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2002
(November-October)
HOROSCOPE
Frozen in a cat's
stare
You this month
By Madame Bayaz
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bang-up
job
Photo essay: Shipbuilding
By Bijan Seylsepour
MUSIC
Manouchehr
Sing alongs
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Children
of burning stars
Declaring a new faith: Old faith, new clothes
By Ramin Tork
STUDENT PROTESTS
I
smell ghormehsabzi
Students have spearheaded movements often blindly and emotively. Let's hope it's
different this time
By Parkhash
REFORMATION
From
cave to cathedral
The age of modernity
By Fatima Farideh Nejat
MUSIC
Be
careful what you wish for
On the results of an underground music competition in Iran
By Babak Khiavchi
FILM
Entertainment
+
Top 10 movies of 2002
By Mani Farhoomand
MUSIC
Mehrpouya
Ghaayeghraan
Compiled by Azam Nemati
VELAYAT FAGHIH
Meltdown
Direct attack on the leader of the IRI
(In Persian. See English
translation)
By Ghassem Sholeh Sadi
COVER
Who
you talkin' to?
Iranian cinema has lost its magic
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
VELAYAT FAGHIH
Meltdown
Direct attack on the leader of the IRI
(In Persian. See English
translation)
POETRY
Yaad-e
assal
Poem
By Reza Hiwa
POETRY
Do
you miss me?
Poem
By Roya Hakakian
PROFILING
Tip
of the iceberg
A traffic violation could get you kicked out of the U.S.
LIFE
Kissed
in Valencia
He swirled his silk cape and thrust his sword in the bull's jugular crying CARMEN
!
By Kristopher Kolumbus
LIFE
Short
short story
Valleys pushing up heaving hills without a wonderbra
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 10
COMMUNITY
From
us to you
In appreciation of a community leader
By Amir H. Salek
FRIENDS
Hello
again
Looking for high school friends/ 1976
By Azita Arfai Barbod
MUSIC
Firouzeh
Overnight sensation
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
From
monkey to man
A call for Islamic Protestantism
By Hashem Aghajari
OBSERVER
A
story worth watching
An Islamic reformation
By Thomas Friedman
DEBATE
Rumi
dar baraabare Molla Omar
A reply to Akbar Ganji's republican manifesto
By Mahmoud Sadri
GOVERNMENT
There
must be a reason
Half of the original members of the European Union are monarchies
By Sen
ACTION
Baba
velesh kon
I want to do something to support freedom in Iran -- and the U.S.
By Bijan Khazai
INDIA
Here,
I'm Mary Jones
"If you have no hope, how do you expect us to?"
By Maryam Nabavi
SOCCER
Best
day
When we were down 2-0, my friend asked me if there was any hope
By Shahin Milani
MUSIC
Mahasti
Golden oldies
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Shahreno
Women of Tehran's pre-revolution brothel district
By Docheshmeh Bina
COVER
Self-portrait
Photo exhibition: Bras
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley
WRITING
Magical
chair of nails
Becoming a writer in a second language
By Roya Hakakian
IRAN
Anjaa
Tehran bood
That was Tehran
By Sadaf Kiani
REVOLUTION
High
on freedom
They marched with the belief that Iran would finally be the master
of her own destiny
By Banafsheh Dastyari
ISLAM
Kicking
the prison door
The Islamic world today is being held prisoner, not by Western but by Islamic
captors
By Salman Rushdie
LEFT HOOK
Long
live monarchists
A thanksgiving
By Guive Mirfendereski
COMMUNITY
How
Persian Drive was saved
Countering an "attack on our heritage"
By Behrouz Bahmani
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 9
ABOUT MUSIC
Borrowing
wisely
Questions concerning native music
By Reza Bayegan
COVER
Elevation
Photo essay: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Photographs by Arman Molki
Written by Sepideh Mahani
RAMADAN
Audio: Zabooneh
roozeh
Talking about fasting and Ramadan on Bern's Persian radio
By dAyi Hamid
MUSIC
Ahdieh
Filmfarsi tunes
Compiled by Azam Nemati
PET
Map
in the cat
I held her childhood picture and had a vision
By Reza Izad
RITUALS
Thanksgiving
on Ramadan
Time to go on a "regime"
By Niki Tehranchi
PEOPLE
Blessed
by bademjan
Damn! She would be scarfing down my khoresht!
By Heather-ley Peckham
PEOPLE
Soil
searching
Do we not question the very soil that bred and nurtured tyrants?
