2002
(October - August)
GEOPOLITICS
That
sinking feeling
Iran's bid for the Caspian
By Alex Vatanka
OPINION
Universal
voice
Countering jingoist voices
By Majid Tehranian
OPINION
Garden
vs. Wilderness
What is the American Dream?
By G.R. Sami Gorgan Roodi
IRAQ
Saudi
rescue plan
A tripple-hitter, if U.S. policy towards Iraq succeeds
By Hassan Farzin
IRAN
Generating
hope
... and eliminating fear to stop the brain drain
By Mohammad Ala
MUSIC
Ahmad Ebadi
Master Ahmad Ebadi's setar solo
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Panjshanbeh
Bazaar
Photo essay: Turkman market
By Korosh Khalili
LOVE
Perhaps
or maybe
Still no word from Abbas
By Heather-ley Peckham
ISRAEL
On
the road to Ashod
Short story
By Michael A. Burris
PRISON
This
wide-eyed nightmare
A short piece on prison
By Ramtin
THEATER
The
bridge to Calcutta
One act play
By Majid
HISTORY
Chenin
konand bozorgaan (2)
Teymour Lang (Tamerlane)
By Khodadad Rezakhani
LIFE
Hafiz...
Jogging!
Meaning is the salt of conscience: Did 9/11 kill it?
By Moji Agha
MUSIC
Taknavazan
Traditional Persian instrumentals
Compiled by Azam Nemati
AMERICAN
We
are responsible!
It should be no surprise that terrorism abounds
By Brian Appleton
SPAIN
Right
in Madrid
People have yet to regard communism with the same horror they rightly do
Nazism
By Alidad Vassigh
LIFE
Now
what?
Leaving home
By Lilly Benevis
CONCERT
The
clap is back
Iranian Pop concert
By Syma Sayyah
LITERATURE
Sophy
and the Persian prince
Shakespeare and Persia
By Sami Gorgan Roodi
MUSIC
Mirage
Composed by Ahmad Pejman
COVER
Shockwaves
Paintings
By Ataollah Omidvar
LETTERS
Latest
comments
From readers
MUSIC
Iraj
Tracks from "Ghazal va Avaz" album
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Crossing
the border
"Welcome to Free Kurdistan!"
Written and photographed by Borzou Daragahi
OPINION
Breeding
new terrorists
Where does U.S. self-defense cease and aggression begin?
By Lee Howard Hodges
OPINION
Burn
Baghdad, burn!
Why we so urgently need to attack Iraq
By Pedram Moallemian
LIFE
I
LOVE THIS SHIT
Thick white clouds sweep across the Costa Blanca
By Kristopher Kolumbus
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 3
MUSIC
Ahdieh
From the "Khaaterehaa" (Oosta Karim) CD
Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Squandering
solidarity
An open letter to President Bush
By Alan Hale
DIASPORA
Belonging
in Toronto
I was mesmerized by how close the Iranian community in Canada is
By Nikoo
POET
Pain
and hope
Simin Behbahani's poetry reading in Toronto
By Sepideh
IRAN
Here
and there in Tabriz
Photo essay
By Vahid Garousi
COVER
Big
bang
Paintings
By Bobak Etminani
PHOTOGRAPHY
Mosaic
Photo essay: Arabs in Toronto
By Nader Davoodi
PHOTOGRAPHY
No
to war
Photo essay: Anti-war rally
By Azade Akhlaghi
SATIRE
It's
real ruff out there
Campaign to save Iranian dogs from persecution
By Niki Tehranchi
MUSIC
Omar
Faruk Tekbilek
Turkish master musician
Compiled by Azam Nemati
FICTION
Where's
the firrrrrrrrrrre?
Short story
By Arash Emamzadeh
FICTION
The
prey
Short story
By Ghazi Rabihavi
SNIPER
Refusing
to play with god
The sniper has brought more fear to Washington DC than anything Hollywood
could ever produce
By Tara Ebrahimi
LIFE
Full
circle
We tumble around and around
By Assal Badrkhani
DIASPORA
Too
late?
I wonder what it would have been like had I lived and grown up in Iran
-- the country I was born in
By Azadeh Ensha
PARENTS
Mom
& marriage
Coincidentally my parents AND Soheil are the people who bring me the
most strife
By Lilly Benevis
MUSIC
Mahmoudi
Khansari
Persian classical
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Kashan
closeups
Photo essay
By Omid Salehi
IRAQ
WHY
is war unavoidable?
It is only unavoidable if the dominant powers insist on it
Farhad Radmehrian
IMMIGRANT
The
land of no land
They do not want you, Persian kitten!
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
MAKING HISTORY
Making
history
Fiction that was as close as you could get to pre-revolution realities
BIRTHDAY
Regal
grace
Farah Diba Pahlavi
By Reza Bayegan
MUSIC
Mitra
Six Persian folk songs
COVER
Dead or
alive
Photo essay
By Mohammad Tehrani
ART
Living
canvas
Body painting
By Martin Armand
WOMEN
Zapped
One woman's laser hair removal experience
By Mona Shomali
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 2
MUSIC
Bandari
More than 20 tracks from three albums
Compiled by Azam Nemati
CONCERT
Just
like a woman
What a wonderful feeling, Just to know that you are near
By Babak Khiavchi
1975
Misadventures
of Kai Kaous
Tales from the ZirzameenBy Brian Appleton
MEDIA
Eyewitenss
screws
Media exaggerations
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
FILM
Battle
for the West
Review: Spartans vs. Persians
By Darius Kadivar
TRAVEL
Unforgettable
hotel
Luxor, Egypt
By Cyrus Kadivar
MUSIC
Javad
Zabihi
Classical Persian music
COVER
The
circle
Photo essay: Cemetery
By Azade Akhlaghi
UNDECIDED
Talk
some sense
Hating the Americans or the Iraqi government is not a starting point
By Siamack Salari
SOLUTION
Democracy
matters
If Islam is ever to undergo a reformation, as Christianity and Judaism did, it's
only going to happen in a Muslim democracy
By Thomas L. Friedman
SELF-RIGHTEOUS
Israeli
rules of war
Always a fighter, always a terrorist
By Amira Hass
TOLERANCE
For
grandpa
The man I never got a chance to know
By Linda Ghassemi
LIFE
Carlos
I got to come out here to make a buck
By Shahriar Zahedi
HISTORY
Chenin
konand bozorgaan
Shah Abbas
By Khodadad Rezakhani
FILM
Tradition
and modernity
Characters in Payami's film represent extreme poles of our schizophrenic collective
self
By Ataollah Togha
LIFE
Shirley,
Soma and the Persian carpet
Koon-fused, Part III
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley
MUSIC
Fereshteh
Tracks from "Nam-name baaroon" album
COVER
Afghanistan
Bank
Paintings
By Ali Dadgar
OOPS!
