Bio
aamahdi@owu.edu
Five years later
Finding the perpetrators should be formulated according to our democratic values, not to those which violate them
September 12, 2006
Is it still there?
Photo essay: Dahieh, south Beirut suburb
August 4, 2006
Shakespeare in the Islamic Republic and Sa’edi in Ohio
Performing Ghlamhossein Sa'edi's "Othello in Wonderland" in Ohio
November 23, 2005
Peaceful dialogue
The United States and the Islamic World: Challenges
and prospects
August 29, 2005
Obrigado Brazil
Brazilians I saw to be a highly sociable and charming people among
whom hugging, kissing, and passionately engaging interactions
are as normal as breathing airAli Akbar Mahdi
August 17, 2005
Merry
ice
Photo essay: Midwest snow sotrm
December 25, 2004
Visual
sale
Indian Billboards and murals
November 7, 2004
Searching
for Shiva, Vishnu, Buddha, Allah, ...
Photo essay: Religious life in Chennai, India
October 18, 2004
I
exist therefore I am
Photo essay: The Banyan halfway home, India
September 30, 2004
Streets
of India
Photo essay
September 21, 2004
On
the wheel
Photo essay: Women in India
September 15, 2004
Children's
home in India
Photo essay
September 10, 2004
Fending
for themselves
Large pockets of frustrated teens remain a ticking time
bomb in Middle Eastern political landscapes
August 1, 2003
Private
talk without shame
Conversation with author of "Dardedel"
February 26, 2003
Arguing
for a good deal of pluralism
Islam, terrorism and the West
January 10, 2003
Secular
or not
Religious intellectuals come short
August 12, 2002
Connecting
Iranians
But still a one-man show
September 12, 2001
Connecting
Iranians
But still a one-man show
September 12, 2001
Making
a hero
Heroes are neither self-selected nor eternal
2000
Wake-up
call
The student protests of July 1999
2000
Harmful
favoritism
How NOT to help arrested Jews in Iran
1998
A
bitter bite
A critique of Samira Makhmalbaf's "The Apple"
1999
Looking
forward
"Time to live in the present and for the future"
1998
In
dialogue with Kiarostami
Interview
1998
Not
a community (yet)
A survey of Iranian-Americans
1997
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