| 2003
(March - February)
POETRY
Lotf-e
Bahar
By Fereydoun Moshiri
New
year
By Reza Meshkini
Aghaaz-e
saal
By Hassan Karimi
MSUIC
Haale
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Artist of the week
WAR
The
humanist alternative
One doesn't have to choose between Mickey Mouse and the mullahs
By Asghar Massombagi
OPINION
Havaadaari
az siyaasat-e Amrikaa?
Supporting U.S. policy or preserving Iran's interests?
By Ramin Kamran
WAR
The
price of a man
Offer Saddam a fraction of the cost of war
By Saba Nejad
COVER
In
search of Dali's miracles
Watching Kiarostami may prove there are other alternatives
By Madame Bayaz
WAR
Thank
you George
Thank you for ignoring us
By Paulo Coelho
WAR
Let
the party begin
I can see celebrations in Basra, Karballa, and Najaf already
By Sharif N Mafi
CIVILIZATION
Whose
world is it anyway?
Our common civilization
By Khodadad Rezakhani
FILM
Till
money do us part
Milani's film bares love & marriage
By Poopak Taati
LIFE
I
hear the bus coming
He was born under a different star
By Kristopher Kolumbus
COVER
Shemshaad
playground
Childhood in Abadan
By Mahsa J
WAR
Fair
warning
We are on a runaway train and the conductor doesn't care
By Daniel Patrick Welch
WAR
Road
map to Baghdad and beyond
Writing's on the wall
By Iqbal Latif
DIASPORA
Who
will remember us?
My generation
By Assal Badrkhani
AMERICA
Sunset
mirage
Too many dates and donkey rides don't mix
By FF
DIARY
Awi
Part 5
COVER
WHO
is Shadmehr Aghili?!!
He's good. No, I mean really good
By Behrouz Bahmani
WAR
The
war brief
In support of the war against Iraq
By Guive Mirfendereski
OPINION
A
triangle of realpolitik
Iran, Iraq and the United States
By Mansour Farhang
ACTIVISM
Pedaling
for peace
Iranian globetrotters on bikes -- and a mission
Written and photographed
By Ben Bagheri
OPINION
A
few years away
Are we closer than ever in developing The Bomb?
By Mahyar Etminan
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 23
BOOK
Who's
really in charge
Fundamental weakness of the Iranian press
By Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons
FICTION
Baar-e
ezaafeh
Short story
By Qasem Nosrati
AMERICAN
Gathering
clouds
Summer of 1978
By Brian Appleton
WAR
Welcome
to the chapel of peril
The struggle that is life cannot be stopped in the name of
peace
By Amir
IRANIANS
Don't
mess with Persians!
A night out with the boys
By Arash Seyedalikhani
COVER
Axis
of rational alternatives
Thinking more creatively about global security
By Majid Tehranian
WAR
America,
the neighbourhood gendarme
Better than Vichy French, Putin's Kreplakistan and communist
China
By Alidad Vassigh
WAR
More
than oil
You have to feel sorry for Iraqis
By Ali Khalili
MEDIA
Meanwhile
in Palestine
I wonder if there are any mediocre bombmakers?
By Sharif N Mafi
MINORITIES
Imagine
being a Jew in Iran
Current condition of Iranian Jewry
By Pooya Dayanim
MUSIC
Barg-e
Sabz
Shajarian, Masoudi, Vafaie
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Different
direction
Photo essay: Young Iranians
By Nader Davoodi
SATIRE
Veiled
humor
A female Muslim stand-up comic?
By Annika S. Hipple
OPINION
There
will NOT be a war
The game of chicken and Las Vegas odd-makers
By Tagi Sagafi-nejad
WOMEN
Something
wrong
Me and my veiled cousin
By Mona M. Maisami
SATIRE
Interview
with an Iranian man
Iranian men have "tendencies"
By Siamack Baniameri
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 22
DIARY
Awi
Part 4
MUSIC
Omid
Hazrat-e Eshgh
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
The
age of war
Photo essay: President Bush on TV
By Jahanshah Javid
GAME
Korkoree
Takhteh is more than a game for me
By Niki Tehranchi
CAMPAIGN
Who
cared
Photo essay: Council election campaign posters
By Ali Rafiei
HISTORY
37
days
A cautionary tale that must not be forgotten
By Cyrus Kadivar
IRAN
Reset
Revolutionary images: Posters, clocks, serving trays ...
