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Democratic culture
A campaign for equality
August 8, 2006

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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