| 2004
April
COVER
Unlimited
Paintings
By Yari Ostovany
SATIRE
Running
out of ideas
Suggestions for the next iranian.com poll
By Moe
GAY
Out
of the fog
I've been wondering why we are a little bit out of step
By Sara Amin
ART
Breakdown
Digital paintings
By Ataollah Omidvar
ART
Field
of dreams
Paintings
By Azadeh Soofi
COVER
Here
they come
Photo essay: Faces
By Nader Davoodi
CULTURE
We
want it all
The ever-changing Persian wedding
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
IDENTITY
No
use hiding
Iranian-American revisited
By Sasan (Mohammad Hossein) Seifikar
HISTORY
Sitting
with a statesman
Oral history: Mahmoud Foroughi
By Habib Ladjevardi
MUSIC
Delkash
Maktab-e Vafaa
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Sure
thing
Photo essay:
Iranians &...
By Ehsan Shahinsefat
OPINION
Clash
of Ideologies
Rather than Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations"
By Salman J. Borhani
DIASPORA
Leaving
Tehran
Remembering every tear, every suitcase, and every good-bye,
not knowing where or when the next hello will be
By Najmeh Fakhraie
LOVE
Damn
you!
I will have my heart broken a thousand times
By Mitra K.
GAY
MARRIAGE
Immoral
AND
illegal
Part
of
our
prosperity
lies
in
the
deeply
ingrained
idea
of
procreation
By
Slater
BakhtavarOPINION
Silence
on patriotic grounds
Liberal intellectuals and the legacy of Noam Chomsky
By Nader Habibi
DIASPORA
Now I
cares
Reflections on the Boston conference on the Iranian diaspora
By Mani Parcham
GLOBAL
A
pioneer of a new age
Doris Duke's Shangri-La
By Majid Tehranian
PHOTO
ALBUM
Dark
and
ambigious
Photo
essay:
Abdee
Kalantari
BUSINESS
Iran's
power brokers
The Rafsanjanis
By Kambiz Foroohar
MUSIC
Anzaman
Sepehr Hadad
CULTURE
The
martial arts of taarof
"Holy shit! I bet he paid for our lunches!" he said
By Behrouz Bahmani
BOOK
Starry
nights
Excerpts
By Majid
IRAQ
Yeh
mesghaal aghl
Chatting about Iranians going to Iraq
By Farhad Radmehrian
MODERNITY
Belittling
their achievements
Iranian modernists did drag Iran out of medieval times
By Amir Rostam Begli Beigie
FICTION
Return of Shahrzad
Part 12
By Eric J. Jerpe
MUSIC
The
magic is back
Googoosh's new CD
Compiled by Javaneh Khodabakhsh
JOURNALISM
Blind
gatekeeper
You must guard the public from thoughts and words which are
patently obscene and offensive
By Je Sea COVER
Bearing
in mind
Cartoons, sketches and illustrations
By Hamid Bahrami
MONARCHY
Deltangi
baraaye Reza Shah
Nostalgic for the Shah: Replacing today's problems with yesterday's
By Ramin Kamran
MEMORIAL
Yaadash
geraami
Art: Obituary
By Mokhtar Paki
FOOTBALL
No
thanks!
Star striker will not play for national team "until a
major change in our football system"
By Nader Jahanfard
JUSTICE
Systematic murders
Interview with Parastou Forouhar
By Fariba Amini
OBSERVER
Mostly
grey
Before I traveled to Bam, I saw the situation as black and
white
By Bijan Moshiri
MUSIC
Yaadhaa
va Khaaterehaa
Rare and unpublished musical heritage
Compiled by Azam Nemati
STORY
Sargozasht-e
yek eskenaas
From "Daastaanhaayeh Raasteen"
By Amir Mehdi Noorbakhsh
SPORTS
A
source of change
Football and politics in the Islamic Republic
By Ali Ardeshir Jowza
TRAVELER
Shar-e
hert
Trip to Iran. Part 3
By Mahyar Etminan
HISTORY
Heap
of dust it is not
Sialk is just one of thousands of structures of antiquity in
Iran plundered by colonialists, thieves, incompetent authorities,
and time itself
By Nima Kasraie
LOVE
Just
saving my own life, that's all
He knew that somewhere inside he had a broken heart, but
he did not feel it
By Siamak Vossoughi
COVER
Nomad
Award winning paintings
By Laleh Khorramian
OPINION
Incomplete
puzzle
Failing to understand Shariati
By M. Mohsen
OPINION
Will
you or won't you?
Engaging John Kerry on Iran
By Keyvan
ART
Going
public
Photo essay
By Hossein Setareh
OPINION
The
art of taking over the world
The Neo-Fascisms of Georges W.
By Faz Rasti
FRUSTRATION
Only
because I was born in Iran
I wasn't denied re-entry to my adopted home because
I had done something wrong
By Tavana Sepid
WORLDVIEW
Doktor
Ali Shariati, moalem-e shahid-e maa
Another look at the Islamic thinker's views on democracy
and...
