Opinion 2004
NOVEMBER
RIGHTS
We
exist
Iran's Bahai community speak out
Letter to President Khatami
REFERENDUM
Hamoon
aasho, hamoon Kaasseh
Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me!
Amir Fassihi
GEOGRAPHY
Not
just a name
The Persian Gulf & issues confronting Iranians in preserving
their heritage
Mohammad Ala
RELATIONSHIP
We
never win
Irooni guys in the eyes of some Irooni girls
Heresh Rezavandi
PAN-IRANIST
Persian
(traitors) gulf
The mullahs have basically sold us out to the Arabs
Amir N.
RELATIONSHIP
No
one is safe
Do you think we are going to go out with you, knowing that
you fuck anything that so much as moves?
Parissa Behnia
RELIGION
The
art of separation
Comparing Islam and Christianity
Kazem Alamdari
FILM
The
best -- misrepresentation of history
On Oliver Stone's "Alexander"
M.A.R.
REFERENDUM
Now
what?
Calls for referndum shows opposition weakness
Dariush Sajjadi
SOLDIER
G.I.
Farrokh
The fact that a deserter received only a slap on the wrist
is outrageous
Farrokh B.
IDENTITY
A
simple question
What are the criteria for being an Iranian?
Arash Emamzadeh
RELATIONSHIP
Iranian
guys suck
Do you think we are going to go out with you, knowing that
you fuck anything that so much as moves?
Tuff Wild Chick
DRUGS
Inhale
Faulty arguments against drug legalization
Slater Bakhtavar
DRUGS
Something
to talk about
Iran's losing war on drug trafficking could be a subject of
discussion with the U.S.
Nima Kasraie
HOW-TO
Theocracy
to Democracy
... in 10 steps
Behshad Hastibakhsh
OPINION
Left
overs
Leftist radicals not only ruined their own lives, they ruined
the life of a nation
Parkhash
TALK
The
solution
Photo essay: Iraj Pezeshkzad at Stanford University
Jahanshah Javid
FILM
Miserably
lousy
Oliver Stone's "Alexander"
Trita Parsi
OPINION
Stop
bitching
The dangerous path ahead, but it doesn't have to be this way
S. Sadeghin
IDENTITY
Glorious
loneliness
Iran will never be what it used to. But Iranians can built
a 'better' Iran
Ben Madadi
ETHNIC
Bravo
South Kurdistan
Hope in a referendum signed by 1.7 million people
Kamal H. Artin
IRAN
Conservative
challenger
Former TV chief launches unofficial campaign for presidency
Hossein Derakhshan
PALESTINE
The
anti-shah
Yasser Arafat's endearingly secular anti-Westernism
Setareh Sabety
PALESTINE
No
friend
Arafat switched alliances depending on which way the wind blew
Ghassem Namazi
RIGHTS
Not
the last
On Theo 'an Gogh's assassination: interview with Azar Majedi
Maryam Namazi
BOOK
Superior
inferior
Excerpt from "The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict
between Iran and America"
Kenneth M. Pollack
IRAQ
Heavy
metal Islam
Laid-back Iraqis who enjoy indulging in worldly pleasures find
they're becoming a minority, as more and more of their carousing
pals defect to religion
Borzou Daragahi
RIGHTS
Ok
which country am I in?
Iran or the U.S.
Hamid Bakhsheshi
PALESTINE
Saluting
Abu Ammar
i salute Arafat for his love of his land and people
Kourosh Taghavi
POINT
Closet
Bush supporter
This election has shown that our similarities are
much more profound and well entrenched than we had ever realized
Sharif N Mafi
RELIGION
The
fire within
Zarathushtra's thought compared to "Bad Thoughts, Bad
Words, Bad Deeds"
Dina G. McIntyre
DIALOG
Peace
Perhaps we are angry because we tend to read too much between
the lines
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
REPLY
I,
Zarathushtra
For better or for worse, one of the living reminders of our
sense of pride and nationalism comes from the Zoroastrians
Aryadoost Ahanshir
POLITICS
How
voting works
An inside look at an election
Behrouz Bahmani
IRAN-US
The
dangerous path ahead
Many Iranians want change in Iran and so do many policymakers
in the US. That does not mean they want the same thing
Roozbeh Shirazi
AMERICA
Shattered
bubble
I escaped a theocracy by a few and ended up in a theocracy
by majority
Goudarz Eghtedari
DIASPORA
Helpless
hypocrites
Not me: I choose not to be that quiet American that the powers
that be bet on us being
Assal Badrkhani
IRANIAN-AMERICANS
Habits
that devide us
Let's not perpetuate them
Rostam Pourzal
OPINION
A
Christian Revolution
Americans have opted for a revolution based on faith, as Iranians
did in 1979, and may live to regret it, as Iranians have
Hossein Bagher Zadeh
DIASPORA
Shabi
keh solh dar sarzamin-e aazaadi gereest
The night peace cried in the land of freedom
Mehran
US-IRAN
Tunnel
vision
Iranicons are so desperate, unimaginative, and fixated on the
idea of 'changing' Iran that they overlook exactly who their champion
is
Roozbeh Shirazi
RELIGION
A
threat to humankind
Political Islam vs. secularism
Azar Majedi
AFGHANISTAN
Ignorantism
Why are we paying such a high price just because we are girls
or women?
Wazhma Frogh
RIGHTS
Women
against women
Women in Iran's 7th parliament
Elham Gheytanchi
AFGHANISTAN
Ignorantism
Why are we paying such a high price just because we are girls
or women?
Wazhma Frogh
EDUCATION
Critical
thinking
Religious education in Iran and Canada
Azadeh Madani
ELECTIONS
We
are here
It's not over by a long shot
Daniel Patrick Welch
POLITICS
KO
We must get up; there are 11 more rounds left and many more
Bush blunders to capitalize upon
Ramin Bajoghli
ELECTIONS
Losing
it
We must ask ourselves some fundamental questions
Maziar Shirazi
ELECTIONS
It's
the policies, stupid
Whoever wins the Big Prize will inherit a free world so angry
and fed up with US policies
Daniel Patrick Welch
ELECTIONS
When
facts go out the window
Bush's failed presidency
Lee Howard Hodges
ELECTIONS
Vote
for democracy
Kurdish Americans and the US elections
Kamal H. Artin
ELECTIONS
Message
from Shiraz
"Please let everyone know that most every young Iranian
supports George Bush"
Slater Bakhtavar
ELECTIONS
Forward
not backward
Unlike the Neoconservative-infested Republican Party, the progressives
in this country do not need to resort to whole scale fiction, seasoned
with innuendos, to drive their points home and garner
Payam Ean
ELECTIONS
The
battleground
Ohio could determine the next US president
Azadeh Matinpour
ELECTIONS
McBush
Sure a Big Mac looks good, but...
Maziar Shirazi
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