Posts Tagged: Iranian culture
A VALENTINE SONG FOR IRANIAN WOMEN
translated from the original farsi from the blog: http://measer-pear.blogspot.com/ Oh dear gentlemen, Take me out I have made myself pretty for you Dyed my hair yellow, blue, red and brown Like the women in television Just look at me Please, for
A VALENTINE SONG FOR IRANIAN WOMEN
translated from the original farsi from the blog: http://measer-pear.blogspot.com/ Oh dear gentlemen, Take me out I have made myself pretty for you Dyed my hair yellow, blue, red and brown Like the women in television Just look at me Please, for
NAVY-BLUE AND CHICKPEA YELLOW
There are many things about my home country which I find deeply annoying, distressing, frustrating, ludicrous to the point of wanting to stuff my head in a pile of mud, upsetting and basically traumatizing. Pretty high on the list, though
NAVY-BLUE AND CHICKPEA YELLOW
There are many things about my home country which I find deeply annoying, distressing, frustrating, ludicrous to the point of wanting to stuff my head in a pile of mud, upsetting and basically traumatizing. Pretty high on the list, though
ODE TO GLUTTONY
People have been killed, others have been tortured, others have been exiled, and so on. Old news. Here is the list of restaurants I’m going to visit in Tehran during Christmas, in no particular order: The Blue Duck. With its
ODE TO GLUTTONY
People have been killed, others have been tortured, others have been exiled, and so on. Old news. Here is the list of restaurants I’m going to visit in Tehran during Christmas, in no particular order: The Blue Duck. With its
CURTAINS
Iranians love curtains. They love to talk about them, admire them, shop for them, change them every few months, discuss various types of hangings, analyse the match between the lacy “undercurtain” with the thick over-curtain, contrast the kitchen curtain with
CURTAINS
Iranians love curtains. They love to talk about them, admire them, shop for them, change them every few months, discuss various types of hangings, analyse the match between the lacy “undercurtain” with the thick over-curtain, contrast the kitchen curtain with
IRANIAN FATHERS, BE WARNED
-Mummy, what does crush mean? I knew she didn’t mean the verb “to crush”, but the noun “to have a crush”. This wasn’t motherly intuition- a moment ago she had been explaining that just because you say hi to a
IRANIAN FATHERS, BE WARNED
-Mummy, what does crush mean? I knew she didn’t mean the verb “to crush”, but the noun “to have a crush”. This wasn’t motherly intuition- a moment ago she had been explaining that just because you say hi to a
THE FILM NO IMMIGRANT SHOULD WATCH
How I wish I had stuck to my resolution to avoid watching Hollywood films and stick to my own mystery murder serials! Instead, I endured two hours and six minutes of pure agony last night: I am, of course, referring
THE FILM NO IMMIGRANT SHOULD WATCH
How I wish I had stuck to my resolution to avoid watching Hollywood films and stick to my own mystery murder serials! Instead, I endured two hours and six minutes of pure agony last night: I am, of course, referring
