| 2004
May
COVER
Kingdom
Paintings
By Mokhtar Paki
OPINION
Hopeful
but skeptical
The question remains, Ms. Ebadi: whose progress and whose
ship?
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
PICTORY
Bygone
era
Photo essay: Abadan Club Band -- 12 new pix
By Shahriar Tashnizi
OPINION
Impossible
promises
IAPAC is creating false hopes and making impossible promises
By Ladan Afrasiabi
MUISC
Bakhtiari
Folk music
Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Root
of democracy
What Ebadi was getting at
By Mitra Yousefi
OPINION
Arnold
is good for us
Engagement in American politics
By Abtin Assadi
OPINION
US
elections and us
Questioning our standing in American civic space
By Goudarz Eghtedari
CULTURE
Wine,
dinner, and Latest News
Why does it seem utterly impossible for my friends to
have an unbiased opinion about Googoosh?
By Kamran Zargahi
POETRY
The
Ostrich
On the Israeli assault on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza
By Peyvand Khorsandi
AMERICA
Our
darkest days
... are here
By Andy Rooney
FICTION
Jafar
jen dideh
Short story
By Nina Ninavi
ADVICE
Heart
vs. mind
Giving advice on overly realistic premises
By Kourosh Saghafi
LIFE
Difference
between titillation and fulfilment
And
if you don't know the devil, how can you be sure it isn't an angel?
By Nikoo
RIGHTS
They
wrote the book
America has been exporting torture methods for a long
time
By Fariba Amini
OPINION
The
wrong way
Twisting the truth about Ebadi's speech in Maryland
By Ramin Takloo-Bighash
GAY
Eshgh-e
mamnoo'
Forbidden love
By Mehran
LIFE
Love
is not enough
The never ending story of love
Yasaman Rohani
MUISC
Ahmad Azad & Parvaneh
"Baa Man Az Eshgh Begoo"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Molto
bene
Drawings
By Marjan Fahimi
DEMOCRACY
Our
only hope
Photo essay: Shirin Ebadi calls for democracy
By Jahanshah Javid
DIARY
Walking
to the side
A day of protest
By Peyvand Khorsandi
OPINION
The
kakistocracy
Government by the most unprincipled citizens
By Shahriar Zangeneh
OPINION
No
belle
Ebadi's slogans are nice. But that's not enough
By Mohsen M.
MUISC
Mahmoudi
Khonsari
Raseed mojdeh
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Moon
shadow
Paintings
By Hamed Mahmoodi
WELCOME
Married
to LA
Nobel Laureate treated like a bride by L.A. Iranian community
By Bahar Mirhosseini
OPINION
The
new voice of the Islamic Republic
That is Shirin Ebadi
By Ali Ardeshir Jowza
OBSERVATIONS
Click
here for democracy
Shirin Ebadi speaks in Los Angeles
By Mohammad Ala
MUISC
Elahe
Arad sabaa...
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Through
the cracks
Photo essay: Persepolis & Tagh-e Rostam
By Ehsan Samani
POINT
Equally
appalling
Abu Ghraibs in Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria,
Yemen, Cuba, or North Korea, Zimbabwe, China, Russia... you get
the picture
By Alidad Vassigh
TRAVELERS
Should
I stay or should I go?
The more pessimistic reports from Iran are probably closer
to the mark
By Giti Amirani
BOOK
Taareekh-e
ahzaab
Iran's political parties in a span of 100 years
By Younes Parsa Benab
OPINION
Apocalypse
tomorrow
Beware the self-fulfilling prophesies of millenarians
By Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri
PICTORY
High
notes
Photo essay: Abadan music bands
By Shahriar Tashnizi
COMMUNITY
Balanced
mission
Interview with a community leader
By Jahanshah Javid
SINGER
One
in a million
What you, Sousan, meant to us
By Nazaneen Ashrafi and Nahal Rose Lalefar
LETTER
We'll
have fun -- again
I promise
By Parviz
COVER
In
focus
Photo essay: Iranians &...
By Ehsan Shahinsefat
ABUSE
Messing
up Iraq
There is a culture in the U.S. administration that promotes collective
humiliation
By Shahla Azizi
IRAN-U.S.
Hollow
modernity
Obsession with the Great American Culture Project is not
a sign of advanced democratic consciousness
By Roozbeh Shirazi
REFUGEE
The
grand plan
Short story
By Farid Parsa
UNITY
We
will!
It is so much easier, and far more enjoyable, to be
a team
By Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
CITIZENSHIP
Weight
of choice
For now I have to be content with a seat on the sideline
and observe democracy in action
By FF
FARAH
Lesson
in generosity
Reflections on Farah Pahlavi’s memoirs
By Reza Bayegan
COVER
E.O.
Calligraphy
By Seyed Alavi
IRAQ
Please
accept our sincere denials
A sociology of Abu Ghraib
By Ahmad Sadri
IDEAS
Swan
song
The many reformations of Iranian Islam
By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
SERIOUS
A
to D
Classification of Iranians in the U.S.
