2003
April
COVER
Under
the arch
Good reasons for feelings of closeness between Iranians
and Iraqis
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
IRAN
Referendum
-- or else
People of Iran might seek foreign help for freedom
By Heshmat Tabarzadi
AMERICA
Where
"they" end and "we" begin
What is our role as Iranian Americans?
By Termeh Rassi
CULTURE
Just
non-Greek
Persians in Herodotus's Histories
By Amir Kasravi
POETRY
Rad-e
paa-ye to
Poem
By Arash Zarei
COVER
Rome's
shadow
Photo essay: Rome & the Vatican
By Shahrooz Nabati
SATIRE
Dear
Ghazanfar
A mother's letter to his son
By Kouros Behzad
LIFE
Tip
of a pencil
The travelers, Part III
By Laleh Haghighi
DIASPORA
Heh?
Ability to face life's hardships with fortitude and a banana
split
By Alidad Vassigh
LIFE
The
Caliph of Calpe
Come Ride with Me On the Bus
By Kristopher Kolumbus
MUSIC
Mohammad
Reza Lotfi
"Depth of emotion and spirituality"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
DIARY
Awi
Par 11
LESSON
Better
than the past
What recent history has taught Iranians
By Nikki Keddie
DIPLOMATIC DIARY
Will
anyone miss us?
Accompanying the Shah on a visit to communist Russia
By Farhad Sepahbody
BOOK
Monarchy
and theocracy
The Impact of Iranian mythology on the Islamic revolution
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
FREE SPEECH
Not
about Sina
The Islamic Republic is now targetting sprouting Internet
writers
By Pedram Moallemian
MEDIA
Shabakeh
al-Alam: Tekraar-e tajrobeh-ee talkh
al-Alam
TV: Repeating a bitter experience
By M. Behboud
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 29
RIGHTS
Monster
mistake
Job
site's move to drop Iranians raises legal and ethical questions
By Dokhi Fassihian
IMMIGRANTS
Homeland
insecurity
Today's Middle-Eastern Americans and yeterday's Japanese
Americans
By Niki Tehranchi
MEDIA
Who
had the best war song?
Iraq war news themes
By Behrouz Bahmani
COMMUNICATION
Linguistic
deodorant
The language of war
By Yahya Kamalipour
POETRY
The
heartbeat of death
Poem
By Sara Tajbakhsh
Children
of the crescent
Poem
By Ramtin
I
am the star
Poem
By Soraya Shalforoosh
Jaavdaaneh
Poem
By Arash Zarei
The
eve of war
Poem
By Roger Hume
Make
Her Our's
Poem
By Nina Farnia
Lights,
tanks, action!
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh
Album-e
sorkh
For
Kaveh Golestan
By R. Hiwa
The
night letter
Poem
By Maziar Ouliaei-Nia
Faces
of war
Drawing/Poem
By Saghar Barzmehri
Stoning
in Abadan
Poem
By Ramtin
Only
1 step
Poem
By Arash Daneshzadeh
Dar
beehozooriye parvaaz
Poem
By Massoud Vatankhahi
Benevees
naameh nevees
Poem
By Arash Zarei
Nemidaani...
Poem
By Peyman Rajabi
Khorramshahr
Poem
By Azam Nemati
The
cub
Poem
By Reza Razavi
Rivals
- football fans
Poem
By Mahsa J
Salam
Iran
Poem
By Bardia Haddadi
Jang
Poem
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
Your
name
Poem
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
Mihan
Poem
By Shahrooz Shokraei
Knowing
Poem
By Sara Tajbakhsh
Yaar...
Poem
By Delshode
IRAQ
The
culture gaff
The message that we deliver often assumes that the audience
is a knave, fool, or rascal
By Guive Mirfendereski
FREE SPEECH
Heterosexist
Haji
Not a cry for censorship, but an appeal for journalistic
responsibility
By Choob Dosargohi
CIVILIZATION
Did
anyone care?
Looting of Baghdad Museum: America's clash WITH civilizations
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
MIDDLE EAST
Club
Axis
Enrolling Syria in the world's most exclusive group
By Sharif N. Mafi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 28
DIARY
Awi
Part 10
CONFERENCE
Throwing
ideas
Photo essay: CIRA
By Nader Davoodi
Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Conference,
Toronto, 2001.