By Ebrahim Nabavi
COVER
Persian
pride
Photo essay: Persian Parade in New York
By Alireza Tarighian
TRAVELERS
Let's
go to Ardabil
Iranians are good at enjoying their lives. Their amusement
is summarized in chattering and dance
By Kaoru B. unedited
ART
When
in Iran do as the Brits do
Uneager to impress yet deeply impressive, the art
I saw in Tehran conveyed originality, grace, and ... 'authenticity'
By Homa T. Nasab
ART
A
world of circus and theater
Laleh Khorramian awarded 2003 Iranian American Art Scholarship
By Maryam Ovissi & Termeh Rassi
POLITICS
Are
we sheep?
Why I won't vote for just any Iranian-American
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
IRAQ
A
way out of the mess
Opportunities and pitfalls ahead in Iraq
By Hamid Zangeneh
FILM
Blooming
Interview with film producer/director Aryana Farshad
By Brian Appleton
MUSIC
Golhaaye
Ghorbat
Golpa and Sattar
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Faces
of Moharram
Photo essay
By Nader Davoodi
IRAQ
Email
to God
The whole world envied the United States for having so much,
yet this man alone has managed to humiliate us beyond repair
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
POETRY
Thank
you
"America is a benevolent power"
By Ardalan Esfandiari
POLITICS
Foot
in the door
Our success here indicates that indeed we have made it in the
great United States of America. That we belong!
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
POLITICS
I'm
with Ameri!
She's got morals, dedication, progress, democracy, freedom,
equality on her mind
By Slater Bakhtavar
OPINION
No
angels
Christians have hatred too and their war is not just
By Dariush Abad
NOSTALGIA
New
year, new regime
1979-80 Norooz audio clips
By Schahram Schamsawary
OPINION
Inescapable
truth
Ameri is no different from any other political candidate
in America
By Jim S.
LAAT
BAAZI
Over
insignificant
beef
Fighting breaks out after an Iranian concert
By Arash Shokouh
POLITICS
Rock
the vote with Ameri
Being Persian-American is more than enough
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
REMEMBERANCE
Honouring
Farvardigan
Remembrance day for the dead
By Reza Bayegan
LIFE
Dream
On
my birthday
By Nikoo
THOUGHTS
Killing
for religion
Draining the root of absolutism in traditional societies
By Ali Sadeghi
RELATIONSHIP
False
perceptions
Some men or women lack sophistication in approaching their
object of attraction
By Afshin Tirabady
MESSAGE
Hanging
by a hope
We are not as hopeless as we sound
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
DIASPORA
Floating
on Madison Avenue
New York's Persian Pride
By Neda Nabavi
LIFE
Sorrow
outpouring
Is it truly possible love can be comprised of such greatness
and desolation simultaneously?
By Mahtab
THOUGHTS
Hamid's
blog
A world gone mad
By Hamid Boroumand
REFUGEE
The
golden years
Short story
By Farid Parsa
DIARY
Escape from
Abadan
Part 12
By Houman Jazaeri
RITUAL
A
Norouz of improvisations
My haftsyn, especially this year, represents a distillation
By Guive Mirfendereski
DIASPORA
It
wasn't just the whisky
Charshanbeh Soori in Norway
By Sanaz Salehi
AFTERLIFE
More,
or no more?
Most people have 'chosen' to believe that they will
not be terminated by death
By Ben Madadi
HOMOSEXUALITY
Why
assume the worst?
Why reduce us even further into isolated communities
of the hateful?
By H. Utanazad
NORUZ
Khosh
beh haal-e roozegaar
Harf-e delam
By Shirin Tabibzadeh
NORUZ
Countdown
New year begins at 10:18:37 AM Tehran time on Saturday March 20, 2004
By Bita R
HOMOSEXUALITY
Gay
geography
Otherness is in fact a big deal
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
HOMOSEXUALITY
Disgruntled
impressions
Najmabadi's strange world
By H. Utanazad
SATIRE
Release
your inner donkey
Coming to grips with our national nemesis
By Behrouz Bahmani
SEARCH
Shared
values
I am a concoction of Pakistan, Iran and America. The
question is, what does that mean in practice?
By Natasha Behbahany
NOROOZ
Something
in the air
Should the future children of Persia not know how to celebrate
Norooz, nature will be there to help them
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
REFUGEE
Hunger
When I arrived in Paris, Sartre was still alive. But, so
what?
By Mammad Aidani
TRAVELERS
Burj
al Arab
Dubai Part II
By Mahin Bahrami
DIASPORA
Second
thoughts
Follow up to "Goodbye Iran"
By Anne Irani Abadani
IMAGE
Four
seasons
There is more to the whole of Iran than the fragments
revealed to outsiders
By Bita R
DIASPORA
Second
thoughts
Follow up to "Goodbye Iran"
By Anne Irani Abadani
IMAGE
Four
seasons
There is more to the whole of Iran than the fragments
revealed to outsiders
By Bita R
OPINION
Nothing
more
Countering thoughts of superiority
By Ben Madadi
FATHER
Taking shape
For Iranian fathers everywhere
By Ali Ardeshir Jowza
OPINION
What
gives?