By Jason Rezaian
PUNCH
Zaeefeh
ammateh
Photo essay: Women's boxing
By Laleh Dehnad
ACTIVISM
To
be or not to be an idiot
The public exhibition of ignorance is scary
By H. Utanazad
FILM
Khayyam
with popcorn
Persian poet in the eyes of Hollywood
By Darius Kadivar
NOROOZ
Seven
secret recipes
Memories of baking treats for Norooz
By Banu
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IRAN
23
exposure
Photo essay: Tehran, Kelardasht...
By Nersi Zand
DIARY
Awi's
diary
Part 3
MUSIC
Early
classics
Oldies
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Favorite
ghosts
Paintings
By Asal Khosravi
WAR
Why
is the world not convinced?
Because American conclusions have preceded reasoning
By Lee Howard Hodges
WAR
Don't
call it war
Call it high-intensity weapons inspection
By Bruce Bahmani
WAR
Iraq's
quantom leap
Thanks to the U.S.
By Sharif N. Mafi
PERSIAN GULF
Polite
objection
If a museum or a university abuses our heritage and displays
our stolen artifacts, what are we supposed to do?
By Mohammad Ala
CRASH
Search
mission
Photo essay: Searching for victims of Kerman plane crash
By Ali Khaligh
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 21
COVER
Romeo's
bag of words
Poetry
By Naanaam
FICTION
Katarina
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
POETRY
Ham-parvaaz
Poem
By Arash Zarei
WAR
Hoop
dreams
"Have you given much thought to peace lately?"
I ask Michael Jordan
By Moe
PET
Sam's
reminder
Pondering mortality
By Siamack Salari
WORLD
What
if heroes become villains?
I feel as if the world is falling around me
By Najmeh Fakhraie
MUSIC
Nasser
Rastegar-Nejad
Santur
Compiled by Azam Nemati
OPINION
Underground
to isolation
The Mojahedin Khalgh Organization
By Aidin Fathalizadeh
OPINION
Deconstructing
Orientalism
Terrorism cuts across the East and the West
By Kazem Alamdari
BOOK
Private
talk without shame
Conversation with author of "Dardedel"
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
BOOK
Not
bad for a mortal
Introduction & first chapter
By Manoucher Parvin
MUSIC
Fadaiyan
Khalq
Expanded collection of leftist songs
Compiled by Kamran Seyed Mousavi
COVER
Dead
& alive
Photo essay: Mannequins
By Mehraneh Atashi
IRAN
You've
come to the worng place
If U.S. troops landed in the northern half of Tehran
By Jason Rezaian
PERSIAN GULF
Erasing
our identity
Persian Gulf and cultural preservation
By Jamshid Charmchi
WAR
Three
blind men
Khomeini, Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein
By Shahla Samii
IDEOLOGY
The
forgotten revolutionary
Ali Shariati
By Lawrence Reza Ershaghi
MUSIC
Avar
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
COVER
Room
temperature
Paintings
By Negin Dehdashti
ART
Minus
pomegranates, tulips and turbans
Iranian-American art in Washington DC
By Termeh Rassi
FASHION
Other
ideas
Fashion in Iran: Photos & designs
By Atoosa Mozaffari
ART
Struggle
in Brooklyn
Video stills: Veils in New York
By Kasra Paydavousi
WEATHER
Eenjaa
o oonjaa
Photo essay: Snow in Tehran, Connecticut & Maryland
By Mehdi Ghaemi,
Sheema Kalbasi and Simin Habibian
HEEH!