OPINION
Morgh-e
azaa va aroosee
Screwed, either way
By B. Behboud
BOOK
Man
babr neestam
Excerpt from a novel
MUSIC
Masoud Jahed
"Ney and Aref"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
MUSIC
Mahvash
Azhir
Iranian Alternative Radio's
favorite pick
LOVE
Veshkoon
If only for today I would remove my mask and shout
By Assal Badrkhani
INTERACTIVE
Take
a chance
Internet dating
By Saghar Siami
IRAQ
Khar
khodeti
On the latest saga of the British carving of the Middle East
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
IRAQ
The
myth of hatred is dead
Fall of Baghdad should usher new era of common respect of
all nations
By Iqbal Latif
RUNNER
In
memory of peace
Reasons for running in the marathon
By Azin Nezami
MIDEAST
You
can relax (for a few months)
U.S. will not initiate Iraqi-style regime change in any
other country, yet
By Nader Habibi
VETERAN
Shock
and awe Iranian style
Braveness is taking one's rifle and wanting to go back to
the battlefield to defend one inch of your land
By Pesare Gol
FILM
Winds
of war
Film depicting Nazi assassination plot in Tehran
By Darius Kadivar
AGE
Five-minute
break, please?
After 18 years of life
By Negin Shadaram
LIFE
Chaay
yaasaman-e sabz
Tea
on a snowy day in Washington DC
By Sadaf Kiani
AMERICA
Imam
Bush
George W., The Messiah?
By Reza Mazaheri
PEACE
Do
as the Romans do
Photo essay: Peace march
By Dariush Radpour
DIASPORA
Lightness
of simply being
Spending Sunday mornings in a restaurant without one's every
move being dissected by the state
By Asghar Massombagi
Sticking
together
The travelers, Part II
By Laleh Haghighi
COVER
Modern
lines
Mehrdad Ghanimifard's Plexiglas art
By Farzad Fadai
WAR
You
call this a war?
I wanna see some Iraqi fedayins' guts shoot at the camera
and cover Christiane Amonpor's face
By Siamack Baniameri.
COVER
A
"breathtaking" day
Horoscope
By Madame Bayaz
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 27
DIRAY
Awi's
diary
Part 9
BOOKS
Turning
White
Excerpt from a novel
By Nader Habibi
RELIGION
Save
it, Jesus!
The only "cult" I belong to is atheism
By Niki Tehranchi
IRAQ
Holy
governor
Looking for a job in Iraq
By Linda Ghassemi
IRANIANS
Daryani
Photo essay: Family grocery stores in Tehran
By Mahsa J
MUSIC
Shala
Dark eyes
By Bruce Bahmani
IRANIANS
Taking
hold of our fate
Or watch someone else dictate it their own way
By Nema Milaninia
IRAN
New
dog or new tricks?
The end of Khatami era inevitably marks the end for Islamic
reformers
By Ramin Ahmadi
IRAN
The
unthinkable ally
If the US were to extend an arm of friendship to the growing
student movement in Iran
By Baha Hariri
IRAQ
Karate
against a kid
What does it means to beat Iraq
By Daniel Patrick Welch
IRAQ
Liberated?
Please...
By Sharif N. Mafi
MUSIC
Soleimani
Music of Khorasan
Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Booy-e
kabaab neest
Don't expect Americans to bring democracy to Iran
By Ramin Kamran
WOMEN
The
travelers
Paintings
By Laleh Haghighi
COVER
Khakestari
Paintings
By Pantea Rahmani
IRAQ
Why
Americans want this war
Achilles from below and Don Quixote from above
By Ahmad Sadri
IRAQ
The
fairly obvious
U.S. may win the war but lose the peace
By Majid Tehranian
IRAQ
Dawn
of a new day
Fall of Baghdad from 1258 to 2003
By Iqbal Latif
DIARY
Awi
Part 8
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 26
LOSS
Crossing
the border
A tribute to Kaveh Golestan
By Farnaz Fassihi
LOSS
Finding
Kaveh
Too late. He became a victim of a criminal
war
By Goudarz Eghtedari
LOSS
Sunset
in Golestan
Accomplished photographer becomes casualty of war in Iraq
By Shirin Sadeghi
HATE
Does
that make me an anti-Semite?
I criticize Israel. But I don't hate Jews
By Reza Mazaheri
MIDDLE EAST
Straight
talk
A very short story
By Guive Mirfendereski
FICTION
The
sea bird
Short story
By Mokhtar Paki
FICTION
Rashide
Short story
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
English text
MUSIC
Golhaye
Javidan
Gholamhossein Banan and Hossein Ghavami
Compiled by Azam Nemati
APRIL FOOLS
Washington
to establish United States of Iran
U.S. appoints James Rubin as governor of Iran
By Fred Goozman
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