CULTURE
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(43/54) “Thirty years earlier we’d sworn an oath, to give our…
(43/54) “Thirty years earlier we’d sworn an oath, to give our lives for Iran. I considered it. There was one…
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(44/54) “On my final morning in Iran I woke with the sun….
(44/54) “On my final morning in Iran I woke with the sun. I knelt to the ground and prayed. It…
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(45/54) A jar of soil. That’s all I have left of my home. It’s…
(45/54) A jar of soil. That’s all I have left of my home. It’s good soil. A guidebook once called…
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(46/54) “There was nothing I could do. It was like watching a…
(46/54) “There was nothing I could do. It was like watching a child fall from the roof of a building.…
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(47/54) “When our grandchildren were born we moved to America to…
(47/54) “When our grandchildren were born we moved to America to help raise them. First came Ahang’s son Sepanta. Then…
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(48/54) “I didn’t raise them to be Iranian first. Above all I…
(48/54) “I didn’t raise them to be Iranian first. Above all I wanted them to be good people. I wanted…
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(49/54) “We still take long walks together, even today. There’s…
(49/54) “We still take long walks together, even today. There’s a path through the forest near our house. Mitra still…
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(50/54) “When I was eighty I was giving an interview on Persian…
(50/54) “When I was eighty I was giving an interview on Persian television. I wanted to recite a verse, from…
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(51/54) “It’s coming. In the streets it is silent. But in the…
(51/54) “It’s coming. In the streets it is silent. But in the homes, where Iran still lives, the drumbeat is…
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(52/54) “It always sits out on the shelf. It’s given structure…
(52/54) “It always sits out on the shelf. It’s given structure to my life. I’ve wanted to be a knight.…
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