Lost
passport
It would have been better if you had lost cash or jewelry or a car
By Akhtar Sayar
OPINION
Naked
imperial policy
Letter to U.N. Secretary General
By Peter Attwood
LIFE
Train
of thoughts
You live and breathe beside the unexpected
By Najmeh Fakhraie
MUSIC
Sousan
Tracks from "Dooset Daaram" album
COVER
This
is London
"Don't Attack Iraq" demonstration
Original photographs by Robert Leigh Banks
Altered by Jahanshah Javid
PROTEST
Taking
to the streets
Peace rally in London
By Shappi Khorsandi
SATIRE
Healthy
society
Junkies and prostitutes contribute more to our society than you and I ever
could
By Siamack Baniameri
SHOPPING
I
hate Sony
And I hate myself because I still buy things like a 7-year-old
By Siamack Salari
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 1
FICTION
The
necklace
Short story
By Azin Arefi
FICTION
Beautifully
short
Short story
By Farooq Azam
FICTION
Compatriots
Short story
By Abbas Mehdibeigi
FICTION
Dar
jostojooye eshgh
Short story
By Namdar Nasser
COVER
I
can fly
Paintings of Forough Farrokhzad
By Faezeh Rastin
OPINION
Vote
him out
How to get rid of Saddam Hossein cheaply and legitimately
By Kazem Alamdari
FILM
So
boring, so pointless
Review: Babak Payami's "Secret Ballot"
By I.X.
CULTURE
My
big fat Persian culture
What's wrong with it?
By Mahyar Etminan
ETHNIC
Claims
and facts
On Azaris and Azarbaijan
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
HOROSCOPE
The stars are gone
Fuck you for existing in the first place
By Madame Bayaz
HISTORY
Chaman
Andam
Slavery in early 20th century Iran
By Massome Price
COVER
Black
wrap
Photo essay: Women in Iran
By Omid Salehi
CONVERSATIONS
Standing
up and speaking out
Or keeping down and staying silent
By Behrouz Bahmani
ART
Secret
of Runes
Installation: Calligraphy
By Sadegh Tirafkan
ART
Free
wrap
Paintings: Women
By Pooneh Jafari Nejad
ART
Fantastic
tales
Paintings & drawings
By Parisa Panahi
ART
Circular
brushwork
Paintings
By Freydoon Rassouli
COVER
Pilgrim
"This is a book about Iran and Iranians"
By Afshin Molavi
POETRY
New
meaning
Poems by the late Hassan Honarmandi
By Esmail Nooriala
POETRY
Az
"moje no" taa "sh'ere eshgh"
History of modern Persian poetry
By Esmail Nooriala
POETRY
Aadam
nashavi
By Kamran Seyed Mousavi
POETRY
Consider
the camel
Persian: Va
negaah kon beh Shotor, aari
By Simin Behbahani
Translated by Korosh Khalili
POETRY
Winter
vacation
By Roger Sedarat
POETRY
Karpaye
By Namdar Nasser
POETRY
On
a dusty mountain path
By Setareh Sabety
POETRY
Come
the light
By Ahmad Shamloo
Translated by Joseph U. Freeman
POETRY
Hands
By Roozbeh Shirazi
POETRY
Saa'ate
panj
By Leila Farjami
POETRY
Grimor
By Vahid Amiri
POETRY
The
classified
By Naz Rakhshandeh
POETRY
Traces
on the sand
By Sheema Kalbasi
POETRY
Beshno
az del!
Based on Alanis Morrisett's "Thank you India"
By Reza Khalili
POETRY
Baagh
o aayneh
By Omid Rahimi
POETRY
Gardner
By Maziar Ouliaei-Nia
POETRY
Glance
By Hamid Karimi
POETRY
Center
of my grief
By Ada Barrett
POETRY
Bigaaneh
parast
By Azam Nemati
POETRY
Aabitareen
saedaaye hamisheh
By Parisa Movahed
POETRY
Tavalodi
deegar
By Ali Jamali
POETRY
Namaki
By Sami Gorgan Roodi
POETRY
Nazanin
By Michael Fredieu
POETRY
Beh yaad aavari
maa raa
By Ali Zahedi
POETRY
The
God of History
By Maryam Kordkheili
POETRY
Qalam
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
COVER
Life
inside
Soudabeh Ardavan's prison drawings
Interview by Fariba Amini
ART
Giving
depth
Reverse-glass painting
By Mahin Azima
DESIGN
Digital
mass
Visual effects
By Nader Davani
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dog
show
Photo essay
By Bijan Seylsepour
ART
Where
I'm from
Painting
By Malissa Saghatchi
MUSIC
The
hum before the storm
A glimpse into a band that possesses all the elements for a cult following
By Babak Khiavchi
MUSIC
Why
Rock? Why Ghormeh Sabzi
"The only reason we are here today playing this music is the love we feel
for it."
By Nima Kasraie
MUSIC
Deep
Dish obssession
The sweetness of this acoustic candy was just too good to be true
By Sanaz Khalaj
MUSIC
Muhammad
Mehdi
Tracks from a new CD
MUSIC
Demis
Roussos
12 of his greatest hits
COVER
Old
Shiraz
Photo essay: 69 photos
TEHRAN
Uncharacteristic
civility
I found myself telling people who have never been to Europe to just walk down
to Tehran's subway stations
By Ben Bagheri
FEAR
Az
saayeye khod betarseed!
Fear your own shadow
By Saeed Tavakkol
FICTION
Nazi
Abadism
Short story
By Rasool Nafisi
IRAN-U.S.
Resolutions
on Iran
On Capitol Hill
From National Iranian American council
IRAN-U.S.
A
new strategy?
Nothing is going to happen. I mean NOTHING.
