Women
1995-1999
Archive
December 28, 1999
My
lemon yellow roosari
My hejab had to say something about me
By Dokhi Fassihian
It's
time
Mehrangiz Kar's human rights campaign
By J. Javid
Sept 29, 1999
Hamadan's
Brad Pitt
Iranians aboard have Brad Pitt; we have Haj Abbas
By Loren S.
Sept 23, 1999
Khodeti
Who are you calling "kharaab"?
By Saghie Zarinkalk
April 27, 1999
Real
Iranian girls?
Looking for a bride? Go to Iran.
By Cyrus L. Raafat
March 25, 1999
Not
their fault
Women generally - not inevitably - bow
to socio-economic pressures
By Laleh Khalili
March 2, 1999
To
live or to be alive?
That is the question for Iranian women
By Laleh Khalili
November 11, 1998
Zarry's
Wedding
Short story
By Massud Alemi
October 21, 1998
The
chosen one
His choice, not hers.
Memoirs of Taj al-Saltana
October 15, 1998
First
snow
I quietly asked her what was going on outside. She gave me a long
glance and said, "nothing...it is... just snowing!"
xAle's Corner
October 9, 1998
Hot
dog
What did you expect me to say, Ghormeh Sabzi?
By Yasaman J
September 16, 1998
The
little emigre
Who would I be today, without all those losses?
By Yasmine Rafii
August 26, 1998
Mommy's
boy
When I'm angry or feel harm coming my way, I think of her and feel
safe
By Shahin
August 20, 1998
"...
why did you and baba leave?"
If it was so great...
By Yasaman J
August 12, 1998
Fire & snow
We siphoned some gas from our car into a few bottles we had in the
car and wrote our names and created some designs on the snow and lit
it. Wow!
xAle's Corner
August 10, 1998
Requiem
for a matriarch
She left her husband after nearly 10
years and four children, a daring gesture back in Reza Shah's Iran
By Ramin Tabib
July 30, 1998
The
women we wanted to be
By Laleh Khalili
July 27, 1998
Shattering
truth
Murder? Unbearable domestic abuse? The
case of Farinoush Dalili
By Ramin Tabib
July 24, 1998
No
sand between my toes
I am a Mercedes-driving, cellphone-carrying,
club-hopping, lady :-)
By Golpar
July 23, 1998
Aziz
My grandmother's gift for storytelling
By Jasmin Darznik
July 10, 1998
Mulberries
We picked an old tree with many majestic
bending branches, heavy with deep red mulberries...
xAle's Corner
June 17, 1998
Sunflowers
Farm workers gathered around and commented
about my dress...
xAle's Corner
June 15, 1998
Loving
an Iranian man
By Laleh Khalili
June 1998
"The
road to Afghanistan"
The editorial in the April/May 1998
issue of Zanan magazine in Iran
March 1998
From
empress to net surfer
Farah Pahlavi on the information superhighway
By Farhad Sepahbodi
January 1998
My
first girlfriend
By dAyi Hamid
December 1997
Khaaharaan
va dokhtaraan maa (Persian).
Excerpt from a 1944 book (Our Sisters and Daughters) by Ahmad Kasravi,
a year before he was assassinated by Islamic militants
October 1997
The
Bird & The Whale
She and he finally meet in a far-away
land...
By J. Javid
October 1997
Oh
sweet rebellion
Watching (and admiring) girl rebel over techno music
By Ramin Tabib
October 1997
Gloria
Steinem could learn a thing or two
An intellectual (and intelligent) discussion
in Tehran on women's issues
August 1997
Vivid
memories
Book review: "Snake's Marble : A Persian Memoire"
By Mahvash Shahegh
June 1997
Az
koori-ye cheshm-e falak (Persian)
Fond memories of Iran's great female singer, Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri
June 1997
My
wife, please?
Iran and Britain went to war over a Persian lady
By Barbara English
June 1997
Zir
derakht porteghaal (Persian)
The shah was human and she loved him
By Soraya Esfandiyari Bakhtiari
February 1997
Uncovered:
Girls poop.
You guys thought it wasn't possible, didn't you?
By Shadi Ziaie
December 1996
A
new generation?
Discussing women's issues in Iran in the 1990s
December 1996
Letter
from America
A 13-year old Iranian-American girl talks about her life, hobbies,
interests
By Sheila Mostafavi
By Janet Afary
December 1996
Scent
of a brick
My mother's, bless her heart, garden in Tehran
By Haeedeh Fattaey
September 1996
Zoroastrian
Divorce
From ancient to contemporary times
Encyclopaedia Iranica
September 1996
Are you listening to me?! (Persian
Text)(English
Text)
Why haven't we learned to listen to others?
By Neda Bojnourdi
July 1996
Panbeh
She wanted a dog. I got her a dog
By J. Javid
July 1996
Elitist
attitudes, grassroot problems
Where the Muslim women's conference in Washington failed
By Sussan Tahmasebi
July 1996
In
Search of...
Looking for that perfect companion?
May 1996
Helping
the Helpless
Maryam Namazi at CHAIR focuses on rescuing refugees
By J. Javid
May 1996
Iranian
Under the Veil
From "The Country of Flowers and Nightingales"
By Robert D. Kaplan
May 1996
Cheraa
film-e Iraani misaazand? (Persian)
Commentator laments cheap nudity in Iranian films
May 1996
Kotak-kaari
dokhtaraan baraa-ye Vigen (Persian)
School girls go crazy for young Vigen.
March 1996
From
Moscovic to Marilyn Monroe (Persian)
Silly and serious Iranian newspaper ads in the 1950's
March 1996
Dokhtar
khanom! Movazeb bashid!(Persian)
Iranian female courtship rules circa 1954. Outrageous!
November 1995
Dancing
for Dad
Surprising interests and activities
of a girl in Iran
By J. Javid
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