March 30, 1999
Andakhtani
A short story
By Bruce Bahmani
March 9, 1999
A
new destiny
"I was the real exile ... the traveler who would never
find her destination."
By Gina B. Nahai
January 22, 1999
The
Sohrab Syndrome
Iran's children today aren't faring much better
By Jerome W. Clinton
January 20, 1999
All
Roads Merged
Follow the stream, Arash thought
By Babak Morvarid
January 12, 1999
Cut
from the source
The Shah seeks advice from intellectuals, but it's too late
By Saideh Pakravan
January 6,1999
Khuzestan
in San Diego
Meeting a former "enemy" thousands of miles away from home
By Ali Hosseini
December 30, 1998
In
the ring
By Shirindokht Radi
December 22, 1998
I
dream of you still
Lying in a pool of black ink
By Khordad
November 25, 1998
The
Shadowboxer
By Bahman Towfighi
November 11, 1998
Zarry's
Wedding
By Massud Alemi
November 6, 1998
A
Portrait of Mana
A novel by Mokhtar Paki
October 22, 1998
Bergman
and I
"Read it. It's very good," said the artist
Short story by Behnam Diyani
October 16, 1998
The
servant
Excerpt from a short story by Goli Taraghi
September 24, 1998
Shokouh
Mirzadegi
Excerpt from Beegaaneh-ee dar man (An Alien in Me)
September 9, 1998
Open
Air
"You must not shame me, Leily. You are not like the American girls."
By Jasmine Darznik
September 3, 1998
My
long tresses I shall cut
Young girls in a fictional Persian village
By Dorit Rabinyan
May 14, 1998
In
front of the Embassy
A gay couple witness the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
By Massud Alemi
March 12, 1998
The
Rendez-vous
By Azadeh Naderi
November 28, 1997
Pedar
(Persian)
Excerpt from a short story
By Goli Taraghi
November 1998
Serr-e
hekmat yaa mojaadeleh-ye do pasheh (Persian)
Excerpt from a short story
By Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh.
October 1998
A
simple guide for Iranian tourists in Cyprus
Ramin Ahmadi's short story
October 8, 1997
Dast-e
bar qazaa (Persian) -- Excerpt from Sadeq Hedayat's short story
from 1944.
October 1, 1997
Daryaa
dar taakestaanhaa (Persian) -- Short story by the much-talked-about
Moniro Ravanipour
September 4, 1997
Jasmine
Jasmine that takes me to places where I have to leave words behind.
By Farzaneh Milani
Mahpareh
(Persian)
An Indian explanation for a mystery known to men as "women".
Translated by Sadeq Choubak
Ranj-e
honar (Persian)
Excerpt from Reza Farrokhfal's collected stories, "Oh, Istanbul"
Gooshe-ye
meykhaaneh (Persian)
Excerpt from Esmaeel Fasih's latest novel, "Panaah bar Haafez"
Hitchcock
va Aqabaji (Persian)
Taking grandmother to see "Psycho"
Behnam Diyani
Aadaab-e
ziaarat (Persian)
From the late author's masterpiece, "The pilgrim's rules of etiquette"
Taghi Modarressi
Maadaam
gorgeh (Persian)
Confronting a nasty neighbor in a foreign land
Goli Taraghi
Just
one coffee
She calls me after six months again. Can
I buy you coffee she says...
Shadi Ziaie
Ajab
ghalati kardam (Persian)
From Iran's best-selling novel
Fattaneh Haj Seyyed Javvadi (Parvin)
Adam
besho neesteem (Persian)
From the celebrated film director's acclaimed novel
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I rest
in peace
I'm not bitter... I understand...
J. Javid
Sedaye
toope football (Persian)
From Shahrnoush Parsipour prison memoirs
Aroosak
(Persian)
From Simin Behbahani's autobiography
Pedarkoshtegi
ba Pahlavi (Persian)
The feud between two Qajari women and Ashraf Pahlavi
Masoud Behnoud
Tama'
Shoghal (Persian)
A tale (pun intended) from "Kelileh va Damneh"
Cyrus?
Philosopher of love?
From "The Education of Cyrus", one of "first"
novels ever written.
Xenophon
Tales
from two cities
Selection from Abbas Milani's best-seller
My
Uncle Napoleon
Selection from Iraj Pezeshkzad's masterpiece
Geleh
sepordan beh bad (Persian)
Remembering the poet Siyavash Kasraie Masoud Behnoud
Interiors
Shadi Ziaie
Gol-e
Aftabgardan (Persian)
Behzad Sadeghi
In search of
fate
Samad Behrangi's folk story on morals and money
Sorkh
o Sefid (Persian)
Santa Claus faces a tough challenge in Isfahan
J. Javid
Payan
yek rooze ma'mouli (Persian)
The perils of saying the "wrong" thing
Ahmad Shemirani
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