Posts Tagged: Iran
SALT LAKE
Eating baked potatoes suddenly brought back a flood of memories of Tabriz, the Turkic-speaking city in the northwest of Iran, where they sell boiled potatoes and eggs by the street, to our amazement. We traveled there in the summer of
I DON’T LIKE IRAN
Since April 2008, when I settled with my family in Halifax, I visited my home country, Iran (in case you’d forgotten) four times. Christmas 2009, summer 2010, christmas 2011 and summer 2012. Each time, Tehran seemed a little more ruined,
I DON’T LIKE IRAN
Since April 2008, when I settled with my family in Halifax, I visited my home country, Iran (in case you’d forgotten) four times. Christmas 2009, summer 2010, christmas 2011 and summer 2012. Each time, Tehran seemed a little more ruined,
LEGO
We had an amazing lego collection, when we were kids, growing up in a middle-class suburb close to Mehrabad. Our father wanted us all to be engineers, and to that end, whenever he travelled overseas, he would bring us back
LEGO
We had an amazing lego collection, when we were kids, growing up in a middle-class suburb close to Mehrabad. Our father wanted us all to be engineers, and to that end, whenever he travelled overseas, he would bring us back
THE NEW-AGE MUSLIM
While the hard-line fanatic violent crazy pyromaniac Muslim is well-known and much loved in the West, not as much attention has been to paid to far more widespread and insidious phenomena of the New-Age Muslim (NAM). So, I propose to
THE NEW-AGE MUSLIM
While the hard-line fanatic violent crazy pyromaniac Muslim is well-known and much loved in the West, not as much attention has been to paid to far more widespread and insidious phenomena of the New-Age Muslim (NAM). So, I propose to
WET KISSES OF ELDERLY RELATIVES
The last few days have been a whirlwind of slobbery kisses from elderly relatives. The Golden Boy and the Princess have developed an elaborate hierarchy, rating family kisses based on slobberiness and wetness, and scream with laughter while pretending to
WET KISSES OF ELDERLY RELATIVES
The last few days have been a whirlwind of slobbery kisses from elderly relatives. The Golden Boy and the Princess have developed an elaborate hierarchy, rating family kisses based on slobberiness and wetness, and scream with laughter while pretending to
THIS ONE FOR THE KIND AND LOVELY POLICE OFFICER
O kind and lovely police officer, sitting in your cubicle in the Central Passport Office in Tehran O sweet and powerful policeman, most important man in my life Who changed my hysterical despairing sorrow to joy and happiness with a
THIS ONE FOR THE KIND AND LOVELY POLICE OFFICER
O kind and lovely police officer, sitting in your cubicle in the Central Passport Office in Tehran O sweet and powerful policeman, most important man in my life Who changed my hysterical despairing sorrow to joy and happiness with a
JET SKIS
I could do it. If I really wanted to, I could. A jet ski costs as much as a middle-class car. Way less than some fancy graduate degree from Dalhousie. Much, much less. I could, if I wanted to, buy
TROUBLE AHEAD
“And isn’t her grand-daughter a sweetheart? She’s so smart too- you could never guess she is only seven from the things she says! Always discussing hijab with her mother and grandmother- you’ll die from laughter at the things she says!”
TROUBLE AHEAD
“And isn’t her grand-daughter a sweetheart? She’s so smart too- you could never guess she is only seven from the things she says! Always discussing hijab with her mother and grandmother- you’ll die from laughter at the things she says!”
THE MAGIC BRAIDS
I was a bit confused at the amount of niceness which passport control officers and border guards aimed at us, and especially the princess, as we trekked across the globe to Iran. After all, we have done this hike before,
THE MAGIC BRAIDS
I was a bit confused at the amount of niceness which passport control officers and border guards aimed at us, and especially the princess, as we trekked across the globe to Iran. After all, we have done this hike before,
DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, PERSIAN STYLE
If one could apply one rule to describe a the social behaviours of a whole nation, I suppose this would be it, for us. For us Iranians. You can find articles describing Iranian foreign policy by disgruntled Western analysts using
DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, PERSIAN STYLE
If one could apply one rule to describe a the social behaviours of a whole nation, I suppose this would be it, for us. For us Iranians. You can find articles describing Iranian foreign policy by disgruntled Western analysts using
