9/11 reaction
Articles on the terrotist attacks on New York and Washington, September
11, 2001. Also see messages
of sympathy.
September 2006
From 30 to 63 in five years
Reflections on 9/11
September 11, 2006
Peyvand Khorsandi
July 2005
A
fair hearing
J.S. Mill and American society in the post-9/11 era
Amir Azarvan
April 2005 Post
mortem of a strategy
World after 911: Villainous for the faithful and defender of the
ungodly!
Iqbal Latif
December 2004
Brentwood
Rock
September 11 memorial for an Iranian-American
By Keyvan Fotoohi
August 2004
Elegant
simplicity
Armed with cardboard cutters, faith and little else
By Asghar Massombagi
July 2004
Imperial
hubris
Book excerpt: Why the West is losing the war on terror
Anonymous
Racial
profile yourself
Terror in the skies?
Sara Sefeed
September 2003
Why
I'm not a Muslim
You see this Osama guy? He is the real Islam
By FT
Written September 27, 2001
Sea
of tolerance
In memory of a friend Lost on September 11
By Kamran Talattof
And
then, our whole world collapsed
It was a beautiful, clear and sunny morning in New York City
By Sam Nouri
Written September 20, 2001
Bin
Laden welcomes war
It will give him an elevated status among the extremists
By Manou Marzban
Written September 18, 2001
Double
tragedy
My sense of utter devastation is two-fold
By Nooshi
Written September 19, 2001
Pinocchio
The tragic adventures of the American giant
By Akbar Kochini
Written September 18, 2001
January 2003
Unusually ominous
U.S. image, war and terrorism
By Yahya Kamalipour
December 2002
Take it from a good girl
Fight back!
By Shadi Akhavan
Revolution, 9/11 dreams
Shorts
Qoran's
September 11 prediction (chert o pert)
Anyway... nonsense
September 2002
The 9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha
How
about 'God Bless the Whole World'?
Three times as many civilians have been
killed in Afghanistan than died in the WTC
By Shappi Khorsandi
International Enough Day
September 11
By Afshin Levy
Beyond economic interests
America has a golden oppurtunity of implementing its true
values of human rights and democracy in the Middle East
By Darius Kadivar
Strange
parallel
Charity begins at home so should anti-terrorism!
By Ramin Tork
The world's end?
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
Originally written September 18, 2001
Who lost the world?
On the anniversary of 9/11 we must be troubled for having
squandered the sympathy of the world
By Ahmad Sadri
Reflections on transnational terrorism
Remembering The Past And Imagining The Future
By Mansour Farhang
I'm gonna live my life
Having some sort of Middle Eastern heritage is about the
same as being Black in the 60's
By Alborz Bahmani
Originally written September 18, 2001
Pillars of Heaven
We will be the light that drives out the darknes
By Shahriar Afshar
Originally written September 18, 2001
Blame belief
Fundamental principles that underpin terrorism
By Everett E. Allie
Originally written September 18, 2001
Tarnishing of America's moral superiority
The once popular United States is not so popular anymore
these days -- not even in Europe
By Baraitna
Originally written September 12, 2001
The troubling new face of America
Belligerent and divisive voices now seem to be dominant in Washington
By Jimmy Carter
Drain the swamp
... and there will be no more mosquitoes
By Noam Chomsky
Run like a coward
Have no doubt about the resolve of United States
By Iqbal Latif
You know it will get worse
Who could believe a person's life can change so much in so little
time?
By Amir Marvasti
Originally written September 18, 2001
Grand conspiracies
September 11: Reality check
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany
See
the angels fly away
On September 11
By Borzoo Elahi
Schizophrenic
citizen of the world
Poem
By Shoreh Kooshesh
Originally written September 15, 2001
August 2002
Justifying
aggression
U.S. has gained sympathy to such an extent
that it now has a free hand to do as it wills and implement
its worldwide agenda without hindrance
By Sadaf Sadaf
Originally written September 17, 2001
Never
budge: Zax
Cartoon
By Kian
Play
it very safe
and remember that the Middle East does not
have monopoly on lunatics and stupidity...
