| 2003
January
COVER
Those
days
Photo essay: Revolution
By Kaveh Golestan
OBSERVER
All
but spent
Iran's revolutionary fervor
By Elaine Sciolino
FICTION
Pala & Sten
Short story
By Pooyan Sadeghi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 17
MUSIC
Davood
Maghami
Behesht o Jahanam
Compiled by Azam Nemati
CHARISMA
Aghaye
Doctor blows minds
Dr. Farhang Holakouee has become a prophet of sorts -- and
a benevolent one
By Ramin Tabib
OPINION
To
be an Iranian-American
Requires political activism and viability
By Nema Milaninia
TRIBES
Yeyloq,
Qishloq
The lure of Grass and the cinematography of Shahsavan
nomads
By Fereydoun Safizadeh
FILM
Swords-and-Sandals
Films about ancient Persia
By Darius Kadivar
NOSTALGIA
The
lavaashak years
My bulletproof childhood in Tehran
By Ben Bagheri
RADIO
Playing
with the past
Interview: Fusing past and present with music
By Shadi Vatanparast
COVER
Kish
Kong
Photo essay: Kish Island
By Bibi Eng
TRAVEL
Neon
congress
School mates, Hossein's buffet and other impressions in Las
Vegas
By Guive Mirfendereski
REVIEW
Dast-e
pashmaaloo-ee shaayad az gheyb
A review of a book on Shaban "Bimokh" Jafari
By Mohammad Ghaed
CRAFTS
Shaping
the earth
Photo essay: Meybod, Yazd ceramic factory
By Mina Javid
MUSIC
Exir
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
MUSIC
Abbas
Ghaderi
Koocheh Baazzaari
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
All
for a ball
Photo essay: Iranian soccer league
By Ali Khaligh
WAR
Body
full of blisters
As the Jeep is leaving, I see him for the last time
By Pessare Gol
IRAQ
Baghdad
goodbye party
Essentials celebrate the end of Saddam
By Sharif N. Mafi
HARDSHIP
Beans
to computers
Meeting extraordinary children, suffering extraordinary hardship
in Iran
By Mahyad Tousi
POINT
Afternoon
tea
It's difficult to feel sad in Barcelona
By Alidad Vassigh
TRIP
Close
call
I'm British and no Yankee immigration gimp could ever touch
me - right?
By Siammack Salari
COVER
Acting
out
Photo essay: Backstage in
Tehran's theaters
By Nader Davoodi
MESSIAH
Army
of the sky
My dream is to build an army to change Iran and to then create
a true world government
By Yousef
TERROR
Dialogue
of murder
A cautionary tale that must not be forgotten
By Cyrus Kadivar
MUSIC
Jalil
Shahnaz
Classical Persian
Compiled by Azam Nemati
WOMEN
Sorry
Ms. El
Puerto Rican women think they're god's gift to men. But they
have not met Middle Eastern women
By Sunlord
WOMEN
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 16
PHOTOGRAPHY
Hard
earned
Photo essay: Minab's basket weavers
By Sahar Adham
COVER
Mehri
Monro
Illustration
By Zartosht Soltani
OPINION
Fallacism
Italian writer's hatred of Islam has roots in medieval Europe
By Fereydoon Hoveyda
OPINION
American
Taliban
Picking on an enemy you can easily beat neither solves the
problem nor wins any friends
By Daniel Patrick Welch
SUSPECT
Tokhm-e
morgh-haaye qoshoon
Banished to the garrison kitchen
By Mohammad Ghaed
FICTION
Qesseyeh
maast
Short story
By Namdar Nasser
WRITING
The
little tyrant in us
Unwritable Story
By Abbas Mehdibeigi
MUSIC
Khak
I.A.R.'s band of the week
POETRY
I
find myself
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
POETRY
A
poem for those tough times
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh
POETRY
Surprise
Poem
By Zara Houshmand
POETRY
Curious
Poem
By Shadi Assar
OETRY
Tell
'n show
Poem
By Nina Habibi
POETRY
Lord
Penis
Poem
By Leila Farjami
POETRY
Now
that is forgotten
Poem
By Sheema Kalbasi
POETRY
Sunday
evening in London
Poem
By Mojtaba Akhtari
POETRY
Mohaajer
Poem
By Elham Gheytanchi
POETRY
Rock
Creek Park in November
Poem
By Reza Nabavian
POETRY
Privilege
Poem
By Sahar Shokati
POETRY
When
Paris is crying ...
Poem
By Arash Z
POETRY
Shackles
Poem
By Arezou Raeisghasem
POETRY
Rebels
fatwa
Poem
By Tariq Toosy
POETRY
The
baby asked
Poem
By Business Man
COVER
Vaght-e
vorood-e zamaan
Poems
By Peyman Vahabzadeh
TORTURE
Takht
Recalling a particular form of torture
By Farideh Sabety
LANGUAGE
Saving
Gabri
Planning research on the language of Yazd's Zoroastrians
(Dari)
By Annahita Farudi &
Maziar Toosarvandani
IRANIANS
Yet
you go on
Traumatic experiences in Iran make you realize how insignificant
you are
By Syma Sayyah, Tehran
AMERICAN
My
friend Touss
We created our own planet peopled by our own cast of characters
By Brian Appleton
MUSIC
Parvaneh
Emshab emshab!
