Women
2003
Archive
GENDER
WARS
Great
year
For Iranian women. And Iranian men are plain jealous.
By Siamack Baniameri
OPINION
Mommie
dearest
The pope beatified Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist,
and a fraud
By Hosein DeVilt
FILM
The
last colony
Interview with filmmaker Parvin Ansary
By Brian Appleton
FICTION
Farah
and Simran
Friendship never dies
By Wazhma Frogh
RIGHTS
Restless
limbs
Shirin Ebadi's Nobel speech
RIGHTS
Welcome
hope
Photo essay: Cheers for Ebadi
By Takyar
RIGHTS
Who
cares?
A probono lawyer and her one-practice fight against the Patriot Act
By Behrouz Bahmani
ART
The
missing
Tooba, the tree of life, must be controlled, kept in fear, scrutinized
By Torange Yeghiazarian
RIGHTS
We
shall never forget
Interview with Abdol-Karim Lahiji
By Fariba Amini
OPINION
Ripe
for reinterpretation
From Ebadi's various remarks it is clear that progressive Islam
protects human rights but also advocates a secular approach with regards
to political institutions
By Nema Milaninia
OPINION
Be
fair
People like Ebadi have fought for freedom and human rights in
Iran for the past 23 years. What have you done?
By Taraneh Izadi
OPINION
Open
criticism
It is the responsibility of every one of us to challenge
each other and to make views transparent
By Sheema Kalbasi
WOMEN
User
friendly feminist
When did the collective female conscious underwent a
collective lobotomy?
By Afsaneh Bahrami
ACTIVIST
Dreaming
on a bike
Poupeh cycles around the world for peace
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
OPINION
As
if we NEEDED the Nobel
The reality is that the West treats the rest of the world
as less than equal
By Mohamad Purqurian
SEX
One
fine day
The first time I did it
By Fatemeh Parsa
RIGHTS
Exclusion
and complicity
Becoming a lesbian in diaspora
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
LIFE
A
man with his little sister
Discoveries
By Siamak Vossoughi
DIARY
Awi
Part 25
TRAVELERS
Passenger
to Tehran
Travel diary from 1926 Iran
By Vita Sackville-West
PHOTOGRAPHY
Why
not
Photo essay: Nudes
By Nazak Pahlavi
LIFE
Settling
down
The puzzle that seemed so easy and fun is getting on to me
By Linda Ghassemi
ANALYSIS
A
woman of action
Shirin's Ebadi's background and the impact of her Nobel Peace
Prize
By Farhang Jahanpour
SLEEP
To
hell and back
Dreams
By Babak Khiavchi
OPINION
Ayatollah
Ebadi?
Shirin Ebadi seems far from acknowledging separation of
religion and state
By Sheema Kalbasi
OPINION
Kheyraat-e
javaaez
Ebadi's Nobel: A view from the left
By Kayvan Kaviani
COMMENT
Ghessehye
Kooseh-va-Shirin
Coverage on Shirin Ebadi's Noble Peace Prize
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
COVER
Break
by brick
Photo essay: Brickyard near Tehran
By Yalda Moaiery
OPINION
The
outsider
In a restless Iran, Shirin Ebadi is a problem for conservatives
and reformists
By Jahanshah Javid
INSOMNIA
Perfection
Me & the rest of Iranian women
By Parissa Sohie
LIFE
I want
to see it
The Persian prick you love to hate still raises a sardonic chuckle
By Kristopher Kolumbus
OPINION
The
chisel and the hammer
Shirin Ebadi's public endorsement of Islam is a qualified proposition
but it is sociologically sound and politically astute
By Ahmad Sadri
OPINION
Taba'aat-e
Nobel
Political implications of Ebadi's Nobel prize
By Dariush Sajjadi
OPINION
Prize
for courage
Ebadi's Nobel prize is the revival of the spirits of those who
perished under injustice
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
COVER
Reason
to smile
Shirin Ebadi photos and media reaction
COMMENT
The
clap of one hand
I had no clue who Shirin Ebadi is. But...
By Zohreh Khazai-Ghahremani
COVER
For
human rights and democracy
Nobel committee statement on Shirin Ebadi
RIGHTS
Sedaaye
mardom-e Iran
Shirin Ebadi's Nobel prize
By Niloofar Beyzaie
RIGHTS
The
catalyst
With Shirin Ebadi's Nobel prize, I became empowered
By Golbarg Wedin Bashi
ABUSE
Dokhtari
beh naameh Gohar
Girls raped by fathers not uncommon in rural areas of Iran
By Alborz
WOMEN
Matter
of choice
Wearing the hijab not the deciding factor in whether someone
was good or not
By Leila Shirazi
MEN
Yek
mard-e badbin
Why women in Iran chat online
By Alborz
COVER
True
personality
Photo essay: Models
By Misha Honarvar
RIGHTS
Far
from causal brutality
Zahra Kazemi's murder
By Asghar Massombagi
OPINION
Symbol
of struggle
Women's rights are Iranian rights
By Nema Milaninia
STUDENT
Just
figuring it out
Medical school journal
By Mina M.
COVER
Modern
woman
Paintings
By Lidia Shahabi
WOMEN
Black
is back
Suddenly the blonde look became an embarrassment
By Leila Shirazi
LIFE
Times
have changed
They certainly have
By Azam Nemati
WOMEN
Grow
up
Most men prefer younger girls. But in the civilized world most
men know that won't work. So why can't Iranian men figure that out?
By Sheila K.