(Bin)
Ladan Alley
Photo essay: Streets of Tehran
By Moe
DIARY
Awi's
diary
Part 2
MUSIC
Taraneha
Quite a mix
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Room
temperature
Paintings
By Negin Dehdashti
HISTORY
No
happy ending
U.S. special negotiator in the oil nationalization affair
looks back and into the future
By Fariba Amini
PERSIAN GULF
The
last stand of all things Persian
Why some damage the very cause they espouse
By Guive Mirfendereski
WAR
Unlimited
aims
Containing America's new drive for empire
By Peter Attwood
WAR
Go
for it
U.S. confronted Communism in Vietnam. It must now stand against
Mediaeval Islam in Iraq
By Hamid Bahadori
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 20
COVER
Winter
dreams
Photo essay: Snow in Tehran
By Ardavan Roozbeh
PEOPLE
Shahsavan
Photo essay: Nomads
By Fereydoun Safizadeh
PEOPLE
Ashayer
Photo essay: Nomads
By Babak Sedighi
MUSIC
Homeyra
Elaahee bemeeree!
Compiled by Azam Nemati
TRADITION
Zekr-e
moseebat
A tradition left behind
By Shahriar Zahedi
ZAGATS )
Loupatou
Tehran restaurant review
By Syma Sayyah
FOOD
Noosh-e
jaan
Photo essay: Persian food
By Ben Bagheri
FOOD
Salmon
koobeedeh
Fusion cooking
By Johnny Waters
MUSIC
Kouros
Sarhangzadeh
Americans are the embodiment of the spirit of freedom
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Walking for peace
Also
Americans
Photo essay: San Francisco peace march
By Jahanshah Javid
169 photos
Make
tea, not war
Photo essay: London peace march
By Shirin Sadeghi
For
the world
Photo essay: Seattle peace march
By Siavash Shiva
Two
thumbs down
Photo essay: Hollywood peace march
By Dorna Khazeni
OPINION
More
than a people
Americans are the embodiment of the spirit of freedom
By M.
OPINION
Not
quite free
But an abundance of bravery
By Pooyan Sadeghi
MUSIC
Sarakhs
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
MUSIC
Dariush
rafiee
"Zolf bar Baad Madeh"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
The
long winter
Photo essay: Sadabad Palace
By Nader Davoodi
CYBERLOVE
Awi's
diary
Part 1
CYBERLOVE
Yahoo!
Photos essay: My Valentine
By Siroos Partovi
FICTION
My
name is "Today's Valentine's day"
When she finished talking, a couple of sharp teeth remained outside
her mouth
By Arash Emamzadeh
LOSS
Ghost
of Isfahan
Remembering the man I've almost forgotten
By Heather-ley Peckham
LIFE
Valentine's
Day
You could never be lonely when you had a story in you
By Siamak Vossoughi
DIARY
Nazanin's great leap
Part 19
MUSIC
Mohammad
Mousavi
Beshno az ney...
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
A
good, hard scrub
Photo essay: Public bath
By Hasan Rajabi-Nejad
AGE
Dar
fazilat-e sen-o saal
On the virtues of aging
By Mohammad Ghaed
PEACE
Darbaareye
solh
Join the peace movement
By R. Hiwa
WAR
Ajab
roozegaaree shodeh!
Iraq war: Whom to curse
By Pesare Shoja
POLITICS
Not
in the mood
Iran's local council elections, four years later
By Lara Rabiee
MUSIC
Bandari
Bandar-Neshinan's "Sobh-e Saahel"
Compiled by Azam Nemati
SNOWFEST
Jashn-e
barf
Sanandaj snow festival for children
By CWPI
WOMEN
The
silver lining
Paradox: Women after the revolution
By Farzaneh Fouladi
THERAPY
Helping
to float
A young, immature seeker at 20 years of age but a true seeker
By Roz Omid
MUSIC
Hossam
Ramzy
Egyptian drummer
Compiled by Azam Nemati
POETRY
Mast-o-Faramoosh
China connection
By Farzam Kamalabadi
COVER
Treasure
hunter's efforts pay off!
