New Humanist Issue 124 is now available

My photos accompany an article on Iran entitled ‘Before the Dawn’ by Nasrin Alavi in the current issue of New Humanist (issue 124 Jan/Feb 2009). Issue includes:

Editorial: Fine Lessons

Funny how atheists enjoying themselves can be so threatening to believers

Cover Stories

Power Struggle

For decades, it was the scourge of the environmental movement. But now, discovers Angela Saini, the greens are going nuclear

Features

In the burning house

In 2005 Russian artist Anna Alchuk was publicly vilified and put on trial for her involvement in the Caution:Religion! exhibition. Three years later she drowned herself. Her husband, the philosopherMichail Ryklin, reads her diaries to find out why

Bad Faith Awards 2008

Following a tough campaign and a hard-fought election, we can finally announce last year's most scurrilous enemy of reason

Before the dawn

Thirty years after the revolution consumerism and political apathy dominate Iran. But a new generation may change that, says Nasrin Alavi

Days of atonement

Visiting Israel just weeks before the current Gaza conflict, Sally Feldman found that rising religious bigotry is one of the biggest barriers to peace 

Unsafe havens

The Government is planning tougher penalties for men who use trafficked prostitutes. But who is helping the women themselves? Rahila Gupta uncovers a distributing trend 

True disbelievers

Being faith-less is no excuse for rewriting history, says Theodore Dalrymple

Regulars

Endgame: One track mind

Laurie Taylor hopes he’s not a running joke

Diary: Trump cards

Our religions game seemed to annoy everyone. Result! says Christina Martin 

Culture

Darwin's journey

For poet Ruth Padel the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great scientist is more than a historical milestone, it’s a family celebration 

Book Reviews

The Weight of a Mustard Seed by Wendell Steavenson

Nina Power considers complicity in Iraq 

Three-Letter Plaque by Johnny Steinberg

Andrew Mueller enjoys some journalism with a human touch 

The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo

James Randerson encounters a strange legend of physics

Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge

Bill Thompson gets down with the kids 

Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie

Philip Womack barely survives the tedium of a new Chinese novel

The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior by Paul Strathern

Brenda Maddox enjoys some Renaissance history

Check out it out here: http://newhumanist.org.uk/1947

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Artist Jason Sweeney has made a 'silent film' of my flesh photos as part of his Faceless Music project. He is currently collating materials (recorded and/or written stories, sounds, noise, anecdotes, nightmares and confessionals about attempts at living a life online) and reworking them into an audio-museum project. The project is being assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council.