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Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Part II Key words: Social Constructionist Theories, Structuralist Theories, Post-Structuralist Theories and Semiotics, docile... Comment

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Part I Key words: Essentialist Theories, Sex/ Gender roles, Socialization, Social Constructionist Theories, Gender... Comment

Ekhrajiha (Deportess)   From Nāyeb Gorbeh Little Bazaar to the Leadership House (2 –cont’d)   By: Farhang Abtin   Translator: Dr. Azadeh Azad   Part... Comment

By: Farhang Abtin Translator: Dr. Azadeh Azad Part II During the last three decades of the Islamic rule in Iran, hooligans and thugs, who were... Comment

By Farhang Abtin Translator: Dr. Azadeh Azad Part I (continued) For a better understanding of the social attitudes of the majority in the Iranian religion-obsessed... Comment

By Farhang Abtin   Translator: Dr. Azadeh Azad   Part I   When in March 2010, General Petraeus, commander of the U.S. forces in the... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 *19. The “Quarrel between two Islamic reformists: Dowlat-Abadi... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 *B. In the rest of his 2007 Radio... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 It is obvious that for Dowlat-Abadi, the origin... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 *9. Dowlat-Abadi’s claim of not being interested in politics Based on... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 Today’s Iranian cultural scene continues to be tainted... Comment

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 Introduction I have great respect for the courage... Comment

Springtime in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 12 next › last » Comment

My research on the world mythologies confirms Mehrdad Bahar’s assertion that the figure of Amou Pirouz (presently Haji Firouz, its Arabized version) is associated with... Comment

Happy Nowrūz 2012 and Spring Equinox (Ostara) to everyone around the world.   My Nowrūz in Exile I stitch my skirt to the spring of... Comment

در تاریخ ۳۰ اردیبهشت ۱۳۷۳ (۲۰ مه‌ ۱۹۹۴)، آخرین جلسه نقد ادبی "آیینه ها" با حضور آقای محمود دولت‌آبادی و درباره کتاب دو جلدی او... Comment

This cartoon is supposed to mirror Ari's recent cartoon. Does it?:-)   http://iranian.com/main/2012/feb/iaea-inspecti... Comment

Happy Holidays, everyone!:-) This is my New Year present to you, the resilient Iranian people everywhere. Cheers, Azadeh Comment

In Virginia Woolf's 1924 short story The New Dress the main protagonist, middle-aged Mabel Waring, arrives at a high-society London party. She removes her cloak,... Comment

خوش آمد می گویم به پاییز افسرده، خوش آمد می گویم به روانداز مه که با پیچ و خم میرود از راه نورهای وارفته وروزهای... Comment

In response to Shokouh Mirzadegh’s following article, entitled “Pornography or Liberalism”, http://iranian.com/main/2011/nov-21#comment-452022 I have written the following response. * Dear Shokouh, Your article is most... Comment

TABLE OF CONTENTS   Introduction Conceptualizing Gender Part 1.  Biologically Essentialist Theories, Social Constructionist Theories, Sex/Gender Role andSocialization Theories   Part 2 - Structuralism, Post-structural... Comment

Part I This poem saw in horror the burst of the still horizon that shook the foundation of Mashi and Mashiana’s shelter. Hords of herding... Comment

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - The Iranian government should immediately allow access to the UN appointed Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to address... Comment

 The above statement is by Dr. Saroukhani, a prof of sociology at the University of Tehran. It is part of an interview he gave for... Comment

On October 12, 2011, Mansour Arbabsiar, a failed used-car salesman, wasindicted on terrorism charges for allegedly conspiring to assassinate theSaudi ambassador in Washington, DC.    ... Comment

In my suitcase of diaspora I keep An isolated sunset, murdered crows A patch of grey sky that cracks and falls The patient stone of... Comment

Ms. Maryam Rajavi's message to the “friends” of the Iranian people in front of the UN in September 2011 included the following: “The seat of... Comment

Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Part 4 -- Part 5 -- Part 6 -- Part 7 Leaving the frog’s euphoria behind,... Comment

Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Part 4 -- Part 5 -- Part 6 -- Part 7 "My dear Princess,” said Mother... Comment