By Asadollah Bani
LANGUAGE
Facelift
Persian words that can replace their Arabic equivalents
By Vahid Isabeigi
COVER
Good
times
Photo essay: Iranians in Toronto
By Nader Davoodi
NOSTALGIA
Yesterday
Pre-revolution ads and magazine covers
Sent by Bahram 9821
LIFE
Wild
and mild
Koon-fused, Part II
By Marjaneh
Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley
VISA
No
entry for Kiarostami
New visa regulations for Iranians prevent filmmaker from getting a U.S. visa
By Jacques Mandelbaum
MUSIC
Afshin
LA Pop
Assadollah Malek
Violinist
HISTORY
Student
opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari
FAMILY
My
husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba
DISCRIMINATION
My
last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha
DREAMS
Royaye
zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian
9/11
The
9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha
COVER: Cuba
Identity
crisis
Photo essay: Cuba
By Roozbeh Shirazi
Without
a care in the world
Havana under the clear blue Caribbean skies is poetry of colour
Written by Nargess Shahmanesh
Photographs by Robert Leigh Banks
CHUTZPAH
Shopping
is easier than jihad
Why I wonder, do so many people hate Americans? Well, they say they do, but they
don't really
By Alidad Vassigh
OPINION
Futility
of revenge
I cannot stay uncaring about the fate of the Mujahideen Khalgh rank and file
By Shahriar Zangeneh
OPINION
The
seventh oil war
Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world
By Majid Tehranian
AMERICAN
You
shouldn't be visiting Mexico either
Not without my laptop (8)
By Joni Mashti
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ms.
Cookandclean
Photography: Women
By Shadafarin Ghadirian
DIASPORA
The
sacrificial lamb
A bloody Sunday that ended happily. Nobody got arrested.
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
DIASPORA
Blending in
I am really going to miss when we were just Iranians
By Termeh Rassi
HISTORY
Student
opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari
FAMILY
My
husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba
DISCRIMINATION
My
last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha
DREAMS
Royaye
zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian
9/11
The
9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha
HISTORY
Student
opposition
A history
By Afshin Matin-Asgari
FAMILY
My
husband claims she was the perfect wife
My Persian mother-in-law
By Bev Pogreba
DISCRIMINATION
My
last trip to the United States
For the first time in my life I understood what discrimination means
By Picha
DREAMS
Royaye
zareen
The importance of dreams
By Saman Attarian
9/11
The
9/11 baby
Armin may have reflected on what kind of a world he blundered into
By Moji Agha
COVER: Cuba
Identity
crisis
Photo essay: Cuba
By Roozbeh Shirazi
Without
a care in the world
Havana under the clear blue Caribbean skies is poetry of colour
Written by Nargess Shahmanesh
Photographs by Robert Leigh Banks
CHUTZPAH
Shopping
is easier than jihad
Why I wonder, do so many people hate Americans? Well, they say they do, but they
don't really
By Alidad Vassigh
OPINION
Futility
of revenge
I cannot stay uncaring about the fate of the Mujahideen Khalgh rank and file
By Shahriar Zangeneh
OPINION
The
seventh oil war
Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world
By Majid Tehranian
AMERICAN
You
shouldn't be visiting Mexico either
Not without my laptop (8)
By Joni Mashti
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ms.
Cookandclean
Photography: Women
By Shadafarin Ghadirian
DIASPORA
The
sacrificial lamb
A bloody Sunday that ended happily. Nobody got arrested.
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
DIASPORA
Blending in
I am really going to miss when we were just Iranians
By Termeh Rassi
COMMUNITY
Supporting
your own
It starts with wanting to see Iranians progress
By Said Rouhol-Amin
UNIVERSITY
Lower
education
Universities, democracy and girls' education
By Mohammad Ghaed
COVER
Perfect
Forough
How a postcard for Forough Farrokhzad got designendBy Jahanshah
Javid
Drawings by Sadaf Kiani
HISTORY
Persepolis
at Pataliputra
The Zoroastrian period of Indian history
By Samar Abbas
RAPE
Aayaa
tajaavoz jensee hatk hormat ast?
Reducing reape to something less than a crime it is
By Maral Karimi
LIFE
The
Big Three O
The glorious things about reaching 30
By Shappi Khorsandi
DIASPORA
What
do you want?
My desire is to have peace from my family
By Yasaman Rohani
LIFE
When
is it enough?
When can we say, I don't need to wait for anything, everything I want or need
is right here in this moment, right now
By Arezou Raeisghasem
FAMILY
Nesfe
jahan away
She is leaving us, laying in that hospital bed, half the world away
By Assal Badrkhani
COVER
Flight
Photo essay: Flight school in Holland
By Bijan Seylsepour
INTERVIEW
Zan
zalil
Most Iranian women like to keep their man on a short leash
By Siamack Baniameri
POETRY
Eehaam
dar zanaanegi
Poem
By Tannaz Ebadollahi
KISS
Booseh
The kiss
By Hossein Nushazar
FOOD
(Fat)
lost brother
Half-Libyan construction workers AND food lovers
By Siamack Salari
REPUBLIC
Pyramid
of loyalty
God, King, Country? The very notion of kingship runs counter to the universally
recognized rights of the citizen
By Guive Mirfendereski
REPUBLIC
THIS
republic has to go
Because it fails to provide for democracy
By Amir
COVER
After
the storm
Painting
By Mahshid Modares
9/11
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
9/11
International
Enough Day
September 11
By Afshin Levy
9/11
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
9/11
Strange
parallel
Charity begins at home so should anti-terrorism!
By Ramin Tork
SATIRE
Conference
call
Tony, Mohammad and George
By Arash Z
COVER
After
the storm
Painting
By Mahshid Modares
MUSIC
Umm Kulthum
9/11
The
world's end?
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
9/11
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
9/11
Reflections
on transnational terrorism
Remembering The Past And Imagining The Future
By Mansour Farhang
9/11
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
9/11
Pillars
of Heaven
We will be the light that drives out the darknes
By Shahriar Afshar
9/11
Blame
belief
Fundamental principles that underpin terrorism
By Everett E. Allie
COVER
Attitude
Photo essay: Caribbean parade
By Nader Davoodi
MIDDLE EAST
"W"
stands for "war"
Oil is thicker than blood
By Babak Khiavchi
9/11
You
know it will get worse
Who could believe a person's life can change so much in so little time?
