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2003
December
COVER
Down
to earth
Photo essay: Bam earthquake
By Mehraneh Atashi
RESPONSIBILITY
Prepared
disaster
Call for a commission of inquiry
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
COPY
RIGHT
Precedent
set
Case on Iranian intellectual property in US
By Ali Kamarei, Esq.
EYEWITNESS
Zir-e
aavaar-e faaje-eh
Report from Bam
By Hessam Foroozan
DISASTER
Two
months before
Photo essay: Bam citadel
By Afshin Deyhimpanah
COVER
Bam
disaster
Photo essay: Bam earthquake
QUAKE
In
ruin
The magnitude of the disaster in Bam is simply astounding
By H. Utanzad
MEDIA
For
crying out loud
North American news coverage of earthquake in Iran
By Mitra Sadrameli
ELECTIONS
Adam-e
sherkat dar entekhaabaat
Not voting in the upcoming Majlis elections
By Niloofar Beyzaie
FILM
Good
and bad
Aghdashloo's character in House of Sand and Fog was
a weak woman
By Azam Nemati
COVER
Mani
Persian rap
PROFILING
Santa
at the border
With your long beard and your strange brightly-colored
costume, you practically have 'Fanatical Muslim' tattooed on your
forehead!
By Niki Tehranchi
AMERICA
Miracle
on 55th Street
When you first arrive as a refugee in America...
By Roya Hakakian
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon: Part
8 (last)
By Sina Rahmani
NUMBER
Seven
No
other number seems to have a stronger presence in our lives
By Babak Khiavchi
POINT
Walking
on Arab Street
Highly improbable that an entire race should be deprived
of the minimal common sense
By Alidad Vassigh
FICTION
L
Short story (Persian)
By Bahram Moradi
POETRY
Persian
style Christmas
It helps us to belong
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
TRADITION
Happy
Yalda
We decorate a small Sarve not necessarily for Mitra, but
in memory of my ancestors
By Ash Farhang
IRAQ
Victor's
justice
Case for US trial for Saddam Hussein
By Guive Mirfendereski
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon: Part
7
By Sina Rahmani
COVER
The
good lie
It's up to you whether Santa really exists
By Niki Tehranchi
OPINION
Tale
of two counter-elites
In their anti-modernist stance ruling elites in Iran and
the US are unapologetic about their return to the language and
politics of fundamentalist religion
By Ahmad Sadri
FILM
House
of Shohreh
Sneak preview: House of Sand and Fog
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
FILM
Right
direction
Hollywood's first refined portrayals of Iranian Americans
By Trita Parsi
COVER
In
snow
Photo essay: New York snow storm
By Roshanak Keyghobadi
REFUGEE
Little
black spiders
Short story
By Farid Parsa
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon: Part
5
By Sina Rahmani
MEMORIES
Born
again
Story of an MKO member: Part five
By Sepideh
FICTION
Return of Shahrzad
Part 7
By Eric J. Jerpe
COVER
The
longing
Open letter
By Parastou Forouhar
COVER
El
Limbo
Photo essay: Trip to El Paso
By Jahanshah Javid
GENDER
WARS
Great
year
For Iranian women. And Iranian men are plain jealous.
By Siamack Baniameri
MUSIC
Jalil
Shahnaz
Eshgh o zendegi
Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Mommie
dearest
The pope beatified Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist,
and a fraud
By Hosein DeVilt
THEATER
Khaateraat-e
honarpishe-ye naghsh-e dovom
On
Beyzaie's latest play
By Bahman Khayyam
TRAVELERS
Inside
a different city
Five weeks in a refugee camp in Lebanon: Part
3
By Sina Rahmani
FICTION
Return
of Shahrzad
Part 5
By Eric J. Jerpe
OPINION
Paayaan-e
dictaatori
The fall of Saddam Hossein
By Amir Azar
FILM
The
last colony
Interview with filmmaker Parvin Ansary
By Brian Appletonanyway.
OPINION
Spare
a thought for us -- first
Ebadi's wasted opportunity?
By Ardavan Bahrami
COVER
Bareable
Photography: Nudes
By M. R. Rashed
QAJAR
Tabriz
in Monaco
More on Prince Arfa's villa
By Farhad Diba
WAR
Burnt
A trip to my war-torn hometown
By Saman Ghiassi
FICTION
Farah
and Simran
Friendship never dies
By Wazhma Frogh
COVER
Shirin
Photo essay: Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
RIGHTS
Restless
limbs
Shirin Ebadi's Nobel speech
POETRY
Parchamdaar-e
aashtee
For Shirin Ebadi
By M. Keyvan
POETRY
Keshvar-e
man
My
country
By Salamkhar Golsir Koohi
POETRY
Without
the same
What purpose had her life -- in pain?
