Denise Hassanzade Ajiri
The Christian Science Monitor
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Past articles by Denise:
'Border' is a touching meditation on lives shaped by geographic boundaries
After 25 years away, memoirist Kapka Kassabova returns to her childhood home where Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey intersect. → Read More
'Live from Cairo' vividly describes a world where refugees are case numbers
Ian Bassingthwaighte's debut novel centers on refugees and resettlement officers living in Cairo, as longtime Egyptian president Husni Mubarak steps down. → Read More
'Salt Houses' examines identity in diaspora
Hala Alyan's debut novel is a chronology of a Palestinian family and their mandatory wandering life imposed on them by the Six-Day War of 1967 and subsequently Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. → Read More
Herbal life: traditional medicine gets a modern twist in Iran
Iranians have long used traditional remedies to cure all kinds of ailments - pennyroyal to soothe, chicory to purify, marjoram to lift the spirits. But a rapid recent growth in traditional medicine has led to problems with regulation → Read More
Iranian group gets help from Islam to save juveniles from execution
As 160 under-18s wait on death row in the Islamic Republic, an NGO is raising blood money and public awareness to halt executions of juvenile offenders → Read More
A sanctuary for stray dogs grows in Iran thanks to social media
Animal lover Maryam Sanei has set up a hospice for unwanted pooches. A draft law penalising those who harass stray animals was referred to the President’s office last month → Read More
The face of African slavery in Qajar Iran – in pictures
Anthropologist Pedram Khosronejad has embarked on a new and controversial topic in Iranian studies, developing a narrative on African slavery in Persia through archival photography, interviews and scattered text. Here he curates from his burgeoning collection → Read More
Iranians tackle homelessness and hunger – one refrigerator at a time
One man’s efforts to help people in south Tehran has quickly galvanised an army of volunteers around the country → Read More
The filmmaker who risked it all to shine a light on his fellow Iranian dissidents
Emad Tayefen left the Islamic Republic to complete Public Enemies, a documentary showcasing activists who don’t have the power to get heard → Read More
Iran under sanctions: no money for medicine but luxury cars aplenty
Custom documents show that Iran spent subsidised dollars on luxury goods as the ministry of health scrambled for supplies → Read More
Officials: Gray wolves have returned to Northern California
The gray wolf pack of two adults and five pups was spotted in southeastern Siskiyou County. It is named the Shasta pack for nearby Mount Shasta. → Read More
Officials: Gray wolves have returned to Northern California (+video)
The gray wolf pack of two adults and five pups was spotted in southeastern Siskiyou County. It is named the Shasta pack for nearby Mount Shasta. → Read More
In final bid for closure, Colorado shooting victims take stand one last time
Some 100 witnesses, including survivors, victims' families, and responders, are scheduled to testify in the final phase of sentencing over the next three days. → Read More
What's killing whales off Alaska's shores?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that the deaths may be linked to a toxic algae bloom in the Pacific Ocean, which first appeared in May. → Read More
What's killing whales off Alaska's shores? (+video)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that the deaths may be linked to a toxic algae bloom in the Pacific Ocean, which first appeared in May. → Read More
Massive glacier calf can be seen from space
The chunk of ice lost from the edge of Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier is nearly five square miles in area, which might be the biggest calving event on record. → Read More
This massive glacier calf can be seen from space
The chunk of ice lost from the edge of Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier is nearly five square miles in area, which might be the biggest calving event on record. → Read More
‘I have my life': Washington state residents take stock amid insatiable fires
The Okanogan Complex of wildfires on Sunday was measured at about 374 square miles. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's office says more than 200 homes have been destroyed. → Read More
White House: ISIS No. 2 killed in US drone strike in Iraq
Hayali was a primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles, and people between Iraq and Syria, say White House officials. → Read More
ISIS No. 2 killed in US drone strike in Iraq, says White House
ISIS leader Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali was a primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles, and people between Iraq and Syria, say White House officials. → Read More