Long lost Googoosh songs resurface
By Bruce Bahmani
MUSIC
Ey
Iran
12 more patriotic songs
Compiled by Mani Farhoomand
MUSIC
Raz-e
Shab
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
REVOLUTION
Young
and senile
Iranians are clearly disheartened at their endless wait
By Debarshi Dasgupta
MAN
Discretion
I see every emotion and memory he hides so well
By Assal Badrkhani
EMPLOYMENT
Missing
rush hour
Thinking about getting a job
By Nikoo G, London
COVER
Dancing
the night away
Photo essay: Dance performance in Tehran
By Omid Salehi
OPINION
Vaallaa
nafahm bood!
On the anniversary of the revolution
By Pesare Shoja
OPINION
Pahlavi
pulling a Rajavi?
Allowing Iran to be subjugated by a foreign power
By Iraj Pakravan
OPINION
A
bridge from winter to spring
Reza Pahlavi's Misagh
By Reza Bayegan
IDENTITY
My
name is Pouya
I am an Iranian-American
By Pouya Alimagham
MUSIC
Haideh
Oldies
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Almost
72 photos: Mossadegh
Compiled by Jalil Bozorgmehr
STUPID
Bad
English bad for your health
Iranian passenger on Air Canada busted for poor choice of
words
By Asghar Massombagi
OPINION
Escape
from earth
Noah Syndrome
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
UPDATE
Shiraz
0?
Imprisoned Jews reportedly released
By Gary Fitleberg |
2003
(February-January)
THREAT
Evil
cheetahs
Cloned Iranian Cheetahs possibly in parts of Alaska? Gasp!
By Sharif N. Mafi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 18
MUSIC
Assadollah
Malek
Violin
Compiled by Azam Nemati
LITERATURE
The
Pearly Cannon
Tup-e Morvari
By Sadeq Hedayat
THIS WEEK
Recent
features
Archive
MUSIC
Assadollah
Malek
Violin
Compiled by Azam Nemati
CELEBRITY
Neverman
Michael Jackson
By Shirin Sadeghi
POETRY
War
cry
Poetry
By Ramtin
POETRY
Sightless
soldiers
Poem
By Bijan Rafat
POETRY
Zang-e
Taareekh
Poem
By Ahmad Sadri
POETRY
Yek
agar baa yek baraabar bood
Poem
By Khosro Golesorkhi
POETRY
Tell
America tell
Poem
By Dr. M. Ashaq Raza, Asmara, Eritrea
POETRY
Columbia
Poem
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
POETRY
Faramoush
Poem
By Mona Romezi
POETRY
You gotta get up!
Poem
By Abol H Danesh
HERITAGE
The
great land of the Sophy
Persian influences
By Abbas Milani
CELEBRITY
Freakumentary
On the life of Michael Jackson
By Shaparak Khorsandi
EVOLUTION
Most
stupid race of all
According to a new study, animosity will result in our self-destruction
By Saeed Tavakkol
WORDS
Phonetic
Laziness Syndrome
Impatience for foreign words
By Farhad Radmehrian
AMERICA
For
all, except you and me
Liberty and justice
By Ramin Moshiri
MUSIC
Gita
Banafsheh! Banafsheh!
Compiled by Azam Nemati
THIS WEEK
Recent
features
Archive
COVER
Iran
Diary
Photo essay: Iran 1971-2002
By Abbas
HOROSCOPE
Schimmel
and Stars
Annemarie Schimmel
By Madame Bayaz
POETRY
Promise
of a trouble-maker
Opening speech for "Poets and Peace"
By R. Hiwa
OPINION
Poor
Grand Ayatollah!
On Montazeri's release
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
FIGURE
Cheghadr
chaagh shodi!
