2003
November
COVER
1001
nights
Shahrzad's new album
MOTHER
Infuriatingly
good
Remembering Kristopher Kolumbus
By Golnar Fozi
OPINION
Waiting
for Allah
Defeatism in the Islamic World has become a currency and
self-inflicted pain has become pleasure
By Iqbal Latif
SAN FRANCISCO
The
couple
Love's limits
By Siamak Vossoughi
SUSPECT
What
people say
Suicide bomber or CIA agent?
By Megabiz Irani
COVER
In
their place
Photo essay: Home of the Forouhars
By M.A.
THANKSGIVING
Facing
the music
Thanks to 2003: a year filled with terror and moral decadence
By Mandana Beigi
OPINION
Be
fair
People like Ebadi have fought for freedom and human rights
in Iran for the past 23 years. What have you done?
By Taraneh Izadi
OPINION
Open
criticism
It is the responsibility of every one of us to challenge
each other and to make views transparent
By Sheema Kalbasi
SPORTS
Today
and yesterday's champions
While Iranian weightlifters scoop gold, previous champions
struggle to survive
By Dr. Mohammad Ala
FICTION
Return
of Shahrzad
Part II
By Eric J. Jerpe
LIFE
She
waves back
Two short stories
By Kristopher Kolumbus
ROOTS
At
home amongst the Zoroastrians
...in Manhattan
By Simin K.
THEATER
Sargozasht-e
seh doreh
Research on Iranian theater
By Nader Davoodi
USA
That
November day
About losing a good man who cared about public service
By Farid Moghadassi
COVER
The
boy who invaded my life
Part II
By Reza Ordoubadian
ENCOUNTER
There's
more to writing
Reflection on meeting an author
By Zohreh Khazai-Ghahremani
MUSIC
Iraj
Ghazal-khaan
By Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Virtue
or rights?
Constitutional law
By Sam Ghandchi
OPINION
Real
axis of evil
European Union's flirtation with the Axis of Evil delays
democracy in the region
By Ardavan Bahrami
RIGHTS
Rights
we've come to expect
The most basic principle of American democracy is the right
to criticize government
By Mana Tahaie
COVER
I
know you
Photography
By Mohammad Tehrani
BUSH
The
occasional diary of Ali Ziba
Naughty thoughts before the London march
By Peyvand Khorsandi
SELF-PORTRAIT
Free
to suffocate
Photography
By Susan Zahedi
QAJAR
Villa
Danesh
Mystery solved: Prince Arfa's house in Monte Carlo
Manoutcher Eskandari-Qajar
POLITICIAN
The
pragmatic conservative
The man who wants to save the mullahs
By Farhad Radmehrian
HISTORY
Baazgoshaaee-ye
parvandeye 28 Mordaad
Interview with Mahmoud Kashani
From ISNA
COVER
Beyond
the surface
Paintings
By Jaleh Etemad
WOMEN
User
friendly feminist
When did the collective female conscious underwent a
collective lobotomy?
By Afsaneh Bahrami
DIARY
Escape
from Abadan
Part 6
By Houman Jazaeri
MEMORIES
Born
again
Part three: Story of an MKO member
By Sepideh
DIARY
Awi
Part 26
COVER
The
lawyer's lens
Photography
By Nima Taradji
FICTION
Jashn-e
tavalod
For A. T.
By Hossein Nushazar
FICTION
Return
of Shahrzad
Part 1
By Eric J. Jerpe
FICTION
Bahram
Short story
By Azam Nemati ETHNIC
Unwilling
warriors
Bosnian Muslims
By Omer Hadziselimovic
LEADER
Mossadegh-e
Dovom
Who is/are the next Mossadegh?
By Ali Nazer
U.S.-IRAN
Amman
az raah-e door...
U.S. policy & terrorism
By Ramin Kamran
ACTIVIST
Dreaming
on a bike
Poupeh cycles around the world for peace
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
MUSIC
Shahram
Nazeri
Dar Golestaaneh
Compiled by Azam Nemati
CURIOUS
Home
of the unknown
Photo essay: Monte Carlo building
By Faryar Mansouri
SATIRE
Allaf-e
Zia o Haleh nabaash
Junk (Iranian satellite) TV
By Hadi Khorsandi
SATIRE
Amoo's
checkup
I took my uncle, who was visiting from Iran, to the doctor
By Siamack Baniameri
SEX
One
fine day
The first time I did it
By Fatemeh Parsa
USA
A
prayer
My Thanksgiving prayer for this year
By Jalil Mortazavi
REVIEW
Iranism
in time
Book: The Idea of Iran
By Ranin Kazemi
COVER
Open
season on sultans
Photo essay: Zell-e Sultan's fortress
By Abbas Soltani
SATIRE
Dear
Amoo George
Get rid of the sanctions
By Behrouz Bahmani
RIGHTS
Exclusion
and complicity
Becoming a lesbian in diaspora
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
OPINION
As
if we NEEDED the Nobel
The reality is that the West treats the rest of the world
as less than equal
By Mohamad Purqurian
PRIDE
God
bless Team Melli
We all know where we were Hamid Estilli scored that looping
header
By Amir Nooriala
MUSIC
Dastan
Ensemble
Journey to Perisa
Compiled by Azam Nemati
FICTION
Shiva
Short story
By Moniroo Ravanipour
FOOD
From
our sofreh to yours
Thanksgiving dinner recipes with Iranian flavors
By Maryam Kamarei Sagheb
IDENTITY
Kii
boodiim? Kii hastam?
