interview with Maryam Kousha
Maryam Namazie
DIARY
Kabul
days
Part 1
Hossein Shahidi
ECONOMIY
Money talks
Women's economic independence in Muslim societies
Fatima Farideh Nejat
DIARY
Khatoon Khanoom
Part 1
Bahram Saghari
WOMEN
Sigheh
Q & A
We knew we were all doomed
Zeeba Tehrani
ELECTIONS
Plain politics
Goli Ameri's candidacy should be regarded as nothing less than a political
event
Kyle Kourosh Saghafi
DIASPORA
She's OK
Goli Ameri is not ideal but she is breaking barriers
Moji Momeni
OPINION
The ego prize
On Anousheh Ansari's $10 million throwaway to promote space travel
Azam Nemati
LOVE
Flying kiss
There is always a way to find that special something -- even online
Nikoo G.
RIGHTS
Saying no
Just as a mass movement said no to racial Apartheid, so it must say
no to the Hejab and segregation of women
Maryam Namazie
SPACE
Up,
up, and away!
Space entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari is a role model for all
Nima Kasraie
LIFE
Aks
I saw her picture by accident
Shahriar Zahedi
TRAVELERS
On
the wheel
Photo essay: Women in India
Ali Akbar Mahdi
DIASPORA
The
end of the tunnel
Photo essay: Walking to Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Jahanshah Javid
OBITUARY
Denying
Delkash
Being a woman in a Muslim country is hard enough, let alone
a female singer in a country like Iran
Pullniro
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
office, in Iran
Photo essay
Noushin Najafi
GOSSIP
Sallon
varzesh zanaaneh
Hearing things at a women's gym in Tehran
Sadaf Kiani
BOOKS
Off
the grid
Reading Iranian memoirs in our time of total war
Negar Mottahedeh
OBITUARY
Denying
Delkash
Being a woman in a Muslim country is hard enough, let alone
a female singer in a country like Iran
Pullniro
BOOK
The
pill
Marjane Satrapi's comic strip memoir, Vol. 2
LIFE
Inside
joke
Men and women are... different
Bahram Saghari
BOOK
Poignant
surprise
Re-reading Lolita in Tehran
Azadeh Azad
LIFE
Dear
boss
Men just can't win
Jim S.
RIGHTS
No,
she was not mad
Requiem for Ateqeh Rajabi
Maryam Namazie
HEJAB
Vicious
circle
You have to be a woman to know how this whole hejab mess
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
HEJAB
Maylee
nah Melli
Photo essay: Dressing in Tehran
Schahram
RELIGION
No
can do
With cries of "Islamophobia" they want us to stop critiquing
'the religion itself'
Maryam Namazie
ASIAN CUP
The
game
Iran
will
surely
win,
he
promises
Najmeh
Fakhraie
FAMILY
Are
we ever ready?
Having children
Katayoon Hadizadeh unedited
HEJAB
Persian
Joan of Arc
The Legacy of Tahirih Qurratul-Ayn
Jian Khodadad
AMERICA
Of
guys and guns
Paranoid freaks. That makes me feel safe
Sara Darcy
LANGUAGE
Sexual
politics of naming
Hierarchy of sacredness for bodily orifices
Afsaneh Najmabadi
JUSTICE
Last
Tango with Tehran
Canada owes it to Kazemi
Samira Mohyeddin
SACRED
Rights
vs. religion
The politics behind cultural relativism
Interview with Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush
LANGUAGE
Hamjenspeak
Iranian gay and lesbian lexicon
Choob Dosar-Gohi
WOMEN
Sex
trade fallacies
Even the most deplorable souls deserve a rigorous defense
Amir Ghavi
DEBATE
Hejab
ban?
Interview with Azar Majedi
Maryam Namazie
DIASPORA
Yek
naameh az Washington
Letter from Washington
Alborz
SPORTS
Women's
karate
Photo essay
Amir Kholoosi
SPORTS
Women
compete in Isfahan
Photo essay
Amir Kholoosi
CONFERENCE
Long-distance
participation
Broadcasting women's conference discussions with Paltalk
Elham Gheytanchi
RIGHTS
Saving
children from the chador
Unveiling the debate on secularism and rights
Maryam Namazie
RELATIVES
Mother
A little bit of Iran in the air of our Connecticut home
Roya Hakakian
SALON
Arayeshgah
This is quite an interesting place: an all-female salon in Iran
Najmeh Fakhraie
OBSERVER
Quietly
attentive
Italians listen to Ebadi speech
By Roxanne Moin
RELIGION
Two
thumbs down
Islam and human rights
By Maryam Namazie
REFUGEE
Without
She uttered her current title softly: refugee
By Farid Parsa
OPINION
Khaanom-e
Ebadi bass ast!
Ms Ebadi, enough!