Compiled by Azam Nemati
IMAGE
Unusually
ominous
U.S. image, war and terrorism
By Yahya Kamalipour
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 15
MUSIC
Fereydoun
Foroughi
Man he's good
Compiled by Azam Nemati
IRANIANS
Deal
with it
To az maa behtaraans: You hate it, but you're Iranian too
By Mohsen Shabanian, Toronto
PROTEST
Why
I am anti-Lycopersicon
Tomatoes: The favorite food of occupiers
By Sharif N Mafi
BUREAUCRACY
A
long, minor affair
A day at the INS office in Los Angeles
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
POEM
Iranian
Darwins
Poem
By Roger Sedarat
POEM
Litanie
de Lumière
Poem
By Parviz Abolgassemi
COVER
Daagh-e
daagh
Photo essay: Barbari bakery in Tehran
Photos by Laleh Z. Aali
EXPERIMENTAL
Bavaaseer
Audio clip -- 18 and over :)
Sent by Mani
EXPERIMENTAL
Vaaaaaaay!
A song for 18 and over :)
Sent by R.
POEM
If
you go home
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
POEM
Peydaaee
Poem
By Leila Farjami
POEM
Delakam
va baaraan-e khaaste-haa
Poem
By Sheema Kalbasi
MUSIC
Ali
Nazari
Koocheh baazaari songs :)
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Terms
of engagement
U.S. foreign policy should reflect America's ideals
By Hume Horan
CANADA
And
melt you did
I'd take the cold Canadian winter over the warm American
racism any day
By Narm
FILM
The
flower and the conqueror
Barhran Beyzaei's Killing Rabids
By Mani Farhoomand
HUH?
Forsaking
Iranians
I pledge allegiance to the Aryan race
By Ali Aliabadi
TOUCH
I
finally decided to go for it
First kiss
By Fatemeh Parsa
LIFE
A
very big deal
I thought I had committed a serious crime and gotten away
with it
By Jahanshah Javid
COVER
A
miracle
Photo essay: Daughter
By Jahanshah Javid
FICTION
Band-Aids
Short story
By Sanaz Fotouhi
FICTION
The
Race
Short story
By Siamak Vossoughi
POETRY
Forough
Farrokhzad
Audio
Compiled by Mani Farhoomand
POETRY
Kiss
marks on our shoulder
The poetry of Forough Farrkhozad
By Mammad Aidani
ART
The
poetics of existence
Review: Yari Ostovany's paintrings
By Christoph Kivelitz (Bochum)
UTOPIA
Frodo's
hunch
No man is willingly just but only when compelled to be so
By Ahmad Sadri
UTOPIA
Mass
graves of idealism
Flirting too much with utopia
By R. Zia-Ebrahimi
DOCUMENT
Under
the surface
Palace-Premier's negotiations with the British over oil
By Hashem Hakimi
LIFE
Washed
over Roman ruins
Firdowsi bought me a three-dollar chop choy from the bargin menu
By Kristopher Kolumbus
DIARY
Naznin's
great leap
Part 14
INTERVIEW
Arguing
for a good deal of pluralism
Islam, terrorism and the West
OPINION
Instead
of 'Thank you'
Is the US an evil Empire?
By Iqbal Latif
MUSIC
Tasnifhaa-ye
Ghadimi
Memorable songs
Compiled by Azam Nemati
ART
What
you see
Paintings
By Asal Khosravi
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
small apple
Photo essay: Shipbuilding
By Bijan Seylsepour
COVER
Sleepless
in America
It's no miracle but it's a start
By FF
IRAN
Swish
I'm going to Iran. And I have a severe case of gastritis
By Parissa Sohie
FOOD
West Philly Koobideh
Heping urbanized readers cope with Kabob withdrawal
By Johnny Waters
REVOLUTION
That
70's show
Don't reenact what our parents created for us -- a show that
burned all the bridges
By Linda Ghassemi
LIFE
Who
wants to be god?
Innocence is GONE! You are part of a viscous, greedy, power-hungry
society
By Yana Youhana
POLITICS
The
first moderate
Shapour Bakhtiar: We cannot move from the dictatorship of
the boot to the dictatorship of slippers
By Fariba Amini
IRAN
Do
yourself a favor
Visit Iran. You will come back recharged
By Gman
DECISION
My
dream or my parents
Time for me to decide what I want to be in my life
By Fatemeh Parsa
MUSIC
Abadan
Songs about our town
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Khorramshahr
forever
Photo essay: A soldier in coma
By Omid Salehi
HOROSCOPE
In
Color
You this month
By Madam Bayaz
WOMEN
Ayaa
hefdah-e day rooz-e mohemmist?
On Women's Day
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
COVER
Facing
the page
Sketches in a personal notebook
By Shirin Sadeghi
LITERATURE
Sepideh
nadamideh bood
Short story
By Bahram Sepasgozar
LIFE
Pretty
ridiculous thought
Kicking ass instead of taking away life
By Jahanshah Javid
NOTES
Seh
revaayat
On death of writers
By Majid Roshangar
BALLET
A
dialogue in art
Nima Kiann's ballet company struggle to survive
Written by Darius Kadivar
Photos by Mahnaz Emadi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 13
FICTION
Death
of a philosopher
Part 1
By Bahram Deam
WOMAN
Red
lipstick
No rules, no pre-conditions
By Azam Nemati
IDEAS
Kafka
va Internet
Getting the message out
By Hossein Nushazar
REVOLUTION
Not
just the wounds
They robbed my son of his spirit, of his soul
By Banafsheh Dastyari
FEELINGS
Fruition
All is love
By Torang Asadi
COVER
Private
thoughts
What I learned in the past year
By Siamack Baniameri
COVER
Black
& white
Photo essay: Sadeq Hedayat's personal photos
Compiled by Jahangir Hedayat
MARRIAGE
Haft
Khaan
Esmaal Aghaa's Matrimonial Guide
By Esmaal Aaghaa
FILM
The
right to exist
Interview with film director Maziar Bahari
By Golnar Motevalli
MUSIC
Jalal
Hemmati
Fun fun fun
Compiled by Azam Nemati |
