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East dances with West

The boys of Blurred Vision
By Mitra Sadrameli and Tandees Tanavoli

When brothers Soheil & Sepehr Osloobi first moved to Toronto Canada in 1988, neither one of them imagined they would be playing their own music to packed audiences in New York City, Vancouver, and Toronto. "Music was always one of the biggest things in my life," says Soheil, the 28 year old bass player and lyricist of Blurred Vision. "I was more interested in staying home and playing music than to go and play outside.

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MOSSADEGH
Khodaavand ham qaader neest...

Interview on the 1953 coup
Ramin Kamran

COVER
Persian politicos
Iranians drive Gavin Newsom's San Francisco mayoral campaign
By Behrouz Bahmani

HUMAN RIGHTS
If he were alive
Interview with Ali Akbar Saeedi Sirjani's daughter, Sayeh
By Fariba Amini

POLITICS
Farewell to Khatami

Interview with student activist Saeed Razavi-Faqih
By Kaveh Ehsani

FAR OUT
Divine nostalgia

Fantastic tension of the opposites in Hafiz poems
Interview with Paul Smith by Farid Parsa

BOOK
He is us

In defense of "Dardedel"
By Rob Levandoski

COVER
Weapon of choice
Houman Mortazavi's art and ideas
By Elham Gheytanchi

FAR OUT
Divine nostalgia

Fantastic tension of the opposites in Hafiz poems
Interview with Paul Smith by Farid Parsa

IRAN-US
Change will come from within
Interview with a former American diplomat in Tehran
By Fariba Amini

FOOD
The man behind the apron
Faz feeds souls as well as appetites
By Behrouz Bahmani

Comedy dar vaashangton
Bourgeois Iranian opposition meeting in Washington
Interview with Ali Javadi

American World Order
Interview with Farhang Rajaee
By Fariba Amini

Private talk without shame
Conversation with author of "Dardedel"
By Ali Akbar Mahdi

No happy ending
U.S. special negotiator in the oil nationalization affair looks back and into the future
By Fariba Amini

Playing with the past
Interview: Fusing past and present with music
By Shadi Vatanparast

More than that
Covering aspects of Arab culture overlooked by mainstream media
By Elham Gheytanchi

Arguing for a good deal of pluralism
Islam, terrorism and the West

Who are you wearing that perfume for?
I am stronger, wiser and better
By Yalda Bidar

In history's archive
I wanted to take photos that would make a point
Interview with photographer Jamshid Bayrami
By Fariba Amini

Open case
My husband is in effect a victim. A scapegoat
An interview with Mehrangiz Kar
By Fariba Amini

Arshia
Archetypical architect
By Bruce Bahmani

Junior Jiant
This kid who just took the ball and ran with it
By Bruce Bahmani

Paayandeh Iran
We believe in a democratic republic
By Fariba Amini

March 2002
Peyvand, Elham & Saman
Norooz show interviews

November 14, 2001
For people & country
Interview with Arash Forouhar
By Fariba Amini

June 18, 2001
Iran's daughter
Interview with filmmaker Farhad Zamani
By Bruce Bhamani

June 6, 2001
Crime and punishment
An interview with an assassination survivor
By Fariba Amini

May 9, 2001
Don't call me "Sir"
Mossadegh: Humility and integrity in government
By Fariba Amini

March 8, 2001
Something about Maryam
Interview with film director Ramin Serry
By Bruce Bahmani

March 6, 2001
Polittical revolution
Interview with a student activist
By Fariba Amini

February 2001
Fighter
Interview with female boxer Kina Elyassi
By J. JAvid

June 14, 2000
Things you'll never hear
Interview with Noam Chomsky
By Ramin Jahanbegloo

November 4, 1999
Time to move on
Twenty years after the hostage crisis
Interview with Bruce Laingen

November 23, 1999
Truth & justice
Interview with Arash Forouhar
By Haleh Vaziri

October 21, 1999
It's time
Mehrangiz Kar's human rights campaign
By J. Javid

August 25, 1998
In dialogue with Kiarostami
By Ali Akbar Mahdi

May 19, 1998
Something to sing about
With Don Dilworth about his opera, "Rostam"
By Shahram Sadri

May 8, 1998
Grandma's dream
With musician Partow Hooshmand
By J. Javid

May 4, 1998
Tanz-e teez-e Khorsandi
With satirist Hadi Khorsandi (in Persian)
By J. Javid

April 24, 1998
One with the guitar
With classical guitarist Lily Afshar
By Shahram Sadri

April 3, 1998
Law & Order?
From arbitrary arrests to legal harassment: Interviews with Ibrahim Yazdi, leader of the Freedom Movement of Iran (Nehzat-e Azaadi-ye Iran); Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of the radical student newsletter Payam-e Daneshjou (Students' Message); and Habibollah Payman, leader of the disbanded Combatant Muslims Movement (Jonbesh-e Mosalmanan-e Mobaarez).

Dec 17, 1997
The making of Paradise
With film-maker Kamshad Kooshan

Nov 25, 1997
Building trust
With former U.S. National Security Council staff member Gary Sick
By J. Javid

More than a country
of Ayatollahs

With Roxane Farmanfarmaian
By J. Javid

A happy grandmother
With Farah Diba Pahlavi

Kennar kooh, raahat raa gom nemeekoni (Persian)
With playwrite, director & actor Farhad Aeesh
By J. Javid

Hakemesque (Persian) == Go figure (English)
With the "queen" of Esk village, east of Tehran. Really
By Parivash Berenji; Parisa Tashakori

Raqss baa fekr-e baaz (Persian)
With Persian dance artist Shahrzad Khorsandi
By J. Javid

Myths of a classic
With satirist Iraj Pezeshkzad about "My Uncle Napoleon". (Feb 97)
By Tara Taqizadeh

Man hastam (Persian)
A chat with Forough Farrokhzad (Dec 96)

Khoshhalam keh zendeh-am (Persian)
With novelist Shahrnoush Parsipour. (Dec 96)
By J. Javid

Sabt-e ma (Persian)
With the editor of Encycolpedia Iranica, Dr. Ehsan Yarshater. (Sept 96)
By Hossein Tavakoli, J. Javid

A (different) religious experience
Mother Teresa's compassion overwhelms an Iranian television producer. (Sept 96)
By J. Javid

Pesare Darya (Aqua Boy)
This Kourosh the Great is definitely not asleep! (Sept 96)
By Behrouz Bahmani

Being a woman in Iran
Prof. Azar Nafisi's on the lives of women in Iran. (July 96)

Princes of Persia
Shahin & Sepehr: Iranian musicians in mainstream USA. (May 96)
By Behrouz Bahmani

Loobiapolo
With a 14-year old Iranian in New Jersey. (May 96)
By J. Javid

Ceeteezen
An Iranian becomes an American citizen. (Jan 96)
By J. Javid

Open Wounds
With former U.S. National Security Council staff member Gary Sick. (Jan 96)
By J. Javid

Masoud Behnoud: Between Extremes
With Iran's premier political analyst, Masoud Behnoud. (Dec 95)
By J. Javid

Our Boy; their Prisoner of War
Iranian soldier recalls harsh Iraqi war camp. (Dec 95)
By J. Javid

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