By Sayeh Saeedi Sirjani
COURT TV
Murder
they wrote
Iran's version of the O.J. murder affair
By Najmeh Fakhraie
FICTION
Baaraan
Rain... a short story
(English
translation)
By Saeed Tavakkol
MONEY
Homework
Can Muslim governments help women prosper economically?
By Fatima Farideh Nejat
DATING
Why
do women lie?
We all know why most men lie
By Manouchehr Mehrparvar
LOVE
The
one I can't have
A jerk, a friend, or...?
By Khatoon
OBSERVER
The
petite giant
I was taken aback by Ebadi's strength of words
By Meysa Maleki
ADVICE
Heart
vs. mind
Giving advice on overly realistic premises
By Kourosh Saghafi
LIFE
Love
is not enough
The never ending story of love
Yasaman Rohani
DEMOCRACY
Our
only hope
Photo essay: Shirin Ebadi calls for democracy
By Jahanshah Javid
COMMUNITY
Balanced
mission
Interview with a community leader
By Jahanshah Javid
LETTER
We'll
have fun -- again
I promise
By Parviz
FARAH
Lesson
in generosity
Reflections on Farah Pahlavi’s memoirs
By Reza Bayegan
METAPHORE
An
illness of her own
A review of "Crystal"
By Setareh Sabety
LOVE
Damn
you!
I will have my heart broken a thousand times
By Mitra K.
LIFE
Dream
On
my birthday
By Nikoo
OPINION
Inescapable
truth
Ameri is no different from any other political candidate
in America
By Jim S.
POLITICS
Rock
the vote with Ameri
Being Persian-American is more than enough
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
RELATIONSHIP
False
perceptions
Some men or women lack sophistication in approaching their
object of attraction
By Afshin Tirabady
RELATIONSHIP
Use
your brain
This doesn't apply to all Iranian men
By Mitra
FILM
Left
behind
Jafar Panahi's new film raises fear and guilt
By Linda Ghassemi
RELATIONSHIP
Your
own immaturity
In response to Mitra's "Guys are stupid"
By Kourosh Saghafi
RELATIONSHIP
Guys
are stupid
I'm really pissed off with men, especially Persian men
By Mitra
POLL
Lady
justice
Shirin Ebadi voted Iranian of the year
POLITICS
Aunt
Ameri
Just being Persian-American simply isn't enough
By Sepand Rezaii
GENDER
If
you can't beat 'em, ban 'em
Quota for men in the field of medicine
By Maryam Ghadessi
HEJAB
Shabah-e
naamatboo
Europe wakes up to Islamic dress
By Alborz
ART
Before
spring
Art on Women's Day
By Faezeh Rastin
RIGHTS
Hoghoogh-e
zan hoghoogh-e bashar ast
Women's rights are human rights
By Niloofar
Beyzaie
AFGHANISTAN
Do
something
A message from an 8-year old bride
By Wazhma Frogh
DIASPORA
Second
thoughts
Follow up to "Goodbye Iran"
By Anne Irani Abadani
COMEDIAN
A
different image
I thought it was time to present a different image of the
Muslim woman
Interview with Tissa Hami
WOMEN
Robbed
of simple pleasures
Women's rights in Iran
By Ghazoll Motlagh
MATE
Coming
down
I gave him my love, and that's all I can afford
By Heather-ley Peckham
HEJAB
Reverse
extremism
France, it seems, has adopted an opposite extreme of intolerance
to that enforced by the mullahs in Iran
By Peyvand Khorsandi
LOVE
Angel
in disguise
Valentine's Day
By Arash Emamzadeh
ISLAM
A
funeral and a wedding
Hijab in France: Battle for Islamic political uniform
By Saeed Keramat
REPLY
False
phobia
Confusing 'Islamophobia' with racism
By Maryam Namazie
DECENCY
Of
breasts and bombs
Talk about "indecent"
By Reza Mazaheri
HEJAB
Hatred
for all things Islamic
Socialism in bed with capitalism
By Peyvand Khorsandi
HEJAB
Faraanseh
va hejaab
French ban on head scarves and Iran's reaction
By Amir Azar
DIASPORA
What
if I wore the hejab?
Prejudice amongst Iranians
By Hoda Fahimi
SATIRE
Women
and babes?
Pathetic attempts at justifying of oppression against Palestinians
By Afsaneh Bahrami
SATIRE
Ammeh
Soghra of all people!
Solidarity with the disqualified candidates!
By Behrouz Joon
BOOK
Funny
in any language
Interview with author Firoozeh Dumas
By Golnoosh Niknejad
WOMEN
Divine
inferiority
Women in the popular culture of Islam
By Fatima Farideh Nejat
LIFE
Roosari-ye
sefid
The
white headscarf
By Sadaf Kiani
REVOLUTION
Then,
why?
Still can't think of a proper answer
By Azadeh Madani
LIFE
Trip
to Ramsar
The one who has left my nest will come back
By Azam Nemati
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