Diaspora Archive
July-August 2004
August
BOOK
Without
borders
Arabs: Their sorrow became mine
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
CULTURE
Bahareh
and I
A conversation
Firoozeh Derakhshani
SAVIOR
Ahura
who?
Has Iran found a new savior?
Pesare Gol
TRAVELERS
Flat
and hard as stone
Notes from Mongolia
Mosafer
BOOK
To
rest at last
Excerpt from Roya Hakakian's Journey from the Land
of No
OBITUARY
When he was needed most
U.S. does not produce men like Hume Horan anymore
Mahmoud Ghaffari
IDENTITY
Draw
from the well
We can start calling ourselves Africans, or Eskimos, or Vikings.
It is not going to change anything
Shahriar Zahedi
INJUSTICE
Help!
My client was denied the right to be treated with dignity
Patricia Villagomez
IDENTITY
Basically
Central Asian
It is in our benefit to lobby as Central Eurasians or Central
Asians
Maryam Iman
LIFE
The
abstract humanists!
We are invited to play our parts in a universe comprised of
an unholy trinity: the thugs, the clueless, and the grateful victims
H. Utanzad
TRAVELERS
Emails
from home
Visiting Iran: Part 4
Iran Tripper
REGION
I'm...
Central Asian
Iran has much more in common with Afghans and Tajiks
Bamdad B.
TAAROF
Ghorboon-e
shomaa
The many ways of saying "thank you"
Bahram Saghari
OPINION
Bar
maa cheh meeravad?
We are like a child born in darkness
Sayeh Saeedi Sirjani
RELIGION
No
can do
With cries of "Islamophobia" they want us to stop
critiquing 'the religion itself'
Maryam Namazie
U.S.
PRESIDENCY
Nader
anyone?
Come
on!
We're
children
of
revolution
A.S.
REPUTATION
Reason
to be proud
I am proud that in Iran there are brave people who stand up
against tyranny and corruption
Houman Younessi
TRAVELERS
Emails
from home
Visiting Iran: Part 3
Iran Tripper
REPUTATION
Proud
of what?
We had Hafez thousands of years ago, what do we have now? Certainly
not respect
Pesare Gol
OLYMPICS
Unhappy
campers
Iranian athletes should have dressed in black and beat their
chest as they marched
Shahriar Zahedi
TRAVELERS
The
Caspian then and now
Even more beautiful than I remembered it
Shahla Azizi
DIASPORA
There's
always Sunday
Another immigrant kid somewhere looking forward to American
football on Sunday
Abbas Zeineddin
MARTIAL
ARTS
Persian
warrior
Master
Mehrdad
Moayedi
Behrouz Bahmani
DIASPORA
Nakhosteen
poetry
Bitter-sweet impression of the West
Ali Parsa
FAMILY
Are
we ever ready?
Having children
Katayoon Hadizadeh unedited
CAUSE
United
Middle East
Crawl out of the mental cocoon and see the bigger vision
Mahin Bahrami
AMERICA
Of
guys and guns
Paranoid freaks. That makes me feel safe
Sara Darcy
FAN
Addicted
to Dariush
He sings about what he believes in
Hamid Bakhsheshi
RELIGION
Shades
of god
Religious freedom
Mohammad Ala
WORK
Losing
time to technology
Time Deficiency Syndrome
Alireza Abouhossein
IDENTITY
A
lost cause
Being a global minority, the majority will see me as they choose
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
LOVE
Our
North Star
Love for everyone and everything
Amir Fassihi
THERAPY
Mental
fitness
Psychological activistism
Payam Ghassemlou
NOSTALGIA
The
things we miss
Photo essay: Iran
Nader Davoodi
FAMILY
The
joy of naughty kids
Kourosh and Siavash at 10 months
Siamack Salari
IDENTITY
A
new language?
Farsi?
