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Time traveler’s nightmare
How long would it be before the mob would dare to pull down the statue of Ataturk?
August 9, 2007
Humble fame
An evening with the Kite Runner's Khaled Hosseini
June 18, 2007
Same old story
A snake, fear can crawl inside the dark corners of one’s soul and hide where least suspected
May 11, 2007
We haven’t done too badly
I would like to know just what is wrong with young people having fun?
April 9, 2007
Lilies growing in a dark lagoon
There is a world out there that has not experienced the magic of Norooz
March 19, 2007
Who knew?
He dug a deep tunnel to the heart of each every one of us
March 5, 2007
Finishing a story that was only half told
The Saffron Kitchen is a great reminder of how imperative it is to provide details when passing down stories to the next generation
February 9, 2007
Hands without salt
Could it be that Iranians are such a helpful nation, that most of us expect others to offer help when help is needed, and that we consider it, not a favor, but indeed their duty?
January 22, 2007
Vive la difference
Iranians are loving parents, but love has nothing to do with spanking
January 11, 2007
Flashback
When it comes to validating us, there’s nothing like seeing a forgotten face
January 3, 2007
A season to be jolly
To go with the flow is my way of contributing to the world peace
December 21, 2006
A gift-wrapped stab
What does come as a surprise is how hospitable most Iranians were toward a man who had done them grave damage
November 20, 2006
Learning to love L.A.
Could this be the secret that attracted Iranians to this city?
November 14, 2006
From Ali to Cyrus
What's in a name?
October 2, 2006
The last word
When you are an Iranian, talking becomes your main vital sign
August 7, 2006
Magic ingredient
As much as I prepared, life has proven that future couldn’t be predicted, all the same, after more than three decades of living in a place where no one ever “drops in”, I continue to cook enough for an army
July 21, 2006
Where they have been
I find the attack against more than fifty innocent writers and shaming someone based on a comment during an interview unfair and unprofessional
July 12, 2006
My cyber life
I picture a world with “digital” memories and the power to ‘save’ the blessings, ‘delete’ the scars
July 10, 2006
The fever
Here is an article for all you guys who set the alarm for 6:00 a.m. this morning!
June 18, 2006
Wrong?
Tendency to show the world that we make no mistakes and we work hard to be the best in what we do
June 7, 2006
The obsession with a mouse
Persian language is rich for its mousy proverbs and numerous treasures of poetry
May 25, 2006
Profound message of peace
Anne Tyler's Digging to America opens a window to a place that both the Iranians and Americans know only too well
May 15, 2006
The garden within
The love of nature is reflected in our art, poetry and even daily conversation
May 1, 2006
Armed with humor
No comedian in the world could possibly make fun of Iranians with as much flare as we do
April 20, 2006
One & the same
Peace will not begin until we realize that
April 14 , 2006
The gift of friendship
Priceless moment with an old friend
April 6, 2006
Writer’s life
“I’ve put my practice up for sale,” I said and poured him more coffee before adding, “As of next week, I shall follow my dream and do nothing else but write.”
March 28, 2006
My Norooz is your Norooz
Writing journey to Iran with chip on shoulder
March 20, 2006
Cold & dark
Writing journey to Iran with chip on shoulder
Review of
A Persian Odyssey by Dr. Rami Yelda
March 6, 2006
A serious joke
I’m reminded of an old Persian saying, “The best response for the idiot is silence.”
February 13, 2006
Mossadegh on stage
Review of a play, written and directed by Reza Allamehzadeh
February 6, 2006
Little alley of memories
Halfway around the globe, I am once more linked to my little snowy alley
Janaury 20, 2006
Passion over approval
When do you go your own way and decide to do what you want regardless of your parent’s wishes? At the point where your passion exceeds the need for their approval, that’s when.
December 20, 2005
In light of lights
The child of Muslim parents, I plan to do my share of spreading joy and hope to add one more drop to the vast ocean of peace
December 13, 2005
Bittersweet
I laughed and laughed until I reached a point where all I wanted to do was cry
November 29, 2005
Shokr
I desperately need to find me a reason to be thankful before Thanksgiving arrives
November 21, 2005
Gholonbeh
Iranian gift–wrapped insults
October 21, 2005
Not enough
Is it really sufficient to give what we could spare?
October 15, 2005
Scent of a name
Who could imagine a granddaughter whose name would mean nothing? Then again, the name now means light, joy and hope all at once
October 10, 2005
No U-turn
Short story
October 3 , 2005
So much for Mr. Jones
Where does such deep antagonism toward the Persian Empire originate from?
September 16, 2005
When did I become so detached?
I’m sick of trying to sift through what is offered in the name of ancient tradition in order to find a fragment of my culture
September 13, 2005
Which side are you on?
When it comes to relatives and members of the family, we are
often judged based purely on which side we belong to
August 15, 2005 Food
for thought
For Akbar Ganji
August 10, 2005
Minus spanking
Parenthood, Iranican style
August 4, 2005
Deeper pain
Americans often comment, “Aren’t you lucky?” We
nod out of sheer politeness, but why is it that deep down we
don’t feel so lucky?