Originally written September 14, 2001
United we can
The world today is no longer the one we knew
By Mahyad M. Tousi
Originally written September 12, 2001
Out
of sight
Photo essay: World Trade Center a year after
9/11
By Mahdi Sajjadpour
July 2002
Driving
to Ground Zero
Photo essay: New York after 9/11
By Sheema Kalbasi
May 2002
Beyond
measure
Great need for us to engage constructively
By Shahram Hashemi
March 28, 2002
Civil
parade of faiths
Terrorism has no face or nationality
By Shahla Samii
March 27, 2002
Patriotism
and bigotry
Far too much of the latter since September 11
By Koupal Davoudi
February 12, 2002
Leave
me out of it
The most potent weapon in our arsenal
is our belief in democracy
By Brad Hernlem
February 6, 2002
Please
reconsider
U.S. mindset bears almost no resemblance to the
Iran of today
By Alan Hale
I
just felt the urge
I can't say if many Americans agree with
me, but
By Dave Marshall
Yes. "Axis
of Evil"
Let's call it what it is
By Ali Sarshar
Give me a break
When countries act like schoolyard bullies
By Sepehr Haddad
January 16, 2002
All choked up
From Ground Zero to Iranian arms shipmenmts
By Guive Mirfendereski
Wednesday
January 2, 2002
Divergence of beliefs
Iran, in the aftermath of September 11
By: Ali R. Rabi
Monday
December 17, 2001
Our hero in ground zero
Saving lives on 9/11
By Bruce Bahmani
Where's
the Muslim Mahatma?
Where is Islam's magnanimity these days?
By Hajmirzakhan
Wednesday
November 28, 2001
America's
split personality
September 11: An Iranian In New York
By Kian Tajbakhsh
Friday
November 9, 2001
Everything
is possible
World Trade Center disaster: Fiction & reality
By Salar Abdoh
Wednesday
November 7, 2001
Under bright lights
Guilty until proven innocent
By Ben Bagheri
Thursday
November 1, 2001
Opposing John Wayneism
Students against war
By Leyla Momeny
Tuesday
October 30, 2001
POETRY
October Seventh, Two Thousand and One
Poem
By Roya Hakkakian
Monday
October 29, 2001
SUPERSTITION
Curse of the torshi
I may have started World War III
By Simin Habibian
REACTION
A patriotic day
Like a pit-bull on a chain I took off
By Bakhtiari Rose
Friday
October 26, 2001
REACTION
Anthrax of the masses
Blame religion
By Setareh Sabety
Thursday
October 25, 2001
REACTION
Enemy within
Finding wholeness as a bi-cultural immigrant
By Parisa Parsa
Wednesday
October 24, 2001
DIARY
Oboor
Reflections in Iran
By Shervin Afshar
OPINION
All sticks
... no carrots
By Hamid Zangeneh
Monday
October 22, 2001
POETRY
Another day and counting
Poem
By Zara Houshmand
SATIRE
Safer skies
Six easy steps to prevent airline terrorism
By Saeed Tavakkol
Friday
October 19, 2001
PHOTOGRAPHY
No
words
Photo essay
By Afshin Deyhim
Wednesday
October 17, 2001
Common values
Claiming a piece of "Old Glory"
By Hamid Karimi
A different war
Attacks on Middle Easterners in America
By Pedram Moallemian
Kabootar
va derakht
Poem
By Afshin Tajian
Tuesday
October 16, 2001
FICTION
The last mission
Short story
By Niki Tehranchi
OPINION
Nefrine Budha!
