Updated: 8 July 2019As much as I love Iran and all things related, I admit that I’m a bit choosy when it comes to reading material. I don’t exactly judge a…
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Updated: 8 July 2019You might be busy Christmas shopping this month, but Iranians are busy preparing for another holiday just a few days before- Shab-e Yalda, or Yalda Night, an ancient…
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Updated: 8 July 2019 I can’t say that culture shock played a significant role in my acclimation period in Iran since it was, after all, a place that I had been…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Of all the places to visit in Iran, I couldn’t think of one less interesting than Kish Island. Water sports and shopping malls? Meh. At least Qeshm had…
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Updated: 19 August 2020There’s a Persian phrase that goes befarmâ, beshin, betamarg (please take a seat, sit down, sit your ass down) which just shows the different manners to express the…
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Updated: 8 July 2019I’m an English teacher, true. But I see no reason to insist on English for everything- especially in a country where English is not the main language- by…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Over a thousand years ago, Sultan Mahmoud of Ghazni (today’s Afghanistan) commissioned the ancient myths and legends of Persia to be written into verse. At the end of…
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Expressions and Idioms Iranian CultureDeath to America Explained & Other Persian Phrases Related to Death
Updated: 8 July 2019The other day I was feeling frustrated and muttered under my breath, khabare margeshun! (the news of their death!) and chuckled upon realizing what I had said. Suddenly…