hidden jewel carved in the mountain in Iran. Iranian Town Carved From Rock/ Kandavan village, Iran was last modified: January 13th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Legacy for Women By Mathew Rosenberg

“In many ways women benefited very little under her,” said Unaiza Malik, 64, who was born in Pakistan and now works with the Muslim Women’s Society in London. LAHORE, Pakistan – To get a sense of what kind of legacy Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim world’s first female leader, left behind […]
Farewell to Wadi Bua By Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto is a Pakistani poet and writer. She is the daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who was killed in 1996 in Karachi when his sister, Benazir, was prime minister. January 3, 2008 My Family Has Lost Enough Farewell to Wadi Bua Farewell to Wadi Bua By Fatima Bhutto was […]
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Raheleh Zamani Writes Letter to Her Husband’s Family, Asking For Forgiveness

In her letter, Raheleh writes: “I regret my unintentional commissiocan not believe what I have done. It is as if I dreamed it all. I had been abused so much, and I had suffered for so long, that I lost all control and had no idea what I was doing. […]
By Clifton Ross, Berkeley, California
9/26/07 Open Letter to Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University By Clifton Ross, Berkeley, California By Clifton Ross, Berkeley, California was last modified: October 7th, 2007 by mahnaz badihian
Open Letter from Akbar Ganji to the UN Secretary-General
Open Letter from Akbar Ganji to the UN Secretary-General September 18, 2007 To His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, The people of Iran are experiencing difficult times both internationally and domestically. Internationally, they face the threat of a military attack from the US and the imposition of […]
Censorship and the cellphone — Shirin B Sadeghi reports

Censorship and the cellphone The Tehran government doesn’t seem to tire of inventing new restrictions on free speech by Shirin B Sadeghi The Iranian government has its eyes on mobile phone messages. Shirin B Sadeghi reports Censorship and the cellphone — Shirin B Sadeghi reports was last modified: May 2nd, […]

Iranian Studies is a widely used term. However some other terms in common use are: Iranology, Iranistics, and Persian studies. It is an interdisciplinary field working not only on Iran as a country but also on the whole Iranian cultural region Iranian Studies in Europe—-Katarzyna Javaheri was last modified: April […]
Happy Norouz (Persian new year )

Norouz (Persian new year), is the traditional Iranian new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Albania, Georgia, various countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among the Iranian peoples in Iraq, Pakistan,Turkey, and everywhere else. Happy Norouz (Persian new year ) was […]