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My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

Firoozeh Dumas

My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

Tags: religion

Throughout his job ordeal, my father never complained. He remained an Iranian who loved his native country but who also believed in American ideals. He only said how sad it was that people so easily h...

Firoozeh Dumas

Throughout his job ordeal, my father never complained. He remained an Iranian who loved his native country but who also believed in American ideals. He only said how sad it was that people so easily h...

About Author
Firoozeh Dumas (Persian: فیروزه دوما) (born June 26, 1965, in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian-American writer who writes in English. She is the author of the memoirs Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America (2003) and Laughing without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen (2008), and the semi-autobiographical novel It Ain't so Awful, Falafel (2016).

The F Word My cousin’s name, Farbod, means Greatness. When he moved to America, all the kids called him Farthead. My brother Farshid (He Who Enlightens) became Fartshit. The name of my friend Neggar m...

Firoozeh Dumas

The F Word My cousin’s name, Farbod, means Greatness. When he moved to America, all the kids called him Farthead. My brother Farshid (He Who Enlightens) became Fartshit. The name of my friend Neggar m...

Regarding Girl Scout Camp survival skills: For instance, if I see a snake, I should stand still or walk backwards slowly, never run. I am one hundred percent sure I will not do that. But now, while ru...

Firoozeh Dumas

Regarding Girl Scout Camp survival skills: For instance, if I see a snake, I should stand still or walk backwards slowly, never run. I am one hundred percent sure I will not do that. But now, while ru...

Tags: snakes

I knew what he was thinking. Thanks to Mickey, I had been elevated from child-who-can’t-learn-to-swim to child genius. The

Firoozeh Dumas

I knew what he was thinking. Thanks to Mickey, I had been elevated from child-who-can’t-learn-to-swim to child genius. The

My Dad says that people like that {ignorant about other countries and cultures} are not truly horrible; they just need a geography class, a passport, and a few foreign friends.

Firoozeh Dumas

My Dad says that people like that {ignorant about other countries and cultures} are not truly horrible; they just need a geography class, a passport, and a few foreign friends.

Tags: ignorance

Despite a few exceptions, I have found that Americans are now far more willing to learn new names, just as they're far more willing to try new ethnic foods... It's like adding a few new spices to the...

Firoozeh Dumas

Despite a few exceptions, I have found that Americans are now far more willing to learn new names, just as they're far more willing to try new ethnic foods... It's like adding a few new spices to the...

Tags: food, kitchen, names, spices

Ever since we had arrived in the United States, my classmates kept asking me about magic carpets.- They don't exist-I always said. I was wrong. Magic carpets do exist. But they are called library card...

Firoozeh Dumas

Ever since we had arrived in the United States, my classmates kept asking me about magic carpets.- They don't exist-I always said. I was wrong. Magic carpets do exist. But they are called library card...

If I had one son and one daughter and could only educate one of them, I would educate my daughter. You know why? A girl without an education has no power; she is always at the mercy of others.

Firoozeh Dumas

If I had one son and one daughter and could only educate one of them, I would educate my daughter. You know why? A girl without an education has no power; she is always at the mercy of others.

Repose not trust in testing another's degree of honesty at the risk of one's loss in matters big, unless collateralized.

Firoozeh Dumas

Repose not trust in testing another's degree of honesty at the risk of one's loss in matters big, unless collateralized.

Tags: honesty

I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.

Firoozeh Dumas

I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.

It seemed to me that life in America was one long series of festivities, all of them celebrated with merriment and chocolate. The

Firoozeh Dumas

It seemed to me that life in America was one long series of festivities, all of them celebrated with merriment and chocolate. The

During our stay in Newport Beach, the Iranian Revolution took place and a group of Americans were taken hostage in the American embassy in Tehran. Overnight, Iranians living in America became, to say...

Firoozeh Dumas

During our stay in Newport Beach, the Iranian Revolution took place and a group of Americans were taken hostage in the American embassy in Tehran. Overnight, Iranians living in America became, to say...

During his next visit, my father secretly decided that our bathroom needed towel hooks. Using nails that were too long, my father pierced the door, creating towel hooks on one side, medieval blinding...

Firoozeh Dumas

During his next visit, my father secretly decided that our bathroom needed towel hooks. Using nails that were too long, my father pierced the door, creating towel hooks on one side, medieval blinding...

To all the kids who don't belong, for whatever reason. This one's for you.

Firoozeh Dumas

To all the kids who don't belong, for whatever reason. This one's for you.

Most immigrants agree that at some point, we become permanent foreigners, belonging neither here nor there. Many tomes have been written trying to describe this feeling of floating between worlds but...

Firoozeh Dumas

Most immigrants agree that at some point, we become permanent foreigners, belonging neither here nor there. Many tomes have been written trying to describe this feeling of floating between worlds but...

بیشتر میوه‌ها اگر روی درخت به حال خود گذاشته شوند بالاخره می‌رسند

Firoozeh Dumas

بیشتر میوه‌ها اگر روی درخت به حال خود گذاشته شوند بالاخره می‌رسند

ایرانی‌ها همیشه سوئیس را اوج مدنیت تصور کرده‌اند: کشوری کوچک و تمیز که لازم نیست رانندگان اتوبوس بلیت‌ها را کنترل کنند چون همه مردم درستکار هستند. به علاوه سوئیس هیچ وقت از ایرانی‌ها استقبال نکرده که...

Firoozeh Dumas

ایرانی‌ها همیشه سوئیس را اوج مدنیت تصور کرده‌اند: کشوری کوچک و تمیز که لازم نیست رانندگان اتوبوس بلیت‌ها را کنترل کنند چون همه مردم درستکار هستند. به علاوه سوئیس هیچ وقت از ایرانی‌ها استقبال نکرده که...

Swimsuit competitions go against everything that is right and decent in this world. We're told that beauty is on the inside and that who we are matters far more than what we look like. But could you p...

Firoozeh Dumas

Swimsuit competitions go against everything that is right and decent in this world. We're told that beauty is on the inside and that who we are matters far more than what we look like. But could you p...

The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on g...

Firoozeh Dumas

The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on g...

Tags: kindness