By Jam Hamidi
POETRY
Memory
of my father
In Shiraz's Spring-colored weather
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
POETRY
I
stand where the windows are empty
Yes, my cut heart shall sing
By Sheema Kalbasi & Roger Humes
POETRY
I
am an Iranian
We just sit here playing idiotic political games
By Niloofar Nafici
POETRY
Ey
toh bartar
Bee toh aaheest...
By Arash Zarei
POETRY
The
shore of silence
The story of the stars is not in my mouth
By Taraneh Javanbakht
POETRY
A
love letter
What is life without a yearning like
this?
By Leila Shirazi
IN
MEMORY
Poems for the late
Shirin Bakhtiar
Tasliyat
By Arash Zarei
Perhaps
the next shore
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
RIGHTS
Welcome
hope
Photo essay: Cheers for Ebadi
By Takyar
CHRISTMAS
Santa
in certain terms
Still great fun for us heathen kids who didn't celebrate
Christmas
By Shappi Khorsandi
TRAVELERS
The
Persian translation
For me, Iran now has a human face
By Eric Jerpe
TRAVELERS
Rue
des Hedayat
Walking into a bookshop in Paris
By Hormoz
MEMORIES
Born
again
Part four: Story of an MKO member
By Sepideh
COVER
Hall
of reflections
Powerful, humane archive of Iranian immigration to the
US
By Persis M. Karim
RIGHTS
Who
cares?
A probono lawyer and her one-practice fight against the Patriot Act
By Behrouz Bahmani
LIFE
Amir's
garden
Now 32 years old and listed in several Los Angeles hiking
guides
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
IDEA
Plant
a tree on Noruz
Help the environment and learn to cooperate
By John Mohammadi
CLONING
Nancy's
fancy fish farm
Genetically modified Glo-fish?
By Afsaneh Bahrami
COVER
Twins
for sale! Twins for sale!
"Mr Grizzly" and "Little Prince"
By Siamack Salari
ART
The
missing
Tooba, the tree of life, must be controlled, kept in fear,
scrutinized
By Torange Yeghiazarian
IDENTITY
Smack
in the middle
It is good to, for a change, leave the pride aside and
imagine ourselves in the other person's shoes
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
FICTION
An
inconsequential man
Short story
By Mammad Aidani
HUMANITARIAN
Why
do I want to go there?
It is my calling. It may be yours too.
By Roz Omid
IDENTITY
Simply
human nature
Would anybody want to hire us if we were all going to be
known only as terrorists?
By Cas Anvar
LIFE
Winter
Memories sparkle like icicles hanging from the roof
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
RIGHTS
In
the name of national security
If Maher Arar was in fact a threat to the US, why...
By Asghar Massombagi
RIGHTS
We
shall never forget
Interview with Abdol-Karim Lahiji
By Fariba Amini
DIASPORA
The
photo album
Even after 9 years I still miss everything I had left behind
By Khaton Khanom
EDUCATION
Certificate
chasers
What matters is not learning, but the degree
By Syma Sayyah
COVER
Telling
all
Paintings
By Mohammad Reza Keshavarzi
ETHNIC
The
problem with the Kurds
They are trusting to their own ruin
By Pedram Moallemian
BOOK
Something
very real
Unique legends and folklore that seem to allude to the
Atlantis myth were based on fact all along
By Robert Sarmast
OPINION
Ripe
for reinterpretation
From Ebadi's various remarks it is clear that progressive
Islam protects human rights but also advocates a secular approach
with regards to political institutions
By Nema Milaninia
REPLY
Weight
of history
... would seem to reflect that any good from Qajar rule
was in spite of them, not because of them
By James M. Nugent
FICTION
Saayeh
beh saayeh
Short story
By Partow Nooriala
FICTION
Myth
of Creation
Short story
Written by Sadegh Hedayat
Translated and adapted by Ali Sadri
FICTION
Return
of Shahrzad
Part III
By Eric J. Jerpe
DIARY
Awi
Part 27
MEDIA
Garden
variety
An Iranian teaches an American a lesson about journalism.
The film skips the Iranian part
By Kambiz Foroohar
IRAN-U.S.
Signs
of life
Recollections from an autumn on the road
By Guive Mirfendereski
OPINION
It
would be a sad day
On the Islamic Republic's desire to join the Arab League
By A. Shahmolki
INHUMANITY
The
hanging judge is dead
After taking so many innocent lives, the grim reaper visits
Khalkhali
By Iran Watcher
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