Amir Rostam Begli Beigie
DIASPORA
The
dual language
Personality: Being raised in Iran and abroad
Orkideh Behrouzan
BAM
Left
to rot
Millions and millions of dollars worth of donations and yet
I saw nothing of the wealth
Mandana Farmanfarmaian
IRANIAN-AMERICAN
Finally!
Ross Mirkarimi makes his move
Behrouz Bahmani
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Last part
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
IRAN
The
sleeping giant
Iran is a society locked in time and space, completely
engulfed in a bubble
Mahin Bahrami
MUSIC
Timeless
Bob Dylan surfaces once again
Behrouz Bahmani
July
NOSTALGIA
Cup-chocolates
Hidden treasure in Ali Agha's store
Sima Asgari
EDUCATION
From
the cradle to the grave...
Academic doors here are open, regardless of age
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Part 5
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
OPINION
Do
not be fooled
The Democratic Party should avoid dealing with non-democratic
Iran
Bamdad B.
LIFE
An
artist
Short story
Siamak Vossoughi
LIFE
From
elders
Lessons learned the old fashioned way
Jim S.
COVER
Drama
queens
Even our sporting events are filled with tragedy
Siamack Baniameri
DIASPORA
Around
350,000
Number of Iranian Americans and other stats from the 2000 U.S.
census
Ali Mostashari & Ali Khademhosseini
LANGUAGE
Hamjenspeak
Iranian gay and lesbian lexicon
Choob Dosar-Gohi
AMERICA
Restoring
rights
Legislators act to restore civil liberties in post 9/11 America
Pouya Bavafa
OPINION
My
Iranian neo-con
Helping a friend overcome his denial of joining a confederacy
of dunces
Sharif N. Mafi
OPINION
Oh,
make it all a nightmare!
The reformists are about to make their exits, irrevocably, and
Khatami with them, and the rest of us did, for all intents and purposes,
NOTHING
Massud Alemi
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Part 4
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
MILITARY
Anatomy
of a coup
A desperate attempt to save Iran
Nojeh Nevis
PROFILING
Racial
profile yourself
Terror in the skies?
Sara Sefeed
MILITARY
Top
gunned down
Mastermind of the Nojeh coup attempt
Mahmoud Ghaffari
LOG
Saturday
school
Lessons in Persian
Peyvand Khorsandi
DEBATE
Hejab
ban?
Interview with Azar Majedi
Maryam Namazie
DIASPORA
Yek
naameh az Washington
Letter from Washington
Alborz
LOG
Behind
the rope
London club
Peyvand Khorsandi
TRAVELERS
Little
secret of Venice
World's first Jewish Ghetto
Roxanne Moin
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Part 3
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
DIASPORA
Are
we a minority group?
Americans of Iranian descent may or may not wish to be legally
classified as a minority
Abtin Assadi
AMERICA
Cheraa
Bush piroozeesh hatmiyeh
Why Bush will be re-elected
Farhad Radmehrian
DISAPORA
Enameh
Weblog
From New Jersey
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Part 1
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
OPINION
Educated
vote
Bush is not as bad as they say
Slater Bakhtavar
WOMEN
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
IDENTITY
I
am sorry
I stole from you your Iranian identity
Jim. S.
FILM
Extreme
filmmaking
People in the film business are gangsters. In Iran, it's extreme.
Jason Rezaian
IMMIGRANTS
Half
full
Doom-and-gloom scenarios raise unjustified alarm
Kyle Saghafi
LIFE
Empty
house
She was always inviting with open arms
Hamid & Afsaneh Bakhsheshi
IMMIGRANTS
Departure
The option of last resort for Middle Eastern Americans
Nader Habibi
LIFE
Hasan
Jones's Diary
A day in London
By Peyvand Khorsandi
LANGUAGE
Burn
The uses of zereshk
By Peyvand Khorsandi
AMERICA
God
bless the best
I think very highly of this capitalist superpower, nevertheless
By Nima Bina
ACTIVISM
Waking
up
Many Iranians in US lack awareness regarding their issues,
but...
By Pouya Alimagham
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