Is that boy from your country? she asked me. Why, yes, I wanted to tell her. In my country, which I own, this is National Lose Your Child at Disneyland Day. No, I told her. He’s not from my country.
. . to deny someone an education is not just a crime but a sin, because you are denying that person the opportunity to realize who he or she is meant to be.
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...
And Iranians never forget. You can’t say my Aunt Jila’s name without someone saying, You mean the one who burned her rice? That happened before I was born and even I know about it.
A couple of days of this powdered cuisine and my uncle actually lost a few pounds. Things were going well until he decided that adding a couple of scoops of Baskin-Robbins improved the flavor substant...
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...
I truly believe that everyone has a story and everyone's story counts.
I always made sure to put them back in the exact order in which I had found them, for fear of losing the privilege of browsing in my uncle’s library.
Even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.
My parents do not limit themselves to worrying about things that have actually happened. Dreams are also fair game. I often get phone calls with detailed descriptions of a dream, followed by So natura...
The more modest and impractical the kitchen, the more likely one will be invited to stay for a meal. Show me a fancy house with a top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen, and I'll show you a family that eats...
When we were finally asked whether we wanted to marry each other, the groom is supposed to answer yes right away, but the bride is expected to take her sweet time and cause a little bit of last-minute...
Shushtari proverb Any gift from a true friend is valuable, even if it’s a hollow walnut shell. It’s fair to say that the Shushtari floating in my house