Opinion 2004
AUGUST
IDENTITY
Basically
Central Asian
It is in our benefit to lobby as Central Eurasians or Central
Asians
Maryam Iman
LIFE
The
abstract humanists!
We are invited to play our parts in a universe comprised of
an unholy trinity: the thugs, the clueless, and the grateful victims
H. Utanzad
REPUTATION
It's
our job
Leaders do not necessarily represent the pride and honor of
a nation
Kyle Saghafi
REGION
I'm...
Central Asian
Iran has much more in common with Afghans and Tajiks
Bamdad B.
OPINION
Bar
maa cheh meeravad?
We are like a child born in darkness
Sayeh Saeedi Sirjani
RELIGION
No
can do
With cries of "Islamophobia" they want us to stop
critiquing 'the religion itself'
Maryam Namazie
U.S.
PRESIDENCY
Nader
anyone?
Come
on!
We're
children
of
revolution
A.S.
REPUTATION
Reason
to be proud
I am proud that in Iran there are brave people who stand up
against tyranny and corruption
Houman Younessi
REPUTATION
Proud
of what?
We had Hafez thousands of years ago, what do we have now? Certainly
not respect
Pesare Gol
OLYMPICS
Unhappy
campers
Iranian athletes should have dressed in black and beat their
chest as they marched
Shahriar Zahedi
NAJAF
Ayatollahi
baraaye barkhi fosool
Sistani: Part-time ayatollah
Dariush
Sajjadi
CAUSE
United
Middle East
Crawl out of the mental cocoon and see the bigger vision
Mahin Bahrami
OPINION
Pretexts
for war
American military intervention one after the other
John Mohammadi
RELIGION
Shades
of god
Religious freedom
Mohammad Ala
WORK
Losing
time to technology
Time Deficiency Syndrome
Alireza Abouhossein
IDENTITY
A
lost cause
Being a global minority, the majority will see me as they choose
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
OPINION
Mashrootiyat
ham halaal shod!
Putting the Islamic stamp on the Constitutional Revolution
Mahshid Amirshahi
POLITICS
Enghelaab-e
mashrootiyat hanooz paayaan nayaafteh ast
The Constitutional Revolution has not come to end
Ramin
Kamran
OPINION
Sweet
sin
Kurdistan-Israel alliance
Kamal H. Artin
COVER
Enghelaabzadegi-ye
omoomi
1979 article about secularism, Shapour Bakhtiar
and the looming revolution
Mahshid Amirshahi
IRI
Taming
the turban
U.S. policy does not call for regime change in Iran
Interview with Hamid Taghvaee
IDENTITY
A
new language?
Farsi?
Amir Rostam Begli Beigie
CONSPIRACY
The
British did It!
Or did they?
Qumars Bolourchian
AL
QAEDA
Elegant
simplicity
Armed with cardboard cutters, faith and little else
By Asghar Massombagi
DIASPORA
The
dual language
Personality: Being raised in Iran and abroad
Orkideh Behrouzan
SUDAN
Gross
hypocrisy
Ethnic cleansing of Black Muslims by Arab Janjaweed militias
Iqbal Latif
HUMAN
RIGHTS
How
about
just
doing
your
job?
Ebadi failed us, and most importantly she has failed herself
and her efforts of a lifetime
Faye (Fereshteh) Farhang
RIGHTS
Can
you do a better job?
You vs. Ebadi
Manesh
BAM
Left
to rot
Millions and millions of dollars worth of donations and
yet I saw nothing of the wealth
Mandana Farmanfarmaian
IRAN
The
sleeping giant
Iran is a society locked in time and space, completely
engulfed in a bubble
Mahin Bahrami
TRAVELERS
After
25 years
Last part
Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
MUSIC
Timeless
Bob Dylan surfaces once again
Behrouz Bahmani
BOOKS
All
good
Farah Pahlavi's memoirs
Enameh
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