Background to terrorist attacks against America
By Dariush Sajjadi
REACTION
Color of hate
Communist Red to Islamic Green
By Tala Dowlatshahi
Monday
October 15, 2001
OPINION
How to win the war
U.S. needs to be a fairer superpower in the Middle East
By Farhang Asfarpour
Friday
October 12, 2001
OPINION
Half-ass
The limits of American resolve
By Guive Mirfendereski
REACTION
Asserting principles
U.S. gave impression that fanatics would be spared no matter what
By Omid Parsi
Wedneesday
October 10, 2001
POETRY
Love and horror
By Maryam Kazemieh
Life
on the fence
By Siamak Kiarostami
Cockroaches
By Kathy Koupai
Tuesday
October 9, 2001
COVER
All the time in the world
Escaping the World Trade Center
By Mehdi Dadgarian
OPINION
Defaa az haqe hayaat
Terrorism's roots, and the right to life
By Dariborz Rais-Dana
PEACE
Salam
Photo essay
By Ramin Talaie
WONDERING
I'm flattered
Similarities in two cartoons
By Saman
Monday
October 8, 2001
REACTION
Tavaqofe zamaan
Loss of humanity
By Vali Dashti
Friday
October 5, 2001
POETRY
Shekaf
Poem
By Leila Farjami
SATIRE
Chop chop
I hate revolutionaries
By Siamack Baniameri
Thursday
October 4, 2001
REACTION
Get off the fence
You are either with or against
By Roy
SATIRE
Latest news
War on terrorism
By Peyvand Khorsandi
REACTION
United we shall heal
We are still not accepted as Americans
By Nooshi
Wedneday
October 3, 2001
OPINION
Glimmer of hope
Sharing common enemies not enough for an alliance
By Zara Houshmand
Friday
September 28, 2001
COVER STORY
Strange new world
A new level of connectivity for the human race
By John Houshmand
OPINION
Decisions, decisions
Iranian leaders have no grand strategy
By Rasool Nafisi
Thursday
September 27, 2001
REACTION
Matter of survival
I dread being recognized
By Sepehr Haddad
THOUGHTS
Will you stand for this?
Personal crusades
By Craig Moreschini
AMERICA
Identity, meaning
If only we educate ourselves
By Behrad Mahdi
IRAN
Remembering our own
We can only belong to one country
By Zal Bameri
Wednesday
September 26, 2001
COVER STORY
No "us" or "them"
An Iranian-American tries to explain
By Zara Houshmand
AMERICA
So much more
America, defects and all
By Leyla Momeny
AMERICA
American Fundamen- talism
Can we stop participating in the closing of American minds?
By F. Kian
COURAGE
Making history
... in downtown Colorado Springs
By Bardia Saeedi
MUSIC
Dedication
For the victims of 9/11
By Kourosh Taghavi
September 26, 2001
Tuesday
September 25, 2001
FANATICISM
We are the victims
Women: Foremost victims of fundamentalist fanatics
By Setareh Sabety
THOUGHTS
The voiceless
The solution is not a simple job for a sledgehammer
By Maryam Moghaddas
THOUGHTS
Soft spot
I wonder when, if ever, I will get back to gentle
America-bashing
By A. Shahmolki
AFGHANISTAN
Khavarej
Dealing with the West to deal with the Taliban
By Akbar Houshmand
Monday
September 24, 2001
COVER STORY
I crash
I can no longer separate the components of my grief
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
REACTION
The only survivor
What matters is love
By Mahmoud Sadri
REACTION
The noble camel
Favorite way to put down the perceived enemy
By Niki Tehranchi
Friday
September 21, 2001
COVER STORY
World War III?
Preventability of future acts of terror
By Ahmad Sadri
OPINION
Freedom, freedom and freedom
Let's hope domestic American values will be projected in the Middle
East
By Shahriar Zangeneh
OPINION
Hadafe majaazi
Will Iran become a U.S. target?
