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2003
June
MOJAHEDIN
Sad
spectacle
Self-immolation not for freedom, bur for a leader
By Babak Mazarei
IRAN-US
Short
of military action
Iranians, now, more than ever, need the U.S. as a strong-armed
friend
By Shahla Azizi
IRAN-US
Perils
of impatience
Any U.S. intervention, including enthusiastic support for the
student protesters, would be disastrous
By Reza Zaheri
DEMOCRACY
Some
do's and don'ts
Political culture and obstacles to democracy in Iran
By Masoud Kazemzadeh
COVER
Element
of surprise
Paintings
By Amad Eslami
IDENTITY
Pomegranates
and black tea, that's me
But many have become ethnic impostors where being Iranian
is synonymous with being a terrorist
By Niki Tehranchi
DEMOCRACY
Coke
or Pepsi?
Democrat or Republican, what's the difference?
By Pedram Moallemian
TOUCH
The
cure
Eye contact, smile, Titanic, flowers & perfume
would do it
By Arash Emamzadeh
TRIP
They
knew
Breaking habit, wind & my waistline
By Siamack Salari
MUSIC
Golpa
Iranian music at its best
Compiled by Azam Nemati
AMERICAN
In
freefall
Tales from the zirzameen
By Brian Appleton
IDEAS
What's
the alternative?
Send your ideas and visions on what Iran's government should
be like
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
OBSERVER
Land
of perpetual defeat
Persians love to dwell upon tears and death has lived its day
and is sinking into senility
By Leopold Weiss
RUSSIA
Same
big bad bear
The world expects more from country that gave birth to
Sakharov
By Reza Bayegan
OPINION
This
chap aint no champion
I am angry that Iranians are so naïve as to fall fo Reza
Pahlavi
By Ali Ezzatyar
REVOLUTION
Too
late
... to try to blame others for the mess Jebheh Melli created
By Hassan ',
Ph.D.
STATESMAN
Man
in the middle
Hoveyda sacrificed by opposing camps, one to save the crown the
other to trash it
By Mahmoud 'ari
RIGHTS
Who
says a fetus is not a human?
Abortion should be seen as a crime just like murder
By Yashar Zhalehdoust
ART
The
accidental politician
Interview with Iranian artist Bahar Behbahani
By Termeh Rassi
TOUCH
Kiss
With the gentleness of a freight train
By Assal Badrkhani
ART
On
the outside
Graphic art
By Azadeh
ART
A
lot to talk about
Paintings
By Toktam Baghdadi-Tayefeh
MUSIC
Zubin
Romance and Nostalgia hit home in a new album
By Behrouz Bahmani
AWI
Awi
Part 18
MUSIC
Uncharted
territory
Som'ma:
Uncompromising virtuosos
By Babak Khiavchi
EDUCATION
Band-Aid
solution
Affirmative action does not confront the larger problem
of racism
By Roozbeh Shirazi
WMD
Don Quixote’s
Iranian bomb
Lies about nuclear bomb making capabilities
By Sharif N. Mafi
MEDIA
Abandoning
the messy truth
When facts didn't quite fit the drama
By Asghar Massombagi
POLITICS
Democratic
blackmail
Questioning conditions that have lead to proliferation of discourses
on democracy and referendum
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
OPTIMISM
Not
as big as you think
Couple of thousand protesters in a city of 10 million
By Farhad Radmehrian
PROTESTS
Growing
and spreading
Civil disobedience and international pressure leading
up to July 9th anniversary
By Cyrus Kadivar
OPINION
Spontaneous
courage
New signs in the nature of protests
By Shahla Azizi
LIFE
Khaaneh-ee
keh nardeh haaye zard daasht
The
house with the yellow fence
By Sadaf Kiani
LIFE MATE
A
realistic Cinderella
What
I want is someone to share my incompleteness
By Arezou Raeisghasem
COVER
For
better days
A song about/for freedom
By Shahrzad Sepanlou
COVER
The
magic stick
What your involuntary movements may tell about histories that
haunt you
By Madame Bayaz
COVER
Globalized
journalism
International news is a good local story
By Doug McGill
COVER
World
order
Cartoons
By Ali Shahali
OPINION
This
one is their battle
Stand up for youth and forget yourselves
By Setareh Sabety
IRAN-US
Naked
in a tree-less forest
Bush's shameless hypocrisy
By Guive Mirfendereski
VOICE
Dear
Mr. President
How
should the U.S. respond to demonstrations in Tehran?
By Dokhi Fassihian
DIARY
Nazanin
Part 37 - last
EXPRESSION
Op-pen
dat societeee, bitch
The thinking couch potato's musical
By Alidad Vassigh
MUSIC
Ey
Iran
More patriotic & revolutionary songs
Compiled by Mani Farhoomand
MUSIC
Gita
"Khaahesh Mikonam"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
REFERENDUM
Are
we worthy?