Is the U.S. using Rajavi as a bargaining chip against
Iran?
By Cyrus Rasti
COVER
Back
to life
Interview with Jila Kashef on providing for the
children of Bam. Also photos & drawings
By Zahra Dowlatabadi
OPINION
No
queen of mine
Let's not move back; let's look to the future to establish
a real democracy
By Laleh Larijani
OPINION
Inescapable
truth
Ameri is no different from any other political candidate
in America
By Jim S.
OPINION
Martyrs
without a cause
Martyrdom comes with an implicit goal of relieving
an injustice, but in modern Jihad the injustices that terrorists
address have negotiable solutions
By Jerry Quill
LAAT
BAAZI
Over
insignificant
beef
Fighting breaks out after an Iranian concert
By Arash Shokouh
SERIOUS
More
testicular fortitude
U.S. must support Iranians in their quest to rid their
homeland from the number one terrorist ideology (Islam) and its
perpetrators, the Mullahs
By Ghooll Beeyaboonee
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
Passion of Hossein
Photo essay: Ashoora in Tehran
By Nader Davoodi
MUSIC
Kouors
Sarhangzadeh
Second Album
Compiled by Azam Nemati
MUSIC
Baharan
Neydavood Ensemble
Compiled by Javaneh Khodabakhsh
POLITICS
Rock
the vote with Ameri
Being Persian-American is more than enough
By Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
COVER
Random
thoughts
Paintings
By Reza Kassai
LIFE
Dream
On
my birthday
By Nikoo
STORY
Marg
dar veniz
Death in Venice
By Cyrous Moradi
FICTION
Return of Shahrzad
Part 11
By Eric J. Jerpe
THOUGHTS
Killing
for religion
Draining the root of absolutism in traditional societies
By Ali Sadeghi
GOD
Monopoly
on god
Newdow may not be the nonbeliever he believes he is
By Sankara Saranam
CANDIDATE
Iran-e
Jadid
The north-south channel
By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
NOSTALGIA
I
told everyone
In response to a question about Tehran's drive-in theater
RELATIONSHIP
False
perceptions
Some men or women lack sophistication in approaching their
object of attraction
By Afshin Tirabady
VIEW
I should
be elsewhere
At five in the afternoon
By Amir
REMEMBERANCE
Honouring
Farvardigan
Remembrance day for the dead
By Reza Bayegan
HISTORY
More
than oil
Briefly: Ahvaz & Chogha Zanbil
By Satgin Seraj
COVER
Reality
bites
The dominoes of the Iraqi invasion
By Ahmad Sadri
MESSAGE
Hanging
by a hope
We are not as hopeless as we sound
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
DIASPORA
Floating
on Madison Avenue
New York's Persian Pride
By Neda Nabavi
LIFE
Mapping
love
Human rationality is no match for Divine Madness
By Majid Tehranian
LIFE
Sorrow
outpouring
Is it truly possible love can be comprised of such greatness
and desolation simultaneously?
By Mahtab
PHOTOGRAPHY
As
shocking as a cabaret in Tehran
Photo essay: Iranian Islamic center in Los Angeles
By Nader Davoodi
OPINION
Same
planet, different millennium
Westerners and Muslims, though living on the same planet
and entertaining many contacts, are not contemporaries
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
NOROOZ
Green
under
Photo essay: 13-Bedar in Sydney
By Fariborz Tajalli
DIASPORA
Hidden
camera
Photo essay: Charshanbeh Soori taa 13 bedar
By Mitra
REVIEW
For
Queen's Sykes
Sir Percy Sykes: British spy in Iran
By Farid Parsa
OPINION
Fair,
perhaps
Reaction to UK parliamentary report on Iran
RELATIONSHIP
Doesn't
work both ways
One can only conclude that these stupid men obviously have
someone to pair up with
By Parissa Sohie
COVER
Survival
of the fittest
Israel and the IRI are strong. Palestinians and Iranian
opposition are weak
By Siamack Baniameri
RELATIONSHIP
The
last word
On the state of the Iranian male
By Lilly Ghahremani
RELATIONSHIP
Use
your brain
This doesn't apply to all Iranian men
By Mitra
DIASPORA
Moving
home with some miscommunications
Traveling light
By Amir Nooriala
ART
Luminous
gratitude
Law school presented with art
By Fathali Ghahremani
FILM
Left
behind
Jafar Panahi's new film raises fear and guilt
By Linda Ghassemi
DREAM
My
dream coffee with Farah Pahlavi
There are 3 kinds of women; your mother, your wife, and your
mistress. Farah offers us a fourth, our Queen
By Bruce Bahmani |