By Moe
OPINION
Trading
human rights
For the European Union, trade comes first
By Cyrus Kadivar
PHOTOGRAPHY
Romans
Photo essay: friends
By Arash Radpour
PHOTOGRAPHY
Booty
call
Photo essay: Toronto dance festival
By Nader Davoodi
SATIRE
Conference
Berlin
Cross between eggplants and bananas
By Cyrous Moradi
CHILDREN
Bacheh-haaye
sarzamin-e sakhreh-haa
Short story
By Shabnam Ebrahimi-Nejad
MUSIC
Mahmoudi
Khonsari
Morghe Shabahang
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
The
dying days of a bad lie
The mullahs' last supper
By Shahla Azizi
AMERICA
The
Giants
War and peace and people
By Siamak Vossoughi
DISCRIMINATION
Innocent
until proven Muslim
In America
By Anai Rhoads
FILM
More
than real
Hollywood's thousand and one nights
By Darius Kadivar
MUSIC
Omid
Contemporary pop
ORGANIZATION
Unifying
the divided
Iranian-Americans and Iran
By Pouya Alimagham
COVER
No
time to play
Photo essay: Afghan children in Iran
By Atieh Noori
IRAN-U.S.
Only
a matter of time
War between Iran and the U.S.?
By Eric Frazier
RIGHTS
It
happened on Hedayat Street
The Forouhars' house, November 23, 1998
Compiled by Fariba Amini
WOMEN
Against
the wind
Pioneer women pilots
By Abbas Atrvash
REVIEW
Nostalgia
Shahin & Sepehr's latest album
By Bruce Bahmani
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 8
MUSIC
Delkash
Jodaaee...
COVER
Prophets
Editorial illustrations
By Dariush Radpour
POETRY
Things
I'm thankful for
Poem
By Samar Davoodi, age 12
Our mama
Poem
By Ramtin
Baran (Tabeed)
Poem
By Reza Hiwa
Behold
this love that has no bound
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
Dar
aab
Poem
By Leila Farjami
Thick skin
Poem
By Arash Daneshzadeh
Daastaan-e
shab
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh
Az aan saalhaa...
Poem
By Qasem Nosrati
Doudee (Cured)
Poem
By Shiva Ensandoost
Only
in America
Poem
By Shadi Ziaei
For
the United Nations
Poem
By Assal Badrkhani
Distant voice
Poem
By Shiva Shajii
The cubic
Poem
By Abol Danesh
Your Persian
rug
Poem
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
OPINION
Iranian
problem, Iranian solution
We should not depend on anybody but ourselves in our nonviolent fight for freedom
By Reza Pahlavi
OPINION
Khatami's
last chance
Hasn't the time come for Khatami to stop this ridiculous game and once
and for all call it what it is?
By Mani Farhoomand
OPINION
Lengesh
kon
Movement against mullahcracy -- with patience
By Shahla Samii
OPINION
Total
subjugation doctrine
Iran's independencen and earth's survival
By Moji Agha
COVER
Tintin
in Tehran
Already a classic cartoon
By Zartosht Soltani
MUSLIM
Defending
something I'm not
Fast-track to disinformation
By Shirin Sadeghi
FICTION
A
little flashback
Short story
By Mammad Aidani
FINALLY
You
did it
Single mom finishes graduate school
By her friends
ART
Rainbow
princess phase
My daughter's art
Drawings by Parisa Tork
Written by Ramin Tork
MUSIC
Shahab
Pop
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Some
things are sacred
Photo essay: Free speech
By Jahanshah Javid
LIFE
A
university acceptance
He had wanted to be a man fighting against an unjust system instead of
living as part of it
By Siamak Vossoughi
FICTION
Mardi
dar asaansor
Short story
By Qasem Nosrati
STORY
Bahs
dar foroodgaah
Airport arguments
By Cyrous Moradi
POETRY
Chand
koocheh?
Poem
By Omid Rahimi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 7
MUSIC
Golpa
From the "Ghahro naaz" CD
COVER
Truth
or dare
Photo essay: student protests
OPINION
Ceausescu,
your velayat-ness
It is no longer if the IRI gets the message, rather when and how
By Shahriar Zangeneh
CRITICISM
Haven
for the truly insane
Art in iranian.com
By Amigui
PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrons
Photo essay: Exhibit in Tehran
By Nader Davoodi
LABOR
Dusk
to dawn
Photo essay: Brick factory worker
By Laleh Z. Aali
MUSIC
Moin
From his latest CD
Comiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Truth
or dare
Photo essay: student protests
DIASPORA
Traveling
above
The immigrant's quest for a fuller meaning of life
By Leila Farjami
REVOLUTION
Fereydoun's
wound
Hoveyda in New York
By Amir
DIASPORA
Balancing
act
My Iranian and American side
By Siedeh Rezaei-Kamalabad
MUSIC
Various
1
Oldies
MUSIC
Dariush
From "Beman Nagoo Doostet Daaram" CD
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Solomon's
throne
Photo essay: Takht-e Soleyman
Photographed by Farhad Rafii
OPINION
Politics
of intimidation
Ideology & violence
By Fatima Farideh Nedjat
OPINION
Controlled
democracy
A political analysis of Iraqi freedom
By Iqbal Latif
BOOK
For
the explorer
Luristan, 1930
By Freya Stark
LIFE
A
kick in the ass
Let him who is without sin, throw the first Empty Without Me, CD
By Kristopher Kolumbus
HISTORY
The
wandering genius
Avicenna
By Farid Parsa
MUSIC
Bakhtiari
Folk music
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
The
spirit lives
Photo essay: Iran
By Jason Allen
STORY
Abjo-ye
Shams
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
STATE
The
unelected few
Promoting undemocratic governments around the world
By Guive Mirfendereski
AMERICAN
A
good sport
Chehel Setun of Qazvin and Dai Jan Napolon
By Brian Appleton
REVIEW
New
& enchanting
Alireza Assar's concert
By Syma Sayyah
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 6
MUSIC
Dastgah
Classical Music of Iran
Compiled by Azam Nemati
LIFE
Gentle
strength
A revolutionary speaks on violence
By Siamak Vossoughi
RIGHTS
One
of us
It is our duty to defend Aghajari's human
rights
By Mani Farhoomand
LIFE
Different
paths
Distances created by culture, money, religion...