Most ancient put-down of Iranian ladies
By Niki Tehranchi
LIFE
Firdowsi
lynched in Granada
The ship's bell rang for Firdowsi in his blue underpants
By Kristopher Kolumbus
MUSIC
O-Hum
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
COVER
Those
days
Photo essay: Revolution
By Kaveh Golestan
OBSERVER
All
but spent
Iran's revolutionary fervor
By Elaine Sciolino
OPINION
The
origins of evil
Who's to blame? Take a wild guess
By Darius A. Kamali
FICTION
Pala
& Sten
Short story
By Pooyan Sadeghi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 17
MUSIC
Davood
Maghami
Behesht o Jahanam
Compiled by Azam Nemati
CHARISMA
Aghaye
Doctor blows minds
Dr. Farhang Holakouee has become a prophet of sorts -- and
a benevolent one
By Ramin Tabib
OPINION
To
be an Iranian-American
Requires political activism and viability
By Nema Milaninia
TRIBES
Yeyloq,
Qishloq
The lure of Grass and the cinematography of Shahsavan
nomads
By Fereydoun Safizadeh
FILM
Swords-and-Sandals
Films about ancient Persia
By Darius Kadivar
NOSTALGIA
The
lavaashak years
My bulletproof childhood in Tehran
By Ben Bagheri
RADIO
Playing
with the past
Interview: Fusing past and present with music
By Shadi Vatanparast
COVER
Kish
Kong
Photo essay: Kish Island
By Bibi Eng
TRAVEL
Neon
congress
School mates, Hossein's buffet and other impressions in Las
Vegas
By Guive Mirfendereski
REVIEW
Dast-e
pashmaaloo-ee shaayad az gheyb
A review of a book on Shaban "Bimokh" Jafari
By Mohammad Ghaed
CRAFTS
Shaping
the earth
Photo essay: Meybod, Yazd ceramic factory
By Mina Javid
MUSIC
Exir
Iranian Alternative Radio's
Band of the week
MUSIC
Abbas
Ghaderi
Koocheh Baazzaari
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
All
for a ball
Photo essay: Iranian soccer league
By Ali Khaligh
WAR
Body
full of blisters
As the Jeep is leaving, I see him for the last time
By Pessare Gol
IRAQ
Baghdad
goodbye party
Essentials celebrate the end of Saddam
By Sharif N. Mafi
HARDSHIP
Beans
to computers
Meeting extraordinary children, suffering extraordinary hardship
in Iran
By Mahyad Tousi
POINT
Afternoon
tea
It's difficult to feel sad in Barcelona
By Alidad Vassigh
TRIP
Close
call
I'm British and no Yankee immigration gimp could ever touch
me - right?
By Siammack Salari
COVER
Acting
out
Photo essay: Backstage in
Tehran's theaters
By Nader Davoodi
MESSIAH
Army
of the sky
My dream is to build an army to change Iran and to then create
a true world government
By Yousef
TERROR
Dialogue
of murder
A cautionary tale that must not be forgotten
By Cyrus Kadivar
MUSIC
Jalil
Shahnaz
Classical Persian
Compiled by Azam Nemati
WOMEN
Sorry
Ms. El
Puerto Rican women think they're god's gift to men. But they
have not met Middle Eastern women
By Sunlord
WOMEN
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 16
PHOTOGRAPHY
Hard
earned
Photo essay: Minab's basket weavers
By Sahar Adham
COVER
Mehri
Monro
Illustration
By Zartosht Soltani
OPINION
Fallacism
Italian writer's hatred of Islam has roots in medieval Europe
By Fereydoon Hoveyda
OPINION
American
Taliban
Picking on an enemy you can easily beat neither solves the
problem nor wins any friends
By Daniel Patrick Welch
SUSPECT
Tokhm-e
morgh-haaye qoshoon
Banished to the garrison kitchen
By Mohammad Ghaed
FICTION
Qesseyeh
maast
Short story
By Namdar Nasser
WRITING
The
little tyrant in us
Unwritable Story
By Abbas Mehdibeigi
MUSIC
Khak
I.A.R.'s band of the week
POETRY
I
find myself
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
POETRY
A
poem for those tough times
Poem
By Arash Emamzadeh
POETRY
Surprise
Poem
By Zara Houshmand
POETRY
Curious
Poem
By Shadi Assar
OETRY
Tell
'n show
Poem
By Nina Habibi
POETRY
Lord
Penis
Poem
By Leila Farjami
POETRY
Now
that is forgotten
Poem
By Sheema Kalbasi
POETRY
Sunday
evening in London
Poem
By Mojtaba Akhtari
POETRY
Mohaajer
Poem
By Elham Gheytanchi
POETRY
Rock
Creek Park in November
Poem
By Reza Nabavian
POETRY
Privilege
Poem
By Sahar Shokati
POETRY
When
Paris is crying ...
