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

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

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

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

 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

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.    

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

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

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

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 “My dear Princess,” said Mother

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 The thrill of having regained

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 Nisha placed a saddle on

The President of Palestine scaring the naughty Zionists once again at the United Nations!

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 Once she stepped out of

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 The Princess howled for the

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 This is the tale of

In this series, I have experimented with a lens that is made for fireworks. Walking in downtown on a cool summer night, I took pictures

These photos are taken during a car wash, a walk on the beach and in a rainy night, among other times and places. Photography sometimes

These photos are taken during a car wash, a walk on the beach and in a rainy night, among other times and places. Photography sometimes

On Sunday, August 7th, 18 poets and prose-makers recited their words from among the herbs and trees at the Hazelwood Herb Farm out in Cedar

He is an Iranian man Olive-skinned, good-looking He has a dream one night: A classmate is praising him For his high grades in math.  

In 1898, Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and one of the great masters of modern short story writing, wrote a short story entitled, “The Man in

I am a turning page, turning time I am a shimmer on the waves I am the sleek fur of a black cat I am

These images are created in ink on paper before being modified by different computer software, which allow me to “play” with them in a variety