By Hossein Sajjadi
EYEWITNESS
So low, so wrong
I knew my world would never be the same
By Haleh Nazeri
REACTION
Respect their sorrow
Understand the depth of the tragedy
By Saeed Ganji
OPINION
Hesperophobia
Modernism vs. Traditionalism
By Ali Kazemi
OPINION
Truman's legacy
Presidents become president when they have their war
By KayArash Serri
Thursday
September 20, 2001
REACTION
Ask why
Yeah it's wrong regardless, but....
By Roozbeh Shirazi
OPINION
Jihad vs. McWorld
Terrorism: Search for measured responses
Majid Tehranian
OPINION
Iran's chance
Active role in the war against the Taliban
By Guive Mirfendereski
OPINION
Historical moment
Iran must negotiate with the U.S.
By Hamid Zangeneh
REACTION
Prevention
How America can prevent self-destruction
By Ali Parsa
Wednesday
September 19, 2001
COVER
Wrong, regardless
Every time we choose to "explain", we become implicated
By Afsaneh Najmabadi
REACTION
Hasht
rooz ba'd
Eight days after the tragedy
By Sadaf Kiani Abbasian
POETRY
Parts
By Kathy Koupai
POETRY
Did I die?
By Reza Ordoubadian
REACTION
My soul cries
How do we rescue our lost human dignity?
By Yahya Kamalipour
REACTION
Never again
It is not enough to condemn these acts
By David E. Price
Tuesday
September 18, 2001
REACTION
Gentle voices
People like me are among the minor casualties
By Gelareh Asayesh
NEW YORK
To the sleeping
Photo essay
By Ramin Talaie
People's messages for the victims of terrorist attacks on New York's
World Trade Center gathered at New York's Union Square.
FICTION
Whisper in the rubble
Short story
By Hossein Samiei
LIFE
Innocence lost
Tied up to the tragic events that unfolded on September 11
By Nastaran Sinai
Monday
September 17, 2001
COVER STORY
A tall order
As grieving turns to rage
By Ahmad Sadri
REACTION
Soul searching
Where do I stand?
By Saeed Ganji
FEAR
Scared out of my mind
I feel like I can't defend my country
By Negin Shadaram
REVENGE
This is a mistake
We must act to stop this "crusade"
By Peyvand Khorsandi
POETRY
Sorrow
Poem
By Tannaz Ebadollahi
Friday
September 14, 2001
DIARY
I am tired
Terrorized Iranian's journal of hope
By Moji Agha
AMERICA
Big leap
Debating to buy the American flag
By Setareh Sabety
POETRY
Poems in memory of September 11, 2001
What's
real
By Anahita Navab
May
we
By Alireza Danesh
I'll
remember
By Parisa Zangeneh
to top
Thursday
September 13, 2001
COVER
Darkest day
Mankind's balance of terror has been most unfortunately changed
By Iqbal Latif
EDITORIAL
Taking a stand
... and giving credit where credit is due
By Jahanshah Javid
REACTION
Defining moment
Fight against terrorism should focus on fostering republican democracies
By Guive Mirfendereski
EYEWITNESS
Totally surreal
Amidst general pandemonium
By John Houshmand
Wednesday
September 12, 2001
LETTER
And for what?
A love letter from New York, in ruins
By Laleh Khalili
REACTION
Feeling human
Cure for sadness and horror: eating
By Kobra Khanom
ADVICE
Watch out
Pointers for doing "God's work"
By Shahriar Zangeneh
to top
Tuesday
Sept 11, 2001
COVER
Blond or bearded
Fanatics of every color and creed are all enemies of free-thinking
peoples
By Setareh Sabety
EDITORIAL
Holy smoke
Thick cloud over Islamic fanaticism
By Jahanshah Javid
TERRORISM
Spiritual virus
What we are seeing is a global sickness
By Rica Yoush
CONVERSATION
I'm afraid, pops
"Dad, this the end of the world?"
By Peyvand Khorsandi |