By Amir Marvasti
FAIR
Mashad
fair
Photo essay: Expo in Mashad
By Moe
BEHAVIOR
Shared
psychotic disorder
Mass illusion of absolute attachment to a cause
By Leila Farjami
IRAN
Fanciful
presidential flight
What Khatami's words really mean
By Reza Bayegan
LIFE
GHETTO
QUA RAN HAS HIT THE FAN
Sailing over the Atlantic, crossing back with C. Columbus
By BURNTOAST
ROW
Battle
for a body
Farhad's last wish and desire was to have his body cremated
By Pooya Dayanim
EHRAN
Tales
from the zirzameen
Story # 3: The man who would be King
By Brian H. Appleton
FAMILY
My
sister is gay
We are just like everybody else
By Abstre
9/11
Grand
conspiracies
September 11: Reality check
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany
MUSIC
Seven Valleys
Narration: Mansour Taeed
Setar: Kourosh Taghavi
Percussion: Jamsheed Agahi
THIS WEEK
Recent features
Archive
COVER
Business
as usual
Iranian ads in Los Angeles
By Jahanshah Javid
RACE & RELIGION
Mixed
and matched
I heard the sensationalism that others described as fact and decided he's
'the one'
By Nathalie Taghaboni
REGRET
Nashavad,
shod
For Khomeini
By Kaveh Ahangar
9/11
See
the angels fly away
On September 11
By Borzoo Elahi
COMPARE
Passion
vs. possession
Cuba with all its marvelous idiosyncrasies
By Roozbeh Shirazi
TRIP
Warm
waters
Family vacation in Bushehr, 1970
By Cyrus Kadivar
MEMORY
Beh
yaade Farhad
In memory of Farhad
By Hossein Shahidi
POETRY
Vasiyat
In memory of Farhad
By Vahid Amiri
POETRY
Throbs
in our throats
In memory of Farhad
By Mersedeh Khozin
9/11
Schizophrenic
citizen of the world
Poem
By Shoreh Kooshesh
HOROSCOPE
Broken heart
You this month
Madame Bayaz
COVER
To
happier times
A tribute to Farhad
By Jahanshah Javid
MUSIC
Lily Afshar
Tracks from new "Possession"
Shahram Solati
Tracks from new "Hichestan"
Golhaa
Parvin, Ghavami and Mahmoodi Khansari
DIARY
Moral
dilemma
To give them an Iranian recipe or not to give them an Iranian recipe?
By Shappi Khorsandi
9/11
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
REVIEW
Twilight
of religious marketability
Mohsen Kadivar in New York
By Amir
GAZE
A
night on the Silk Road
To you, that barefoot beauty from Persia
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
THIEF
Docharkheh
dozdee shoghle sharifist
Bicycle thief
English text
By Saeed Tavakkol
PERSIAN
Is
our language dying?
Should we totally discard the Arabic element in Persian?
By Vahid Isabeigi
COVER
Broken,
steady rhythms
2002 artist award: Kamrooz Aram
By Maryam Ovissi
TRIP
Negotiating
courage
Meeting an old friend & going to the iranian.com event in Berkeley
By Guive Mirfendereski
9/11
Play
it very safe
and remember that the Middle East does not have monopoly on lunatics and
stupidity...
SPORTS
Feeling
on top of the world
Determination beats everything
By Mehrnoush Barmaki
WOMEN
The
indirect approach
Women and broad-based sustainable development
By Fatima Farideh Nedjat
9/11
United
we can
The world today is no longer the one we knew
By Mahyad M. Tousi
SAVIOR
The
Messiah's Cousin
The Book of Asghar
By Ramin Tork
WOMEN
Fulfilling
expectations
Who is an intern?
By Farzin Foroughi
IDENTITY
More
authentic, or less?
Iranian Nationalism has benefited from a more solid and cohesive base
By Alessio Loreti
HIGH SCHOOL
Enshaay
Mohsen
Returning my cousin's favor
By Shahriar Zahedi
COVER
Metro
murals
Photo essay: Murals at Tehran metro stations
CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
Summer
of 88
Mass executions, 1988
9/11
Out
of sight
Photo essay: World Trade Center a year after 9/11
By Mahdi Sajjadpour
PHOTOGRAPHY
Eye
on the ball
Photo essay: Tennis
By Nader Davoodi
WORLD CUP
Surrounded
by joy
Photo essay: World Cup, Brazil
By Sourna Mohammadi
COVER
Sudden
shift
Sculpture
By Bijan Rafaty
POETRY
Behind
bars
The poetry of Khalil Rostamkhan
RIGHTS
Uncertain
future
Interview with winner of Human Rights Watch journalism award
By Fariba Amini
SATIRE
Bridal
imports
We are dealing with a generation that is a bit shaky upstairs
By Siamack Baniameri
DIPLOMACY
Is
it true?
Do you eat with your hands?
By Hashem Hakimi
DEBATE
The
company you keep
Abject poverty in the area of elemental discourse
By Guive Mirfendereski
COVER
Going
for a ride
Photo essay: Iran
By Arash Shiva
ETHNIC
Headless
cat
Perhaps we should start by examining ourselves
By Ramin Tork
ETHNIC
Truncated
a version of Persia
Nationalism and culture
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
SATIRE
Bohlool
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar
FOOD
Khoresh-e
maast
With a nice glass of iced green tea
By Johnny Waters
LOVE
No
wonder
Our most natural and almost universal desire
By Ali Khalili
COVER
A
picture of dad
Not a day goes by when I don't miss him
By Siamack Salari
POP
He's
half-Iranian, you know
At last we have our own version of Ricky Martin
By Shappi Khorsandi
DIASPORA
Real
pahlavans
May the FARS be with you!