Poem
By Arash Z
POETRY
Shackles
Poem
By Arezou Raeisghasem
POETRY
Rebels
fatwa
Poem
By Tariq Toosy
POETRY
The
baby asked
Poem
By Business Man
COVER
Vaght-e
vorood-e zamaan
Poems
By Peyman Vahabzadeh
TORTURE
Takht
Recalling a particular form of torture
By Farideh Sabety
LANGUAGE
Saving
Gabri
Planning research on the language of Yazd's Zoroastrians
(Dari)
By Annahita Farudi &
Maziar Toosarvandani
IRANIANS
Yet
you go on
Traumatic experiences in Iran make you realize how insignificant
you are
By Syma Sayyah, Tehran
AMERICAN
My
friend Touss
We created our own planet peopled by our own cast of characters
By Brian Appleton
MUSIC
Parvaneh
Emshab emshab!
Compiled by Azam Nemati
IMAGE
Unusually
ominous
U.S. image, war and terrorism
By Yahya Kamalipour
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 15
MUSIC
Fereydoun
Foroughi
Man he's good
Compiled by Azam Nemati
IRANIANS
Deal
with it
To az maa behtaraans: You hate it, but you're Iranian too
By Mohsen Shabanian, Toronto
PROTEST
Why
I am anti-Lycopersicon
Tomatoes: The favorite food of occupiers
By Sharif N Mafi
BUREAUCRACY
A
long, minor affair
A day at the INS office in Los Angeles
By Katayoon Hadizadeh
POEM
Iranian
Darwins
Poem
By Roger Sedarat
POEM
Litanie
de Lumière
Poem
By Parviz Abolgassemi
COVER
Daagh-e
daagh
Photo essay: Barbari bakery in Tehran
Photos by Laleh Z. Aali
EXPERIMENTAL
Bavaaseer
Audio clip -- 18 and over :)
Sent by Mani
EXPERIMENTAL
Vaaaaaaay!
A song for 18 and over :)
Sent by R.
POEM
If
you go home
Poem
By Setareh Sabety
POEM
Peydaaee
Poem
By Leila Farjami
POEM
Delakam
va baaraan-e khaaste-haa
Poem
By Sheema Kalbasi
MUSIC
Ali
Nazari
Koocheh baazaari songs :)
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Terms
of engagement
U.S. foreign policy should reflect America's ideals
By Hume Horan
CANADA
And
melt you did
I'd take the cold Canadian winter over the warm American
racism any day
By Narm
FILM
The
flower and the conqueror
Barhran Beyzaei's Killing Rabids
By Mani Farhoomand
HUH?
