Back in the 1980s, as a new immigrant in a European country, everywhere I went, people liked to discern my whereabouts. When I said I was a Persian-Iranian woman, the next question was how come I had chosen to live in that particular country. My first impression of these types of strangers questioning me was…
Day: May 5, 2011
Long Distance Divorce Causes Distress
Now that immigration has turned out to be a way of life among us Iranians, then long distance marriages and long distance divorces are becoming all more widespread. We live in a world, when long distance relationships become all common. When this relationship leads to the union of the two persons, then there are certain…
Halloween Can Trigger Trauma
Halloween is a time when people dress up to something they admire, fear, or like. This is a time when you expect to enjoy the physical transformation,although in a superficial way. You pretend being a character maybe close to your heart or maybe something that challenges you. You like to convey a message or to…
Suicide in Our Iranian Communities
The trauma of suicide and the need for raising awareness in our Iranian Community is higher than ever before. Every now and then another tragedy of suicide hits our communities. Suicide is occurring in every community, however in our Iranian one, we lack debate about this issue and we lack to gather preventive measures. The…
Education For Lawyers
Over and over, I am contacted by Iranian women who are in the process of divorce while complaining that their lawyers do not do anything for them. After considering the number of times I have heard the same story over and over again, I started to question whether the lawyers in these cases do not…