iran bulletin - Middle East Forum

Series II no zero Summer 2003

Editorial

The way ahead

Political analysis

Which alternative: colonial rule or participatory democracy    Ardeshir Mehrdad

War

Militarism and the coming wars. Istvan Meszaros

Of Iraqis, Poles, Aztecs Aziz Al-Azmeh

The other America Edward Said

The occupation of Iraq and its aftermath Aziz Al-Azmeh

The anti war movement John Rees

A new superpower on the rise! Ardeshir Mehrdad

Invading Afghanistan                                                            David Mather

Nationalism

Nation and the national question for Iranian Kurds Mostafa Hejri

Independence and national sovereignty. Interview part II        Abolhassan Bani Sadr

Arabs in Iran: Part 1: Cultural, political and economic inequalities

Adnan Salman,, Amir Howeizi, Mohammad Jaber, Jamil Miahi

National inequality in Iran Yusof Azizi Bani Torof

Women

Islamic feminism Mehrdad Darvishpour

Report on 14^th Conference of Iranian Women’s Study Foundation, London

Yassamine Mather and Azar Sheibani

Culture

Writing out terror Hammed Shahidian

Witness

Prison portraits                                                                            Maryam A

Book Review

Iran and the rise of Reza Shah Mehdi Kia

The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, representation and identity M Shakhak