Blog

Remember 22nd of Khordad

The peaceful women's rights protest demanding changes to family laws and legal discrimination against women, which took place between 5:00-6:00pm on June 12, 2006, in

Read More »

The Foremost

On March 25 — day of Khordad, month of Farvardin — Zoroastrians celebrate the birthday of Asho Zarathushtra, the Divine Founder of the Good Religion.

Read More »

Out at sea

I want to be wicked, I want to tell lies. I want to be mean and throw mud-pies. I want wake up in the morning

Read More »

Force of nature

I want to be wicked, I want to tell lies. I want to be mean and throw mud-pies. I want wake up in the morning

Read More »

The magic stick

They say that when General Sherman arrived in the American South he torched all the southern cities to demoralize the citizens, even though each one

Read More »

Dreamscapes

I am walking through a series of buildings all connected through the second story. There are doors between each building that lead from one directly

Read More »

The new juveniliarchy

You have seen their bloodstained T-shirt raised in marked resistance to terror. You have witnessed them clubbed in front of their dormitories. You have seen

Read More »

Revolution of youth

This is honor of all the young people, the students, who continue to fight for change — those who have been arrested, imprisoned or sentenced

Read More »

Home coming

We share the same birthday, the 12th of Khordad. And, for nearly two and a half years we were best friends. For two of those

Read More »

The next India?

This article was originally published in Iran Focus. Click on images to see larger photos. As Iran seeks ways to diversify its export base and

Read More »

Not even a mouse

It seems that every year I reject more and more those things I label American. In recent years, I have been boycotting the idea of

Read More »