Updated: 8 July 2019Iran is a vast country with a varied landscape and geography as well as different languages, cultures, and ethnicities. So much so, in fact, that it’s easy for…
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Updated: 8 July 2019There are some words and expressions in languages that we learn that for one reason or another we like and aim to use at some point. For me,…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Traveling to Iran as a vegan? You might think it’s near impossible in a land where kebabs are king. But I assure you, it’s not as bad as…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Ask anyone how to say goodbye in Persian and they’ll tell you khodâ hâfez (which in spoken form sounds more like khodâfez) or maybe even khodâ negahdâr (no…
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I have a bucket list of all the things I want to do in Tehran. Of course what usually happens when you live in a city is that you never actually…
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Updated: 29 December 2019There have always been some aspects of Iranian culture that stood out to me and struck me as colorful and bânamak (funny, cute). And my time in Tehran has…
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Updated: 8 July 2019One of the best things about Iran is that there are lots of holidays, and I never let one pass without discovering a new place- even if it’s…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Even though I’ve spoken Persian my whole life, there were some words and phrases that I never really used until I came to Iran. On some level, I…