By Babak Khiavchi
AMERICA
The men from JINSA and CSP
Interesting dynamic among right-wing hawks
By Jason A. Vest
Source: The
Nation
MIDEAST
Reason
over blood
An overview of the Israel-Palestinian conflict
By Iqbal Latif
FILM
Practicing
care
Prerequisite to breaking out of the prison of global inhumanity
By Bill Swanson
SHAH
Taller
and taller
He has given his answer to that fair and fearless judge called history
By Reza Bayegan
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2002
(August-June)
COVER
Concord
rehearsal
Photo essay: Muscians
Photos by Jahanshah Javid
POETRY
Taarofing
Poem
By Roger Sedarat
Los
Angeles booye kabaab meedahad
Poem
By Leila Farjami
Dancing
flame
Poem
By Yooseph Azad
Three poems
Poem
By Hamid Karimi
Paeez
Poem
By Omid Rahimi
LANGUAGE
Politicizing
linguistics
It is a mistake to confuse ethnicity with language
By Reza Ordoubadian
TEHRAN
1,
2, 3, 4
Photo essay: Streets of Tehran
By Ali Khaligh
PLAN
The
ideal scenario
For Middle East peace
By Majid Tehranian
PEACE
Finish
the story
Who is writing the Israeli-Palestinian story? Why can't the author finish
it?
By Kamran Talatoff
LIFE
Raahe
tey shodeh
Remembering an old flame
By Yazdaneh Amiryazdani
IRANIANS
Choice
& respect
Everything Iranians do, other Iranians take personally
By SSK
COVER
The
way we were
Photo essay: ancient ruins
by Mansour Sane
FICTION
Photographs
Short story
By Azin Arefi
RIGHTS
Secular
or not
Religious intellectuals come short
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
TRADITION
It
defies MY logoic
We are supposed to beat ourselves bloody for that? And that proves what?
By Mehrnaz Mahallati
FAMILY
Perfectly
imperfect
They make me want to be a better person
By Arezou Raeisghasem
COVER
Venus
She's got guts
ART
Moved
Paintings
By Ardeshir Tabrizi
ART
Half
a haftseen
Paintings
By Mahzad Seif
ART
Conversations
Paintings
By Sepidé Majd
I am a 20-year-old painter born in Tehran, moved to the U.S. at age 4.
MUSIC
Vahid & Bahar
From Swedish-based Vahid & Bahar's "Toloo" album:
PEOPLE
The
same wish
How children feel about events of twenty-plus years ago
By Assal Badrkhani
FICTION
The art
of cooking
Short story
By Saghi (Sasha) Michaelis
MEMORIES
The
culture of emshee
And afternoon naps
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
COUPLE
Thanks
for 25 years
Together
By Je Sea
COVER
The
Abadanis
Short story
By Ramin Tork
IRAN-U.S.
Doaaye
"Green Card" yaa...
Bush's plans for Iran
By Kaveh P.
MEMORIES
Five
o'clock tea
From my student's days in Beirut
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
ETHNIC
Who
are Azeris?
Important to emphasize the roots of Azerbaijan
By Aylinah Jurabchi
BUSINESS
Where's
my money?
Next time you are in his restaurant, ask where's my money?
By Ramin Mahmoodi
COVER
Kopol
vs. Topol
Battle of the bulge: Champion
By Siamack Salari &
Jahanshah Javid
CULTURE
A
tale of Kobra-Soghra
In they come, shrieking and slapping their heads, threatening to faint
By Alidad Vassigh
BOOKS
Hamishe
no
Takht hozi songs
By Morteza Ahmadi
LIFE
MUJAHIDEEN
They told a million lies
By BURNTOAST
EXODUS
The
biggest injustice
Brain drain
By Ahmad Anvari
CHAOS
Stop
at the red light
Before changing the government
By Farhad Radmehrian
EDUCATION
Challenging
ignorance
... on Islam: A Ten-Point Primer for Americans
By Gary Leupp
MINORITY
Medieval
ignorance
The silence of Iranian polity towards Bahai persecution
By Iqbal Latif
IDEAS
The
Khshathric Society
We need a fresh, powerful ideology
By Delshah
1977
Meeting
Buddha in Bamiyan
The Afghanistan I saw was full of shy smiling little children of many diverse
ethnic groups
By Brian H. Appleton
COVER
A
hug and a thought
Quest for Mount Denali, Alaska
By Yazdan Aghaghiri
See photos
IRAN
Man
yek javaane Irani hastam
I am young Iranian
By Galony
ARTIST
Naabeghehee
dar khiyaabaane seezdahom
Visiting an ailing Ardeshir Mohassess in New York
By Morteza Negahi
HOROSCOPE
Dropping a (LP)
needle on the matter
You this month
By Madame Bayaz
METAMORPHSIS
Constant
or consistent?
One should be consistent in changing and growing
By Arash Kamangir
TRAVEL
Beh
farang meeravi?
Leaving Iran on a trip
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
FICTION
Coming
back
Short story
By Azin Arefi
FICTION
All,
but indifferent
Short story
By Reza T. Saberi
ART
The
spiritual eye
The art of Kendal Kennedy: Appearing, disappearing and reappearing
By Sharon L. Parker
TRAVEL
Bus
trip
I'll never forget it
By Christine Zahra Beyzaei
COVER
Kurdish
frames
Painting
By Jamshid Porawzan
NATIONALISM
Loyalty
to our roots
At its most extreme, nationalism is quite like infatuation
By Ali Khalili
RACISM
Welcome
to the real world
If racism was a religion, it would have the greatest following
By Kendal Sheets
IRAN
Haalaa
aakharesh chand?
Choonehing with a shopkeeper
By Lily Raissi
MUSIC
Javad
Yasari
Koocheh baazaari
SATIRE
Khaaneye
afaaf
Official brothel
By Hossein Nushazar
IRAN
Leave
it to the people
Democratic movement gaining momentum
By Narges Bajoghli
DIPLOMAT
Ex-ambassador
"I was never one of those people who admired the Shah"
By Cyrus Kadivar
QUOTES
100
years gone in a minute
From a forgotten twenty-year-old file
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
ART
Tears,
wall-to-wall
"The Tree That Remembers" hasn't a central thesis or focus
By Julian Samuel
COVER
Escape
Painting
By Zaman Zamani
ART
(Traditional)
pop culture
Photo essay: Ta'ziyeh
By Maryam Ovissi
ART
Sugar
bowl
Photo essay: pewter bowl
By Nathan Pearson
STUDENTS
For
the record
Photo essay: 18 Tir
By Hamid Davodabadi
Photos from the July 9, 1999 student uprising in Tehran.
REVOLUTION
The
Irooni way
Aberoo-Rizi may be just be mightier than the sword
By Hassan Moodar
SATIRE
The
OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri
COVER
For
the love of toot
Sketches from a Boyhood in Golhak
By Guive Mirfendereski
SATIRE
The
OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri
SATIRE
Goftegoo
baa Iran Khaanoom
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar
IRAN
Jomhooriye
eslaamiye a'raabe iraani
Arabs patrolling Tehran?