By Dr. MD_PhD
COVER
Afsane's
secret
Fashion designer
By Afsane Reihanifard
COLONIALISM
When
they invade Iran
Maybe then you'll care
By Lawrence Reza Ershaghi
COMPARISON
From
Bam to Lisbon
Earthquake: Misfortune, insjustice, or the will of God?
By Mansour Farhang
MEMORIES
Born again
Story of an MKO member: Part seven
By Sepideh
IDENTITY
I'm
from Purrrsia
We cannot control how people want to call us
By Mohsen
FICTION
Return of Shahrzad
Part 14
By Eric J. Jerpe
IDENTITY
Playing
footsie with facts
For one thing, all things inside Iran are NOT Persian
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
PEOPLE
Aunt
Sally
Goat cheese, fresh vegetables and no stress do a body good!
By Ben Bagheri
ACTIVISM
Change
requires action
Are you willing to die for your country?
By Tina
IRAQ
Business
as usual
Abuse of Iraqi prisoners was not isolated
By Farhad Radmehrian
COVER
Birds
without border
And other poems
By Abol Hassan Danesh
POETRY
Occupation
Words climb my heart like ivy
By Arash Daneshzadeh
POETRY
Iraq
Who cares, the Hawks have their oil
By Flora Kaschani
POETRY
Flint
STRIKE! Yes... strike me very hard!
By Mersedeh Khozin
POETRY
Yek
rooz-e deegar
Ta'm-e zendegi raa Ziplock meekonam
By Khalil Kalbasi
POETRY
Enmeshment?
No rehearsals, no briefing
By Avideh
POETRY
Faryaad-e
beesedaa
Rooz o shabam baa yaad-e to
By Arash Zarei
POETRY
The
martyrs
You were martyred for your faith. Now so are they
By Leora Douraghy
POETRY
Shekoofehaaye
bahaari
Az hamisheh taa hamisheh zendegee kon
By Parivash Taghibeigi
POETRY
Mashad
Memories pearling down my eyes, my face
By Sheema Kalbasi
POETRY
Poem
to my beloved
I already know the shape of my wedding dress
By Assal Badrkhani
POETRY
Trilogy
Kaaraaeeb
Vahshat-e kooseh
By Cyrous Moradi
COVER
Fresh
like nature
Paintings
By Nahid Navab
IRAN-U.S.
That
arrogant reporter
Response to "Those friendly Iranians" in the
New York Times
By Roozbeh Shirazi
RECALL
Faaje-eh
Bam tamaam nashodeh
Talking to the people of Bam on their unending tragedy
By Farzaneh Raji
IDENTITY
Persian
vs. Iranian
The debate continues
By Behrouz Bahmani
CULTURE
Hot
summer afternoons
Sahar's love affair with Uncle Napoleon TV series
By Mahsa Meshki RECALL
Sense & humor
Another statesman lost
By Mahmoud Ghaffari
METAPHORE
An
illness of her own
A review of "Crystal"
By Setareh Sabety
PICTORY
Torch
of Abadan
National Iranian Oil Company's newsletter, Mash'al-e-Abadan
By Jahanshah Javid
SPACE
Fired
into space
Photo essay: Stargazing
By Jahanshah Javid
MUSIC
Aminollah
Hussein
Rare recording of a tar master
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Rising
sun
At father's place of eternal res
By Guive Mirfendereski
FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
On
diplomacy
And
foreign
policy
By Ahmad Mirfendereski
POLITICS
For
who she is
It is around Ameri that Iranians in Diaspora should congregate
and support
By Mahmoud Ghaffari
OPINION
Bread & circuses
Propaganda is common and inherent in democratic systems
By John Mohammadi
FICTION
Return of Shahrzad
Part 13
By Eric J. Jerpe
COVER
Play
of light
Paintings
By Soheila Mortazavi
PHOTOGRAPHY
Women
and railroads
Photo essay
By Misha (Mehrdad) Honarvar
IRAQ
Hypocracy
won't bring democracy
What Bush says and what soldiers do in Iraq
By Hamid Bakhsheshi
MIDDLE
EAST
When
the
oil
dries
up
Untold
billions
of
dollars
in
oil
revenues
and
not
much
to
show
for
it
By
Jerry
Quill
NATIONALISM
We're
different (and better)
Battle of superiority
By Hydar Kenani
COVER
Going
home
Interview: On University of Chicago's return of ancient tablets
to Iran
By Jahanshah Javid
WINE
COUNTRY
Let's
run
away
and
get
drunk
Photo essay: Darioush winery, Napa
By Jahanshah Javid
POLITICS
Not
so far fetched
The wonderful thing about the Velvet Revolution
By Cyrus Rasti
MUSIC
Pooran
Ay Doktor! Shab bood...
Compiled by Azam Nemati
LOVE
Hang
in there
Why should you surrender to the notion that your heart will "break
a thousand times"?
By Kourosh Saghafi unedited |