July 20, 2005
Too
smart for ourselves
When it comes to being experts, nothing escapes the critical
eyes of the smart Persian
July 10, 2005
Treasures
of the East
Ironically, the West has just discovered the Eastern culture
and the value of what we once so foolishly discarded
June 22, 2005
Peaceful
departure
Poem
May 22, 2005
If
only I knew
Had the child of then known what the woman of today knows,
she would have spoken up. Glad I didn't.
May 16, 2005
California
stories
No other state can claim to be so cosmopolitan and none
is multilingual
May 2, 2005
Ageless(ish)
How old are you? How much do you weigh?... Are numbers really
necessary?
April 12, 2005
Old
friends
I silently observe her diamond ring and the lovely shade
of pink on her fingernails and push my gardener hands deep into
my pockets
April 5, 2005
Ash-e
reshteh nation
Our diluted culture
March 29, 2005
From
a distance
Award-winning letter to home
March 24, 2005
Ta’arof
A lie is no longer considered a sin when hospitality is the
intention
March 19, 2005
Critique
versus criticism
A writer’s response
March 13, 2005
Sharing
your sorrow
Sometimes one writes to hold a hand across the universe and
to use one’s knowledge and pave the way for others
March 10, 2005
Happy
medium
Listen up boys and girls: We are now at a day and age when
religion is more or less a personal choice
March 8, 2005
One
generation, three centuries
I am daunted by how the images have remained intact despite
the passage of time
February 22, 2005
The
optimism of No-Rooz
In my imagination, I replaced the girls' dark
veils with a tiara of pride and in place of dark beards the successful
young men wore bright smiles
February 16, 2005
Namiri!
Life and death in Persian
February 10, 2005
Rooz-e
azeez
Excerpt from "Sharik-e Gham"
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
Life
in a Letter
Such has been the life of the pre-Revolutionary Iranian
youth
January 21, 2005
The
storm
My soul meanders among a broken people who will not see
the calm even when the storm is gone
December 29, 2004
A
Christmas feeling
Those little ornaments will come back to celebrate a
holiday that has adopted me
December 20, 2004
Make
or break
Are we unable to contribute to a good thing?
December 12, 2004
Time
and place
How strange it feels to sit across the globe in another
century and have an American writer hand me a slice of my
own past
December 3, 2004
The
Gardner
It's up to the Persian to preserve the dignity of roses
November 18, 2004
Peace
Perhaps we are angry because we tend to read too much between
the lines
November 11, 2004
Turning
point
I knew there had to be more to life than teeth
October 26, 2004
One
less flower
What I cannot absorb is the justice in all this
October 11, 2004
Autumn
I meant to leave them behind, God knows how hard I tried,
but they followed me across the globe
October 7, 2004
Looking
back
Poem
September 23, 2004
Magic
carpet
Review: Roya Hakakian's "Journey from the Land
of No"
September 21, 2004
Social
justice
Reflecting on a unique gathering in San Diego
September 7, 2004
Without
borders
Arabs: Their sorrow became mine
August 30, 2004
Vicious
circle
You have to be a woman to know how this whole hejab mess
August 23, 2004
A
lost cause
Being a global minority, the majority will see me as they
choose
August 10, 2004
From
the cradle to the grave...
Academic doors here are open, regardless of age
July 30, 2004
Seeing
much more
Hosseini depicts an Afghanistan no camera or news report
has succeeded to show
July 21, 2004
Rediscovering
the lost art of laughter
"Marmoolak" tickled nerves I had forgotten
I had
June 21, 2004
The
more things change
We can't stop the penetration of non-Persian words or their
contamination
June 8, 2004
We
will!
It is so much easier, and far more enjoyable, to
be a team
May 14, 2004
We
want it all
The ever-changing Persian wedding
April 29, 2004
Email
to God
The whole world envied the United States for having so much,
yet this man alone has managed to humiliate us beyond repair
April 14, 2004
Hanging
by a hope
We are not as hopeless as we sound
April 7, 2004
In
memory of...
Hard as I have tried to put Bam and its victims behind, they
have been with me all along
March 25, 2004
Something
in the air
Should the future children of Persia not know how to celebrate
Norooz, nature will be there to help them
March 9, 2004
My
funeral
Imagining my own "untimely death"
February 18, 2004
Valentine
Garden
Poem
February 14, 2004
Generation
gap
"Do I want my son to be a nerd?"
January 19, 2004
Persian
style Christmas
It helps us to belong
December 23, 2003
House
of Shohreh
Sneak preview: House of Sand and Fog
December 22, 2003
Perhaps
the next shore
Tribute to Shirin Bakhtiar
December 11, 2003
Smack
in the middle
It is good to, for a change, leave the pride aside and
imagine ourselves in the other person's shoes
December 8, 2003
Winter
Memories sparkle like icicles hanging from the roof
December 5, 2003
There's
more to writing
Reflection on meeting an author
November 24, 2003
Hell
in heaven
How can humanity survive when help itself is doomed helpless?
October 29, 2003
The
clap of one hand
I had no clue who Shirin Ebadi is. But...
October 13, 2003
The
end of the smile
If your heart is truly in Iran, prepare for it to break
August 25, 2003
A
mother's response
Spare us with the Finglish
July 24, 2003
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