Thursday
March 1, 2001
Iran
Simply waiting
There's not much left but hope
By Najmeh Fakhraie
March 1, 2001
The Iranian
When you sit in the taxi, people get on and off at different stops along
the way. You hardly notice them. You reach your destination, pay the driver
and after a few seconds the whole ride is forgotten. Nothing strange or
special. Nothing worth remembering. But that night as I was busy talking
to the person sitting next to me I saw a man get on and sit in the front
seat. Once he started speaking I knew that the voice and the words might
not be heard just anywhere >>>
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Freedom
Here & there
What if Ebrahim Nabavi was born in Detroit and Eminem in
Tehran?
By Ramin Tabib
March 1, 2001
The Iranian
While I was watching Eminem accept award after award at the Grammys,
the gesture took me back to a few months ago when Ebrahim Nabavi, an Iranian
satirist, stood in front of a judge in a court room in Tehran and apologized
for having written "subversive" and "foul" prose >>>
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Art
Happysad
Paintings by Saba Masoumian
March 1, 2001
The Iranian
These paintings by Saba Masoumian were originally featured on Elahe
Gallery's web site. Masoumian, 18, lives in Iran >>>
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Wednesday
February 28, 2001
Culture
Art of kissing
Kissing guys on the cheeks is something I needed to learn
By Siamack Baniameri
February 28, 2001
The Iranian
As I returned to my homeland after twenty years, I was faced with two
major dilemmas. The first was to re-learn the lost art of using an Iranian-style
toilet in a squatting position with efficiency and deadly aim. But the
most intimidating dilemma, which I would like to focus on, was kissing
guys on the cheeks >>>
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Moment
Highlight
He walked into my secluded coffee shop
By Maryam Khosharay
February 28, 2001
The Iranian
Coffee shops have indeed become the "in" place to study --
the nucleus of true intellect where one can have a profound thought, a
heated conversation, even a flirtatious rendezvous >>>
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Life
We went home
Shiny lady in blue and gold told me it will be okay
By Mary Haidari
February 28, 2001
The Iranian
I met my husband in college. I was asked by a professor to help some
of the international students with English. My husband was in the first
group. I'll call him "John". He was from Abadan, Iran. We dated
for a while, and finally married. We made plans to go to Iran and live.
In preparation for my journey, I learned Farsi, learned about the culture
and began to study Islam >>>
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Tuesday
February 27, 2001
Opinion
Reason and revelation
Reason defines truth, justice, public interest, and humanity
By Abdolkarim Soroush
February 27, 2001
The Iranian
No one should be compelled to tolerate inhumanity, mendacity, and injustice
in the name of God, history, patriotism, or any other shibboleth. Mining
the humanitarian resources of a religion is more important than ascertaining
its privileged divinity. In fact, it is humanity's right to reject inhumane
religions and even to contest their claim to true religiosity >>>
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Iran
At a glance
Photos of Tehran
Photos by Ben Bagheri
February 27, 2001
The Iranian
Photos from a trip to Iran last month >>>
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Opinion
Not going back
American traveler sees religion, religion & more religion
February 27, 2001
The Iranian
Letter by an American woman who recently traveled to Iran.
Afshin joun, I knew that things had changed after the revolution; I
knew that this was not the Iran that I had known. But I just wasn't prepared
for the devastation, the desperate poverty, the overcrowdedness and the
pollution that I saw. It is SOOOOOO sad to see what has happened to a once
beautiful and thriving society >>>
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Monday
February 26, 2001
Cover story
Stripped
Paintings
By Mehrdad Salimi-Tabar
February 26, 2001
The Iranian
In my paintings I follow a simple rule. It has to feel right. Colors,
forms and the overall composition of my paintings are a result of stripping
down the hard shell of conventional sensibility and traditional approach
to realism. I try to see a carpet from the knot, rather than the reverse
>>>
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Action
Petition by one
Write to your representative
By Guive Mirfendereski
February 26, 2001
The Iranian
On February 14, I took out pen and paper and wrote a letter to my Congressman
Barney Frank (4th District of Massachusetts, Democrat), about the mistreatment
of Iranian-origin travelers at U.S. airports. Two days later, he wrote
back >>>
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Opinion
Bring back Persia
It is not just about a name
By G. Motamedi
February 26, 2001
The Iranian
It is believed that close advisors to the Reza Shah suggested replacing
Persia with Iran (which possibly derives from "Aryan") as a show
of solidarity with the Germans. A generation after that unwise decision,
no one recognizes us as the nation that inherited the heritage of the Persian
empire >>>
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