May-June 2005
Archive -- Latest
STUDY
Iranians
in Canada
A statistical analysis
Vahid Garousi
LIFE
She
let loose
Within a week of their meeting, she had forced him
to surrender the ring he had bought for his German fiancee
Jasmin Darznik
REVIEW
Beyond
your wildest dreams
Muslim women have always had sex lives, but they
have not always spoken openly of them
Jasmin Darznik
SEX
Heaven
forbid
God-given right to a happy sexual life
Mattbina
LIFE
A
war plan
"I am looking at the street," she said. "And
I am thinking about how it is going to change if there
is a war."
Siamak Vossoughi
VOTING
My
first ballot
Voting in the Iranian presidential elections in northern California: Ok now,
what was his name?!
Chekonim
BLOG
blogsbyiranians.com
Building a community by blogging
Nema Milaninia
RIGHTS
Universal
values
The power and force of freedom and democracy
Goli Ameri
IDENTITY
Italy's
a lovely place. But it aint Iran.
To the "Italian" children of Iranian immigrants
Tahereh Aghdassifar
IDENTITY
False
images
Identity and social change
Parisa Hassani-azad
IDENTITY
Hoviat-e
Irani
Iranian-ness is not limited to culture, country or
blood. It's about politics.
Ramin Kamran
ETHNIC
Turk
khodeti
Azaris are not Turks. They are Iranians who
speak Turkish
Keyvan Valizadeh
IDENTITY
To
be Iranian
Anyone who wishes to be an Iranian, is
Guive Mirfendereski
PROFILE
Comic
timing
Houshang Touzie's talent to entertain,
move and empower
Peyvand Khorsandi
WOMEN
Who
needs a husband?
Young women and the idea of marriage
Solmaz Separy
STAR
I'm
famous
I thought I was dreaming. I felt my
face burn with a deep read blush.
Siamack Salari
STORY
Mohaajer
Meeting a stranger, an Iranian refugee,
at Gothenburg's Brunns Park
Mohammad Hossainzadeh
CREEPY
The
seven street lights
"Keyvan youre going to get mugged
tonight, it will definately be TONIGHT when youre walking home,
so heres what you have to do..."
Keyvan
LIFE
The
love frown
Remember the men & children of war
Siamak Vossoughi
IRAN
Damaged
I can't hold on to the glorious past
when the present is rotting before my eyes
Lobat Asadi
LIFE
Dentist's
office
Brush your teeth, or else Michael Bolton
will kill you
Maziar Shirazi
ARTS
Of
past and present
Photo essay: Iranian-American ast in
San Francisco Bay Area
Jahanshah Javid
LIFE
Dentist's
office
Brush your teeth, or else Michael Bolton
will kill you
Maziar Shirazi
LIFE
The
love frown
Remember the men & children of war
Siamak Vossoughi
CELEBRITY
Two
worlds
My "dual life" as a stand-up comic and
over-educated secretary
Tissa Hami
HOMOSEXUALITY
HamjensGARAA
Evolving Iranian homosexual lexicon
Jahangir Shirazi
CULTURE
Water
to a tree
I have to do everything I can to learn more about my culture
Solmaz Separy
AMERICA
The
color of your heart
Ethnic melting pot?
Baharak Sedigh
ROCK STAR
Chasing
the devil
There is a passage somewhere in every religious
text book from the Bible to the Koran that mentions something
about going to war for your religious cause
Raman Kia
CHARACTER
Heech
revisited
Nothingness being what it is for us Persians: tangible,
a real thing
Goli Farrell
IDENTITY
The
power of Solmaz
What's your name again?
Solmaz B
MAP
West
Asian
From "Middle East" to Near West then
to Middle West then to "Far East" and now to Far
West in search of a centre
Vida Kashizadeh
OPINION
Expensive
speech
The limits of free speech
Mohammad Ala
FRIEND
Abbas
Special way to communicate with a special friend
Hamid Bakhsheshi
UK
Searching
for Hasan
Asylum speakers news, a radio sketch show in
progress
Peyvand Khorsandi
UK
On
the edge
Asylum speakers news, a radio sketch show in
progress
Peyvand Khorsandi
INTERNET
eUnveiled
For young Iranians on
the prowl, the Internet is the ultimate veil
Kelly Niknejad
WOMEN
Pretty
hairy
I have not removed any
of my body hair in three and a half years
Tahereh Aghdassifar
LIFE
My
uncle's declaration
I hoped there wouldn't
be a time when outside forces would be trying to get me to choose
between being American and being Iranian
Siamak Vossoughi
LIFE
I
pray
To be with V and the boys...
and visit my homeland
Siamack Salari
DIVERSITY
California
stories
No other state can claim to be so cosmopolitan and none
is multilingual
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
LIFE
Comfort
zone
How can my non-Iranian girlfriend
not like Persian carpets? I'm offended
Amir Nooriala
ROCK STAR
Hungry
for L.A.
I'm excited to be playing in Los Angeles, mostly because I can have a decent
chelo-kabab
Raman Kia
FOOD
Real
meal
Photo essay
Sara Catering
LIFE
Memory
and rain
Short story
Siamak Vossoughi
WELCOME
Choose
Canada
Did you know Canada SEEKS new immigrants?
Maryam Manteghi
SATIRE
Persian
romance
Asgar was coming for khastegari. But Maryam needed to see Valentino one last
time
Payam Ghamsari
CULTURE
Make
me Persian
I want to see Toot, Bamieh and Sohan in every pastry store
Brian Appleton
MINORITIES
A
Flamenco lesson for Michael Howard
Persian Jew condemns British Conservative leader's policies on refugees
Peyvand Khorsandi
ROCK STAR
Arigato
How to dismantle jadedness -- Japanese Style
Buddahead
REVOLUTION
For
children's sake
Parents, children and the 1979 Revolution
Lobat Asadi unedited
FOOTBALL
See
you in Germany
I've got my t-shirt, face paint and boogh ready for 2006 World Cup
Mahsa J
DEATH
Shahid
Schiavo
Terri Schiavo - December 3, 1963 -- March 31, 2005
Jordan Cross and Cid Davoodi
IRAN
Suffocating
charmer
Am I happy to be landing in Tehran? Or not?
Shahla Azizi
STUDENT
This
doctor shit is hard
Part 3: What happens the day before the big test?
Maziar Shirazi
LIFE
Phone
with no ring
Satanic communication
Peyvand Khorsandi
IDEAS
Born
again vs. the renaissance
Culture wars masquerading as development theory
Ross Pourzal
ESSAY
Visiting
Massih
‘Where are we going?’ we would ask. ‘To
the Eternal Garden.’
A.S. Mostafanejad
LIFE
Ageless(ish)
How old are you? How much do you weigh?... Are
numbers really necessary?
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
FOOD
Between
Persian and plain pasta
I inherited my grandmother’s earnestness
about Persian cooking but none of her confidence
Jasmin Darznik
13 BEDAR
Persian
power in Paris
Photo essay
Kaveh M
LIFE
Old
friends
I silently observe her diamond ring and the lovely
shade of pink on her fingernails and push my gardener hands deep
into my pockets
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
EDUCATION
Ehdaa-e
boors
Granting scholarships to Iranian students in Toronto
Souryeh Kabiri
13 BEDAR
Happiest
exiles
Photo essay: 13 Bedar in Los Gatos, Northern California
Talieh Shahrokhi
WRITERS
Peanuts
and pistachios
Another Iranian-American woman; another book
Peyvand Khorsandi
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