On being half-Persian
By Cyrus J. Farivar
FICTION
Crawlin'
king snake
Short story
By Shahriar Zahedi
OBITUARY
Loss
of a Ferdowsi scholar
The death of Jerome Clinton
By Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
DIASPORA
Soccer
pride
From southern California to Iranians everywhere
By Pouya Alimagham
LIFE
A
man with his little sister
Discoveries
By Siamak Vossoughi
DIARY
Awi
Part 25
COVER
Artush
and the riddles of life
Short story
By Farid Parsa
RIGHTS
Wrong
direction
Condemning the Bush Administration on approach to freedom
and security
By Al Gore
FAITH
On
a path
It is about belief in the Love of God
By Arezou Raeisghasem
OPINION
Jaam-e
zahr!
Iran's nucelar compromise
By Dariush Sajjadi
POINT
Dillis
and doughnuts
You can't just go to war, say, unless France, Russia and
Syria approve
By Alidad Vassigh
LIFE
Shit!
At the blue cafe
Ah, Love! Could thou and I conspire
By Kristopher Kolumbus
COVER
Compelling
circumstances
Paintings
By Behroo Bagheri
MEMORIES
Secret
treasure
Don Bosco boys camp, Noshahr, 1972
By Jahanshah Javid
INDIVIDUAL
Count
me out
Keivan's arguments for anti-nationalism
By Dananjay Anandan
OPINION
The
burnt generation
Gap between official slogans and people's perception of
the state
By Amir Azar & Mehrzad Pedram
MUSIC
Vafaie
Barg-e Sabz
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Backstage
Photo essay: Beyzaie's play and players
By Nader Davoodi
LIFE
It
socks
Where do socks go? Who am I going to call? Sockbusters?
By Simin Habibian
TRAVELERS
Passenger
to Tehran
Travel diary from 1926 Iran
By Vita Sackville-West
LETTER
Missed
facts
Need for objective study of the Qajars
By Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn
OPINION
Getting
priorities straight
Helping Iranians is helping the world
By Pouya Alimagham
MUSIC
Ebi
in 2003
Shab-e Niloufari
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Standing
ovation
Photo essay: Vigen's funeral
By Shahrokh Mortazavi
LETTER
Dear
Sir
A presumptuous note
By Ali Sadri
IDENTITY
Hamid
and Harry
Here and there
By Amir Nooriala
OBSERVER
Are
Iranians different?
Why am I, an American, learning Farsi?
By Kelly Hulme
USA
Can
we talk?
Mr. President?
By Jalil Mortazavi RIGHTS
Farhang-e
estelaahaat-e zendaaniyaan-e siyaasi
Prison dictionary
By Azam Kiakojouri
RIGHTS
The
forgotten prisoner
Abbas Amir-Entezam, Iran's longest-serving political prisoner
By Fariba Amini
FOREIGN
POLICY
The
place of paranoia
... in Iran-U.S. relations
By Guive Mirfendereski
LIFE
Settling
down
The puzzle that seemed so easy and fun is getting on to
me
By Linda Ghassemi
DIARY
Escape
from Abadan
Part 5
By Houman Jazaeri
COVER
Time & space
Sculpture
By Bijan Nemati Sharif
PHOTOGRAPHY
Why
not
Photo essay: Nudes
By Nazak Pahlavi
PHOTOGRAPHY
Altered
state
Photo essay: Iran
By Nader Davoodi
PHOTOGRAPHY
Mannequin
Photo essay
By Tooraj Khamenehzadeh
PHOTOGRAPHY
High & low
Photo essay: France
By Javad Montazeri
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pixels
of me
Photo essay
By Laleh Z. Aali
HISTORY
Reasserting
the truth
Iranology is alive
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
WRITER
A
plea
An Iranian writer in the post 9/11 world remembers Sadegh
Hedayat
By Mammad Aidani
MEMORIES
Behind
Amjadieh
Last part
By Hooshyar F. Naraghi
MEMORIES
Born
again
Part two: Story of an MKO
member,
By Sepideh
COVER
Wanted
Cartoons
By Mahmoud
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