By M. Taheri
LIFE
Me
and my iron
The possibilities are endless
By Marjaneh Zahed-
Khorassani-Kindersley
MUSIC
Parviz
Yahaghi
Violin
Compiled by Azam Nemati
LETTER OF THE DAY
Debating
everything
On the reception of Iranian films
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
COVER
Color,
light, shadow
Photo essay: Architecture
By Roshanak Keyghobadi
LIFE
Outside
the tunnel
Story of an escape
By Banafsheh Dastyari
INSTRUMENT
Zyryab
The Iranian roots of the guitar
By Nima Kasraie
HISTORY
Off
the horse
Mongols: They were not merely blood-thirsty savages
By Frank Wong
TIPS
Make
it your bible, bubba
How to woo a middle-aged Iranian woman
By Azam Nemati
WAR
Sarbaz
imam zaman
We are pass this training, and they are send us for fight and war with
Iraqi
By Hossein Hajiagha
COVER
Fin
water
Photo essay: Bagh-e Fin-e Kashan
By Ataollah Omidvar
OPINION
A
war of liberation
The war that America is currently trying to justify is not
By Salman Rushdie
IRAN
Getting
the job done -- by ourselves
Democracy is not something you buy from a store
By Mahrokh Mashadi
ELECTIONS
Need
to get involved -- now
Vote in Tuesday's U.S. elections
By Farhad Radmehrian
SOLUTION
An
apolitical solution
How to bring about political change in Iran
By Shahin Milani
STATE
Sustainable
democratisation
The rejection of absolutism implies a re-thinking of the institution of
the faqih
By Alessio Loreti
IRAN
Third
alley, right door
Does a landscape adapt to the soul of its people?
By Asghar Massombagi
MUSIC
Manoochehr
Sadeghi
Watch RealVideo performance
COVER
Days
of our lives
A memoir in comic strips
By Marjane Satrapi
HOROSCOPE
Out at sea
You this month
By Madame Bayaz
TRAVEL
Saying
hello to Iranians
Friends in Paris, strangers in Madrid
By Siamack Salari
MEN
My
brain
The big head vs. the little head
By Siamack Baniameri
MUSIC
Shusha
Guppy
Folk songs
Compiled by Azam Nemati
LIFE
Boo!
Crescent moon in Calpe
Firdowsi and I planted roses in the castles of Spain
By Kristopher Kolumbus
DIARY
Nazannin's
great leap
Part 5
LIFE
No
hell on earth
Meeting amazing people
By Lilly Benevis
BOOK
A
separate world
Novel
By Anahita Firouz
DIASPORA
Piety
among atheists
The whole house would seem more humble
By Siamak Vossoughi
MUSIC
Taranehaa
va Khaaterehaa
Memorable tunes
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Age
4 plus
Handmade greeting cards
By Misha Zadeh
POETRY
My
sister
Poem
By Ali Jami, age 10
MUSIC
Delkash
Atashe Carevan & more
Compiled by Azam Nemati
FICTION
All
the king's men
Short story
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
LIFE
Reflection
in the knife
I am nothing
By Torang Asadi
IRAQ
The
American way
Money=oil=money
By Azadeh Ensha
LIFE
Walking
down the streets of Salamanca
My life is a book, and I am the author
By Arezou Raeisghasem
COVER
Khaleh Kobra
Photo essay: Fisher woman
By Omid Salehi
MEDIA
Death
of a close friend
The demise of Gol Agha magazine
By Shahin Milani
PEACE
Hey
Bush!
Photo essay: Anti-war rally, Washington DC
By Poriya Moazzami
REVIEW
Best
of both worlds
Axiom of Choice
By Babak Khivachi
REPLY
Saal-haaye
sarkoob
A reply from a former member of the Mojahedin Khalgh
By Mohsen Nejat
STORY
Eenhaa
tamaaroz meekonand
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
MUSIC
Darvish
Javidan
Cheerful songs
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Stepping
out
Paintings
By Shirin Ghandchi
ART
Another
time, another body
Paintings
By Behrang Samadzadegan
PHOTOGRAPHY
Round
and round
Photo essay: Turkish Sufi dance
By Javad Montazeri
PHOTOGRAPHY
Set
sail
Photo essay: Falmouth, England
By Bijan Seylsepour
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 4
MUSIC
Abdu Dagir
Egyptian Violinist
Compiled by Azam Nemati
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