Perfume is not enough: The shocking shift in Iranian beauty standards
Despite a conservative culture, plastic surgery and eating disorders are all the rage in Iran. Is Western culture to blame?
Tagged: Iran
17 Jul
Diverse Northwest soccer enthusiasts kick off their own World Cup
If you still had any doubts about how hyperdiverse the Puget Sound region has become, look no further than the All Nations Cup soccer tournament. Over the next two weeks, 48 teams representing 36 different countries will battle it out at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. Countries represented this year include El Salvador, Gambia, Iran, Burma, [...]
08 Jun
Iranian-American candidates weigh in on foreign policy
This election season Washington has an unprecedented number of candidates who are of Iranian heritage. Sahar Fathi and Cyrus Habib for are running for State Representative (in the 36th and 48th districts respectively), and Shahram Hadian is running for Governor. Though Hadian isn’t likely to make it past the primary, Fathi and Habib both have decent chances [...]
29 Feb
As tensions mount between Iran and Israel, an Iranian Jew is asked to pick a side
“So are you on team Iran or Israel?” A few days ago I walked into a coffee shop to meet my friend and that was the first thing she asked me. A quick Google search revealed the headlines like “Iran Says Preemptive Strike on Israel Possible” “Israel Threatens to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Facilities” “Iran and [...]
07 Feb
In Iranian film ‘A Separation’ the personal is political
Iranian film A Separation, now playing in Seattle at the Egyptian, has been met with almost freakish levels of acclaim: Its scored 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, has been almost universally praised by critics, and is up for two Oscars. If you’re groaning a little inside imagining a foreign film that everybody loved because they felt like they [...]
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