Forsaking
Iranians
I pledge allegiance to the Aryan race
By Ali Aliabadi
TOUCH
I
finally decided to go for it
First kiss
By Fatemeh Parsa
LIFE
A
very big deal
I thought I had committed a serious crime and gotten away
with it
By Jahanshah Javid
COVER
A
miracle
Photo essay: Daughter
By Jahanshah Javid
FICTION
Band-Aids
Short story
By Sanaz Fotouhi
FICTION
The
Race
Short story
By Siamak Vossoughi
POETRY
Forough
Farrokhzad
Audio
Compiled by Mani Farhoomand
POETRY
Kiss
marks on our shoulder
The poetry of Forough Farrkhozad
By Mammad Aidani
ART
The
poetics of existence
Review: Yari Ostovany's paintrings
By Christoph Kivelitz (Bochum)
UTOPIA
Frodo's
hunch
No man is willingly just but only when compelled to be so
By Ahmad Sadri
UTOPIA
Mass
graves of idealism
Flirting too much with utopia
By R. Zia-Ebrahimi
DOCUMENT
Under
the surface
Palace-Premier's negotiations with the British over oil
By Hashem Hakimi
LIFE
Washed
over Roman ruins
Firdowsi bought me a three-dollar chop choy from the bargin menu
By Kristopher Kolumbus
DIARY
Naznin's
great leap
Part 14
INTERVIEW
Arguing
for a good deal of pluralism
Islam, terrorism and the West
OPINION
Instead
of 'Thank you'
Is the US an evil Empire?
By Iqbal Latif
MUSIC
Tasnifhaa-ye
Ghadimi
Memorable songs
Compiled by Azam Nemati
ART
What
you see
Paintings
By Asal Khosravi
PHOTOGRAPHY
The
small apple
Photo essay: Shipbuilding
By Bijan Seylsepour
COVER
Sleepless
in America
It's no miracle but it's a start
By FF
IRAN
Swish
I'm going to Iran. And I have a severe case of gastritis
By Parissa Sohie
FOOD
West Philly Koobideh
Heping urbanized readers cope with Kabob withdrawal
By Johnny Waters
REVOLUTION
That
70's show
Don't reenact what our parents created for us -- a show that
burned all the bridges
By Linda Ghassemi
LIFE
Who
wants to be god?
Innocence is GONE! You are part of a viscous, greedy, power-hungry
society
By Yana Youhana
POLITICS
The
first moderate
Shapour Bakhtiar: We cannot move from the dictatorship of
the boot to the dictatorship of slippers
By Fariba Amini
IRAN
Do
yourself a favor
Visit Iran. You will come back recharged
By Gman
DECISION
My
dream or my parents
Time for me to decide what I want to be in my life
By Fatemeh Parsa
MUSIC
Abadan
Songs about our town
Compiled by Azam Nemati
COVER
Khorramshahr
forever
Photo essay: A soldier in coma
By Omid Salehi
HOROSCOPE
In
Color
You this month
By Madam Bayaz
WOMEN
Ayaa
hefdah-e day rooz-e mohemmist?
On Women's Day
By Shokooh Mirzadegi
COVER
Facing
the page
Sketches in a personal notebook
By Shirin Sadeghi
LITERATURE
Sepideh
nadamideh bood
Short story
By Bahram Sepasgozar
LIFE
Pretty
ridiculous thought
Kicking ass instead of taking away life
By Jahanshah Javid
NOTES
Seh
revaayat
On death of writers
By Majid Roshangar
BALLET
A
dialogue in art
Nima Kiann's ballet company struggle to survive
Written by Darius Kadivar
Photos by Mahnaz Emadi
DIARY
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 13
FICTION
Death
of a philosopher
Part 1
By Bahram Deam
WOMAN
Red
lipstick
No rules, no pre-conditions
By Azam Nemati
IDEAS
Kafka
va Internet
Getting the message out
By Hossein Nushazar
REVOLUTION
Not
just the wounds
They robbed my son of his spirit, of his soul
By Banafsheh Dastyari
FEELINGS
Fruition
All is love
By Torang Asadi
COVER
Private
thoughts
What I learned in the past year
By Siamack Baniameri
COVER
Black
& white
Photo essay: Sadeq Hedayat's personal photos
Compiled by Jahangir Hedayat
MARRIAGE
Haft
Khaan
Esmaal Aghaa's Matrimonial Guide
By Esmaal Aaghaa
FILM
The
right to exist
Interview with film director Maziar Bahari
By Golnar Motevalli
MUSIC
Jalal
Hemmati
Fun fun fun
Compiled by Azam Nemati |