By Behboud
MUSIC
Roohparvar
Iran's "Om Kolthum"
COVER
Kato
finds a home
In Turkey: I spotted a very young kitten during breakfast
By Siamack Salari
LESSON
The
Godmother
"I gained knowledge enough to realize how little I know."
By Azam Nemati
OPERA
The
Persian Tragedy
Sunset of the Persian Empire
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
WELCOME
I
am a champion
Third and last part of Reza Pahlooi's travel to Tehran
By Ramin Tork
SERIOUS
Standardization
of standards
My spurious attempt at being an "antalagh toloogh"
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley
ON THE AIR
Part
of the mainstream
Iranian on the radio in San Francisco
ICON
For
good
Two years after Shamlou
By Esmail Nooriala
FICTION
Khaabe
aakhar
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
FICTION
Parandeh
Short story
By Jahanshah Javid
IRAN
First
night in Tehran
A mid summer night's dream amid the yaas
By Brian H. Appleton
IRAN
Berim
shomaal
The taxi driver asked me out
By Lily Raissi
COVER
In
business
Photo essay: Dubai
By Nader Davoodi
MUSIC
Fairuz
in Paris
Singing of love and Palestine
By Hossein Shahidi
9/11
Enjoy?
If you happen to come to New York and visit Ground Zero
By Layla Dowlatshahi
FICTION
An
hour later
Short story
By Heather-ley Peckham
AMERICA
Out
of love
Community art
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
SCIENCE
Alien
Observations about photons
By Hossein Javadi
Persian text
COVER
For
the love of toot
Sketches from a Boyhood in Golhak
By Guive Mirfendereski
SATIRE
The
OK mullah
Religion, for example, is one thing I have problems with
By Siamack Baniameri
SATIRE
Goftegoo
baa Iran Khaanoom
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar
IRAN
Jomhooriye
eslaamiye a'raabe iraani
Arabs patrolling Tehran?
By Behboud
MUSIC
Roohparvar
Iran's "Om Kolthum"
COVER
Kato
finds a home
In Turkey: I spotted a very young kitten during breakfast
By Siamack Salari
LESSON
The
Godmother
"I gained knowledge enough to realize how little I know."
By Azam Nemati
OPERA
The
Persian Tragedy
Sunset of the Persian Empire
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
WELCOME
I
am a champion
Third and last part of Reza Pahlooi's travel to Tehran
By Ramin Tork
SERIOUS
Standardization
of standards
My spurious attempt at being an "antalagh toloogh"
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley
ON THE AIR
Part
of the mainstream
Iranian on the radio in San Francisco
ICON
For
good
Two years after Shamlou
By Esmail Nooriala
FICTION
Khaabe
aakhar
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
FICTION
Parandeh
Short story
By Jahanshah Javid
IRAN
First
night in Tehran
A mid summer night's dream amid the yaas
By Brian H. Appleton
IRAN
Berim
shomaal
The taxi driver asked me out
By Lily Raissi
COVER
In
business
Photo essay: Dubai
By Nader Davoodi
MUSIC
Fairuz
in Paris
Singing of love and Palestine
By Hossein Shahidi
9/11
Enjoy?
If you happen to come to New York and visit Ground Zero
By Layla Dowlatshahi
FICTION
An
hour later
Short story
By Heather-ley Peckham
AMERICA
Out
of love
Community art
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
SCIENCE
Alien
Observations about photons
By Hossein Javadi
Persian text
COVER
Aah
o naaleh
Sadegh Hedayat's post cards
HELP
The
small things in life
I just want a perfect sperm
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley
POETRY
Naameh
Poem
By Tannaz Ebadollahi
The
edge of the precipice
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
Sar
bar sereer shaaneye oryaane man beneh
Poem
By Monir Taha
MAN
Sadaf
khaaliye yek tanhaaee
I can still hear his warm voice
By Sadaf Kiani Abbasian
IRAN
Daarandegi
o baraazandegi
4,000 new Mercedes Benzs for Iran's police
By Behboud
MEDIA
Illusion
overdose
Iranian TV stations
By Leila Farjami
MUSIC
Giti
Selected songs
GLOBE
Good
idea
Why global civilization?
By Majid Tehranian
MIDDLE EAST
Open
your eyes
High time for Muslims to reject once antiquated clerics and leaders
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
OPINION
Party's
over
Islamic Republic - the great 'national-socialist' experiment in the Middle
East
By Hossein Bagher Zadeh
OPINION
Too
many to count
Similarities between Khamenei and Bush
By Farhad Radmehrian
COVER
Ultimate
concerns
Photo essay: Inner child
By Azadeh Azad
PERSOPHILE
From
Brian to Rasool
I became so Iranianized that I became a Moslem at the Tehran Rotary Club
By Brian H. Appleton
RIGHTS
Momentary
chill
Public execution in Isfahan
By Reza Karimi
MUSIC
Common
language
Hossein Aslani's multifaceted contributions to society follows his global
musical perspectives
By Davood N. Rahni
TRAVEL
Vast
crystal blue skies
200 kilometers of open shores lining the Persian Gulf
By Shabnam
DOMESTIC ABUSE
Who
are you wearing that perfume for?
I am stronger, wiser and better
By Yalda Bidar
TRAITOR
Ladies
next
Look at the mess we men have made
By Mehran Payandeh
QORBOONAM BERI
You
frustrate me
I need to know how to make Iranian men understand, "No, thank you."
By Golden Flower Eyes
MIDDLE EAST
Why
do you blow yourselves up?
I haven't blown myself up. Not yet anyway.
By Saghi (Sasha) Michaelis
AMERICA
A
strange kind of freedom
Biggest threat to liberty in the US: Jewish and Christian fundamentalism
By Rober Fisk
COVER
Our
Man, Hooman
In San Francisco's Radio Alice
By Behrouz Bahmani
YOUTH
Different
agenda
Photo essay: Children of the revolution
By Nader Davoodi
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
fall
Photo essay: Manikin with a view
By Mehraneh Atashi
ALIVE
Finding
your own
Photo essay: India
By Marjaneh Zahed-Khorassani-Kindersley
NEW YORK
Driving
to Ground Zero
Photo essay: New York after 9/11
By Sheema Kalbasi
COVER
Nazri
Photo essay: Food for a blessing
By Nader Davoodi
FICTION
Taaghoot
va Yaghoot har do zan boodand
Fiction
By Elahe Orouzi &
Homa Katouzian
BOOK
Nimeye
Ghaayeb
Excerpt
By Hossein Sanapour
FICTION
Sheklgeereeye
yek gaaf
Fiction
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
OPINION
Can
we say "Who needs Norooz?"