... enough to have Reza Pahlavi back? Yes we are.
By Amir-Khosrow Sheibany
THUGS
Terrorized
to insanity
Walking through a most violent display not on donkeys,
but motorcycles, with swinging chains and waving knives
By Amir
IRAN-US
Pitfalls
of foreign intervention
Iran's democratic movement could be significantly harmed
by hawkish US policies
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
LIFE
Clear
mountain stream at the station
The connoisseur does not miss the opportunity
By Kristopher Kolumbus
POETRY
You
whisper in my ear
(pedar sag)
By my friend's 14-year-old daughter
POETRY
Murder
in Victoria Park
By Naz Rakhshandeh
POETRY
I
ran
By Jam
COVER
You
the people
We the Rulers
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
SATIRE
Roadmap
to Democracy
From Yaboo maps
By Kabob
IRAN-US
Change
will come from within
Interview with a former American diplomat in Tehran
By Fariba Amini.
PSYCHOLOGY
Jump
on your couch
What makes people happy?
By Arash Emamzadeh
COVER
A
raw deal
The Shah and the Ayatollah six months before the revolution
By Bahram Bahramian
OPINION
The
last thing Iran needs
Do people of Iran really need a foreigner to bring democracy?
By Laleh Larijani
OPINION
Shah
of State
Serving no more than eight years
By Baraitna Irani
COVER
Boiling
over
Photo essay: Student protests
SONG
Bahaaraan
Khojasteh Baad
Lyrics to popular revolutionary song
By Keramat Daneshian
OPINION
Opening
up
The role of Iranian-others
By Nema Milaninia
COVER
Extra
large
Photo essay: Persepolis
By Reza Memar
OPINION
To
resign or not to resign
That moment has arrived for the Iranian reformers
By Ahmad Sadri
OPINION
Axis
of stability
America will have no better friend than a Democratic Iran
By Shahriar Zangeneh
DIARY
Nazanin
Part 36
DIARY
Awi
Part 17
MUSIC
Shahrokh
Romantic songs from a different time
Compiled by Azam Nemati
SATIRE
Satellite
Revolution!
Dude, it's over. People are in the streets...
By Siamack Baniameri
THOUGHT
The
wheel
We either live together or fall to the horrors that we are
so knowingly capable of
By FF
FICTION
Cognac
for two
Short story
By Golareh Safarian
POETRY
Time
Poem: Father's day
By Reza Nabavian
POETRY
Pedar
Poem: Father's day
By Arash Zarei
POETRY
Only
when lost
Poem
By Laleh Ghadiri
EMAIL
Kaash
hameh chiz veeraan shavad
Tonight in Tehran
By V.
IRAQ
"Occupation" is
an ugly word
But it's the one that immediately comes to mind when you've
spent some time in the new Baghdad
By Borzou Daragahi
ART
Sangsaar
Paintings
By Sheema Kalbasi
ART
Graceful
gaze
Paintings
By Maryam Ramazani
FOOD
The
man behind the apron
Faz feeds souls as well as appetites
By Behrouz Bahmani
PHOTOGRAPHY
Love
you to death
Photo essay: Cockfight
By Amir Pouyan Shiva
COVER
From
Abadan to Whittier
Coming to America
By Firoozeh Dumas
OPINION
Beegaanegee
Self-alienation & reverence for foreign cultures
By Mohamad Purqurian
DIARY
Nazanin
Part 35
COVER
Signs
in Egypt
Photo essay
By Namdar Nasser
SATIRE
Turning
fear into funny
Maz Jobrani: Iranian-born comic/actor
By Sanaz Khalaj
WOMEN
One
of God's...
... most precious treasures: Iranian women
By Mr Je Sea
MUSIC
The
Boyz
Great "neenaash naash"!
Compiled by Azam Nemati
SATIRE
Naagofteh-haaye
Aqaba
Middle East peace talks
By Asghar Agha
HONORARY
PHD
Too
smart for
our own
good
When you spend too much time in academia, something happens
to you
By Shahriar Zahedi
COVER
Hushi
Photo essay: Fashion
By Hushidar Mortezaie
WAR
At
home with a poet
War is over for those who want it.
War is far from over
By Peyvand Khorsandi
OPINION
Model
Arab democracy
United States needs to continue forward with Iraq policies
By Andy Noble, Indianapolis, Indiana
LITERATURE
Khoda
Hafez Rumi
Book review: Manouchehr Parvin's Dardedel
By Fereshteh Davaran
LIFE
The
bullies
I knew and they knew that a skinny kid could not fight back
By Mammad Aidani.
MUSIC
Iraj
"In Memory of Fardin"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
MUSIC
Shakila
"Kami baa man modaaraa kon"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
DIARY
Awi
Part 16
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