MEN
Beat
this
Bride from Iran
By Farid Moghadassi
COVER
Time
to go
Photo essay: Shahrnush Parsipur in Albany
By Jahanshah Javid
LITERATURE
Without
men
Parsipur's polyphonic novel
By Khatereh Sheibani
WOMEN
Declining
goddess
Alienation of women
By Fatima Farideh Nejat
BEAUTY
Eyebrow
nation
The French are obsessed with legs, Americans with breasts, Brazilian
with butts and for us Iranians, it's eyebrows
By Lida Ghassemi
COVER
Cage
Art works
By Negar Assari-Samimi
FICTION
Serpent's
dance
Short story
By Ali Sadri
PHOTOGRAPHY
Grandmother
Photo essay: My grandmother
By Atieh Noori
COVER
Proud
love
Lifting the veil over Malik Khanum's life
By Susan Hajiani
COVER
Delivering
nudes
Paintings
By Pantea Karimi
COVER
Tall,
dark & Iranian
Photo essay: Model Yasmin Parvaneh Le Bon
DIARY
On
a roll
Spain travel diary
By Azadeh
LIFE
Lover
forever
High school love affair in Khorramshahr
By Azam Nemati
POETRY
Inside
the prison
For Zahra Kazemi
By Peyvand Khorsandi
COVER
Barefoot
and suicidal
Short story
By Golareh Safarian
WOMEN
Tick tick
talk
The myth of the biological clock
By Laleh Haghighi
RIGHTS
Who
says a fetus is not a human?
Abortion should be seen as a crime just like murder
By Yashar Zhalehdoust
ART
On
the outside
Graphic art
By Azadeh
TOUCH
Kiss
With the gentleness of a freight train
By Assal Badrkhani
LIFE MATE
A
realistic Cinderella
What
I want is someone to share my incompleteness
By Arezou Raeisghasem
WOMEN
One
of God's...
... most precious treasures: Iranian women
By Mr Je Sea
CAUSE
Women's
independent library
Establishing
a non-governmental center in
Tehran with people's support
LIFE
With
amazing grace
On a sunny afternoon in October, memory paid me a powerful visit
By Golareh Safarian
WOMEN
Covered
in messages
The veil as a political tool
By Azadeh Namakydoust
BOOK
First
heart beat
Forough Farrokhzad's letters to her husband
COVER
All
over the place
Photo essay: Women on Labor Day
By Babak Sedighi
REVIEW
Just
a matter of time
Tonight Haale, one of my favorite singers, was performing at
Joe’s Pub
By Shiva Bahmani
FREE SPEECH
Heterosexist
Haji
Not a cry for censorship, but an appeal for journalistic responsibility
By Choob Dosargohi
MOTHER'S DAY
But
then I touch her hands
This person is unmistakably my mother
By Golnar Fozi
LOVE
Veshkoon
If only for today I would remove my mask and shout
By Assal Badrkhani
INTERACTIVE
Take
a chance
Internet dating
By Saghar Siami
RUNNER
In
memory of peace
Reasons for running in the marathon
By Azin Nezami
AGE
Five-minute
break, please?
After 18 years of life
By Negin Shadaram
WOMEN
The
travelers
Paintings
By Laleh Haghighi
WOMEN
Something
wrong
Me and my veiled cousin
By Mona M. Maisami
FASHION
Other
ideas
Fashion in Iran: Photos & designs
By Atoosa Mozaffari
ART
Struggle
in Brooklyn
Video stills: Veils in New York
By Kasra Paydavousi
CYBERLOVE
Yahoo!
Photos essay: My Valentine
By Siroos Partovi
FICTION
My
name is "Today's Valentine's day"
When she finished talking, a couple of sharp teeth remained outside
her mouth
By Arash Emamzadeh
LOSS
Ghost
of Isfahan
Remembering the man I've almost forgotten
By Heather-ley Peckham
LIFE
Valentine's
Day
You could never be lonely when you had a story in you
By Siamak Vossoughi
MAN
Discretion
I see every emotion and memory he hides so well
By Assal Badrkhani
FIGURE
Cheghadr
chaagh shodi!
Most ancient put-down of Iranian ladies
By Niki Tehranchi
WOMEN
Sorry
Ms. El
Puerto Rican women think they're god's gift to men. But they have
not met Middle Eastern women
By Sunlord
PHOTOGRAPHY
Hard
earned
Photo essay: Minab's basket weavers
By Sahar Adham
FICTION
Qesseyeh
maast
Short story
By Namdar Nasser
TORTURE
Takht
Recalling a particular form of torture
By Farideh Sabety
TOUCH
I
finally decided to go for it
First kiss
By Fatemeh Parsa
LIFE
A
very big deal
I thought I had committed a serious crime and gotten away with
it
By Jahanshah Javid
LIFE
Who
wants to be god?
Innocence is GONE! You are part of a viscous, greedy, power-hungry
society
By Yana Youhana
DECISION
My
dream or my parents
Time for me to decide what I want to be in my life
By Fatemeh Parsa
WOMEN
Ayaa
hefdah-e day rooz-e mohemmist?
On Women's Day
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
WOMAN
Red
lipstick
No rules, no pre-conditions
By Azam Nemati
FEELINGS
Fruition
All is love
By Torang Asadi
MARRIAGE
Haft
Khaan
Esmaal Aghaa's Matrimonial Guide
By Esmaal Aaghaa
FILM
The
right to exist
Interview with film director Maziar Bahari
By Golnar Motevalli
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