Believing in a "lost cause"?
By Reza Bayegan
WELCOME
To
be or not to be Pahlavi
My name is not Pahlavi. It is Pahlooi
By Ramin Tork
Continuation of "Checkpoint
Mehrabad"
LIFE
RED
JELLO EATS WH$TE AMER$CA
What you see is what you see
By BURNTOAST
AMERICA
Watch
your ass
A few recommendations to my fellow Iranians
By Saeed Tavakkol
WOMEN
Conception
of gender roles
Reza Shah's "Women's Awakening Project"
By Camron Michael Amin
HEALTH
How
do you handle this?
Parkinson's Disease: A personal journey
By Bijan Farzan
IMMIGRANTS
Omberian
visa requirements
Do you qualify?
By Mehdi Nasrin
FITNESS
Walking
A healthy alternative
By Zoya Malek
OPINION
Give
this republic a chance
I will
By Guive Mirfendereski
ANNIVERSARY
18
Tir
Photo essay: student protests
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
MUSIC
Fereydoun
Foroughi
Selected songs
POETRY
Earthly
signs
Forough in her own voice
CRUISING
Haji
Be Em Ve
Photo essay: Driving a BMW in Mashad
By Ali Shahidi
COVER
Gheysar
Bath
Photo essay: southern Tehran
By Nader Davoodi
FICTION
The
Wolf-man
Short story
By Sasan Hamidi
PAIN
Koon-fused
Suddenly Pavarotti hit the high C. And so did I!
By Marjaneh Joon
WELCOME
Checkpoint
Mehrabad
Look respectable. Just show your passport. Don't smile too much
By Ramin Tork
VIRGINITY
Just
as normal as you
For all who can't bear non-virgin yet unmarried Iranian women
By M Taheri
COVER
Kooye
Daneshgah
Photo essay: Student uprising, 1999
PHOTOGRAPHER
Interview with photographer Jamshid Bayrami
In history's archive
I wanted to take photos that would make a point
By Fariba Amini
OPINION
Tic
tic tic
The timer is ticking for the Islamic Republic
By Shahriar Zangeneh
HOROSCOPE
Cell phone fever
You this month
By Madame Bayaz
CONCERT
Breaking
tradition
Can Alizadeh's total improvisation connect with audiences?
By Farhad Bahrami
CONCERT
Not
worth it
Moin could have gained another fan, but...
By Sheila Dadvar
PHOTOGRAPHY
French
fries
Photo essay: World Cup 1998, France
By Nader Davoodi
MUSIC
Shakila
New CD
Faramarz
Assef
New CD
Mahrou
Selected tracks
COVER
Heechee
kam nadaaran
When are we going to recognize Bahais?
By Jahanshah Javid
MIDDLE EAST
Too
beautiful?
A free and prosperous Palestinian state?
By fereydoun Hoveyda
MEDIA
Don't
ask, don't write
How the media spin works in favor of Israel
By John Mohammadi
CASPIAN
Strategic
adjustments
Export options for Caspian energy
By Alex Vatanka
REGIONAL
The
Triad
Russia-Iran-China
By R. Ebrahimi
COMMUNITY
Collective
action
Opposing unfair treatment
By Hazhir Rahmandad and Mehdi Yahyanejad
IRAN
Horrendous
trends
Imminent social explosion
By Vahid Isabeigi
DIASPORA
Tah-digology
Tah-dig seeking its essence
By Shoorideh Sanandaji and Moji Agha
POETRY
You
must
By Setareh Sabety
Melting icicle
By Abol Danesh
Yaad kon
By Sheema Kalbasi
Beh
Ameneh
By Tannaz Ebadollahi
Mahboub
injaast
By Leila Farjami
Come home
By Jason Allen
Poetry 4 the people
By Solmaz Sharif
Taraneye kish
o maat
By Vahid Amiri
The oil of war:
1991
By David B. McCoy
I
am not a virgin
By Arezou Raeisghasem
Koocheye
eshgh
By Azam Nemati
Recipe for
the perfect woman
By Mitra K
Yek nafare saadeh
By Anonymous
Kineh
By Hassan Reza
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
other side
Photo essay: Lebanon
By Hamid Davodabadi
DIASPORA
Stateless
A tale of two passports
By S. Raizam
DIASPORA
One
big (scattered) family
Losing touch with cousins
By Nat Bartel
COVER
After
work
Photo essay: Qahvekhaneh
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
COVER
Dialogue
of civilizations
Commercial graphics
By Moe
WAR
Kopol
vs. Topol V
Battle of the bulge
This
lap's for you
By Jahanshah Javid
Daashtam
meeraftam noon bekharam...
By Siamack Salari
PEOPLE
The
human side
I tried to show the evolution that is taking place within families like Shahrbanoo's
all over the country
By Hamid Rahmanian
WOMEN
Shopkeeper
feminists
Is there really any sincere determination in us to solve our movement's problems?
By Minoo Salehi
LIFE
YES
YES YSSS......BALE?
Hafez agreed to waste money on the gulls picking off ticks on the rhinos
By BURNTOAST
FICTION
Mazra'e
sag koshi
Short story
By Payam Rafighi
IRANIANS
The
missing factor
Merely representing the most downtrodden people
By Amir
IRANIANS
Required
reading
A basic window of exposure to the dual nature of the Iranian psyche
By Mark Dankof
PHOTOGRAPHY
Scheveningen
Photo essay: Holland beach
By Bijan Seylsepour
MEDICINE
Doctors
without orders
More medical students, poorer results
By Mahyar Etminan
NIGHTMARE
Persis
Erectus
For Iranians it seems history does not repeat itself
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
COVER
*@!%!
genius
Illustration
By Hadi Farahani
SMOOTH
Not
Johnny or Jane
I'm a hairy monster
By Marjaneh Joon
TRAVEL
I
will remember you
... will you remember me?
