Diaspora Archive
April-June 2004
June
POLITICS
Start
with two pounds of voting
Recipe for political influence
By Abtin Assadi
RELIGION
Two thumbs
down
Islam and human rights
By Maryam Namazie
LIFE
The Peacemonger
Short story
By Siamak Vossoughi
MEDIA
Plastic
advice
Medical talk shows on Iranian satellite TV
By Pesare Gol
NUCLEAR
This
is my fate they are talking about
Nuclear weapons and the Iranian people
By Hossein Derakhshan
POLITICS
Is
this our year?
Iranian-American Activism takes hold in San Francisco
By Behrouz Bahmani
FILM
Stung
by Marmoolak
When the film was over I was a different person
By Mehdi Khazand
DIASPORA
From
immigration to discrimination
An American story
By Jim S
TRAVELERS
Metamorphosis
in Athens
Diary and photos essay
By Cyrus Kadivar
TRAVELERS
Metamorphosis
in Athens
Diary and photos essay
By Cyrus Kadivar
MARRIAGE
A
different wedding
Why not Zoroastrian?
By Hamid Bakhsheshi
IDENTITY
Do
we believe in Him?
Letter to the people of my country
By Farhad Amir
CAMPAIGN
Aman
for president
Seven-year-old Aman Ardalan wants to be the next president of Iran
COURT
TV
Murder
they wrote
Iran's version of the O.J. murder affair
By Najmeh Fakhraie
DATING
Why
do women lie?
We all know why most men lie
By Manouchehr Mehrparvar
PROFILING
United
States of Klingons
My personal integrity would not allow me to sheepishly submit
to the newly installed Big Brother screening procedure at the American
customs depot
By Mahin Bahrami
AMERICA
Worse
than Blacks
Conversation with my younger cousin in Iran
By Ahmagh Khan
MIDEAST
Turning
the tide
The solution is to embrace those who are passionate about change at the core
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
LIFE
Valid
questions
Where I have been, where I am, where I am going
By Shahriar Zahedi
LOVE
The
one I can't have
A jerk, a friend, or...?
By Khatoon
IRAN-U.S.
Watch
out for Iranicons
They believe democracy is something that can cooked
faster in a microwave
By Roozbeh Shirazi
COVER
A
day on the Danube
With my son Sohrab
By Najaf Daryabandari
STUDENT
80
percent done
Student leader says farewell -- for now
By Pouya Alimagham
COVER
Like
I'm from Pluto
Don't cry for us half-Iranians, cry for yourselves
By Lance Raheem
QUAKE
Fear
and trembling in Tehran
I realized that our national penchant for conspiracy theories
does not spare natural disasters
By Shahla Azizi
LIFE
Blessed
curses
Dichotomies of change among Iranians
By Farid Parsa
OPINION
Voting
on merit
Where Goli Ameri was born is inconsequential
By Jim S.
May 2004
CULTURE
Wine,
dinner, and Latest News
Why does it seem utterly impossible for my friends to have an
unbiased opinion about Googoosh?
By Kamran Zargahi
ADVICE
Heart
vs. mind
Giving advice on overly realistic premises
By Kourosh Saghafi
LIFE
Difference
between titillation and fulfilment
And
if you don't know the devil, how can you be sure it isn't an angel?
By Nikoo
LIFE
Love
is not enough
The never ending story of love
Yasaman Rohani
DIARY
Walking
to the side
A day of protest
By Peyvand Khorsandi
TRAVELERS
Should
I stay or should I go?
The more pessimistic reports from Iran are probably closer to
the mark
By Giti Amirani
COMMUNITY
Balanced
mission
Interview with a community leader
By Jahanshah Javid
LETTER
We'll
have fun -- again
I promise
By Parviz
REFUGEE
The
grand plan
Short story
By Farid Parsa
CITIZENSHIP
Weight
of choice
For now I have to be content with a seat on the sideline and
observe democracy in action
By FF
COVER
Rising
sun
At father's place of eternal res
By Guive Mirfendereski
IRAN-U.S.
That
arrogant reporter
Response to "Those friendly Iranians" in the New York
Times
By Roozbeh Shirazi
IDENTITY
Persian
vs. Iranain
The debate continues
By Behrouz Bahmani
CULTURE
Hot
summer afternoons
Sahar's love affair with Uncle Napoleon TV series
By Mahsa Meshki
WINE
COUNTRY
Let's
run
away
and
get
drunk
Photo essay: Darioush winery, Napa
By Jahanshah Javid
LOVE
Hang
in there
Why should you surrender to the notion that your heart will "break
a thousand times"?
By Kourosh Saghafi unedited
April
GAY
Out
of the fog
I've been wondering why we are a little bit out of step
By Sara Amin
CULTURE
We
want it all
The ever-changing Persian wedding
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
IDENTITY
No
use hiding
Iranian-American revisited
By Sasan (Mohammad Hossein) Seifikar
DIASPORA
Leaving
Tehran
Remembering every tear, every suitcase, and every good-bye, not
knowing where or when the next hello will be
By Najmeh Fakhraie
DIASPORA
Now I
cares
Reflections on the Boston conference on the Iranian diaspora
By Mani Parcham
PHOTO
ALBUM
Dark
and
ambigious
Photo
essay:
Abdee
Kalantari
CULTURE
The
martial arts of taarof
"Holy shit! I bet he paid for our lunches!" he said
By Behrouz Bahmani
BOOK
Starry
nights
Excerpts
By Majid
MEMORIAL
Yaadash
geraami
Art: Obituary
By Mokhtar Paki
TRAVELER
Shar-e
hert
Trip to Iran. Part 3
By Mahyar Etminan
FRUSTRATION
Only
because I was born in Iran
I wasn't denied re-entry to my adopted home because I had
done something wrong
By Tavana Sepid
OPINION
Inescapable
truth
Ameri is no different from any other political candidate
in America
By Jim S.
LAAT
BAAZI
Over
insignificant
beef
Fighting breaks out after an Iranian concert
By Arash Shokouh
POLITICS
Rock
the vote with Ameri
Being Persian-American is more than enough
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
REMEMBERANCE
Honouring
Farvardigan
Remembrance day for the dead
By Reza Bayegan
LIFE
Dream
On
my birthday
By Nikoo
THOUGHTS
Killing
for religion
Draining the root of absolutism in traditional societies
By Ali Sadeghi
RELATIONSHIP
False
perceptions
Some men or women lack sophistication in approaching their
object of attraction
By Afshin Tirabady
MESSAGE
Hanging
by a hope
We are not as hopeless as we sound
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
DIASPORA
Floating
on Madison Avenue
New York's Persian Pride
By Neda Nabavi
LIFE
Sorrow
outpouring
Is it truly possible love can be comprised of such greatness
and desolation simultaneously?
By Mahtab
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