By By Shabnam
HEALTH
Salak
spreading?
Leishmaniasis has reached "epidemic proportions"
By Nazanin Mehrparvar
MEDIA
Faded
hope
If you are unsuccessful blame yourself not others
By Gari Gardner
WOMEN
Three
days in Denver
Iranian Women's Studies Foundation conference
By Elham Gheytanchi
TRAVEL
Lonesome
cowboy in Barcelona
Missing my beautiful "V"
By Siamack Salari
AMERICA
We're
next
America is the next Empire that's going to suffer an outrageous fall
By David Marshall
MIDEAST
Martyrdom,
murder or madness
A pervasive culture that immortalizes suicide bombing by equating death with
power has captured the imagination of a whole people
By Alon Ben-Meir
IRAN-US
Ticking
clock
Should Iranians be glad they're in the "Axis of Evil"?
By Craig Lawrence
ROYALTY
Soraya
Fragments of a life
By Cyrus Kadivar
With 24 photos
SELF
They
don't know
That little 12-year-old with all her insecurities is still inside of me
By Arezou Raeisghasem
FIRE
Change
of wind
For the majority of Coloradans, life is going on as normal
By Javid Djalili
COVER
100
villages gone
Photo essay: Bouin Zahra earthquak
COVER
Setareh
Photo essay: Iranian movie stars
By Ebrahim Haghighi
ANGER
I
cannot blame them
Why many expatriate earthquake experts won't go to Iran
By Mehdi Sharif
QUESTIONS
Another
great World Cup
Don't think too hard. Take it as it is
By Ali Khalili
RETURN
I
no longer blame all of Iran
Iranians made a mistake and many are paying dearly for it
By Debra Johnson
NOSTALGIA
Gorma
Saabzeh & carboza
Americans do not know what they are missing
By PaZand
COVER
Civil
war
Photo essay: World Cup
RIGHTS
Dance
for Khordadian
It is astonishing that a country should detain its top ghermeister
By Peyvand Khorsandi
STORY
4shanbeye
nahs
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
FICTION
Greetings
Book excerpt
DRAMA
Mohaakemeh
Play
By Saeed Tavakkol
English
text
DIASPORA
Dancing
in the fog
Iranians in a San Francisco garden
By Mona Shomali
PROFILING
Have
a good day
I was different from the men and women who were allowed to cross the border
without questioning
By Behzad Yaghmaian
TOO BAD
Just
another soccer widow
I had no intention of being replaced by a game of football
By Parissa Sohie
HISTORY
One
of the oldest voices
Audio: Atabak Azam
From Tourang Birangi
AMERICAN
Almost
there
Not without my laptop (7)
By Joni Mashti
MUSIC
Duets
Selected songs
COVER
Still
life
Painting
By Reza Karimi
MEDIA
Long
Live Iranian TV!
We should not always strive to bitch and scream about our own pop culture
By Assal Badrkhani
MEMORY
The
copper plate
Today, I'm going to think about that which is true
By Mark Dankof
WAR!
Kopol
vs. Topol IV
Battle of the bulge
Broken
scale
By Siamack Salari
I deserved
it
By Jahanshah Javid
DREAM
Dreamscapes
An exceprt from my dream journal
By S. Ensandoost
MUSIC
Ramesh
Selected songs
COVER
Worshipping
words
Caligraphy
By Kamran Abbasi
MUSIC
Iran
rocks
Honar nazd e Iranian ast o bas, even if that
honar belongs to the West
By Nima Kasraie
TRAVEL
Khedmate
Khaajeh
Soul-searching with Hafez Shirazi
By Aref Erfani
TEA
Inside
a kaleidoscope
Afternoon tea with my grandmother
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
MUSIC
Mansour
Selected songs from his new album
COVER
Hand
in hand
Photo essay: Kurdistan
By Omid Salehi
BOWLING
10
pins of separation
How far apart are we?
By Bruce Bahmani
STORY
The
richest fruit
They cared so much about what other people thought about them
By Azin Arefi
TRAVEL
Postcards
from Dubai
Where were the Iranians hiding?
By Cyrus Kadivar
LIFE
L'AMOUR
NARANJESTAN
Antoinette wanted to hide in Naranjestan till it blew over in Paris
By BURNTOAST
OPINION
Caspian
quartet
Last of four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski
ART
Jolly
cow for president
Advertising
By Zartosht Soltani
STORY
Khare
Moghilan
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
POETRY
Dream
I found this poem in the newsletter of my daughter's school.
-- Rassah's mom, Nahid
Three poems
Poem
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
Setting
the record straight
Poem
By Solmaz Sharif
Why this never-ending
fall?
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh
The
Song of Persia
Poem
By Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi
I'm the Single
Most Wonderful PersonI know
Poem :-)
By Mannaneh Shahidi
INTERESTING
I
sow love
To my Divine Lady Gitana
From abdihessabi.com
RETURN
Making
a difference in Iran
We prefer to spend life with loved ones rather than visiting their grave
By A.S.F.
ADVICE
When
the day comes
Beware of men with ties, bowties, and Armani suits
By F.A. Ashtiani
MEDIA
Bad
TV
Even the shows with political themes are mostly filled with profanity and
accusations
By Farhad Radmehrian
TELEPHONE
Nightmare
with Sprint
In this company, nobody really cares whether or not I am a satisfied customer
By Elliott Parivar
LOOKING BACK
The
bicycle posse of Maydaneh Hedayat
The gramaphone years
By Setareh Sabety
MYSTIC
Come
together
Interview
With Majid Tehraniann
ROOTS
Language
of the armies
Urdu: A Derivative of Persian and Avestan
By Dr. Samar Abbas
IDETITY
Broken
link
Persia And Iran are geographic (not racial) terms
By A. R. Begli Beigie
NICE TRY
I
had a dream
The first few words I heard caught my attention
By Farhad Savadkouhi
COVER
30
Morgh
Paintings
By Yari Ostovany
TRAVEL
Tehran
under dust
Maybe a nice long rain will wash it all away
By Shabnam
FICTION
Sobh
beh kheyr
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
ANNIVERSARY
The
country she loved to death
Reflections on the anniversary of Princess Leila's death
By Reza Bayegan
OPINION
The
new Islamophobia
Muslims as nemesis of the "civilized world"?
By R. Ebrahimi
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