It is amusing and exciting to think how women are perceived as “threat” to the national safety of Iran. We Iranians have heard this phrase multiple times. So as a result, in order to keep the country (Iran) safe and secure, for three decades a large army of men have been trying to fight women…
Day: May 7, 2011
Democracy and Mental Health
As a teenager around year 1976 or 1977, back home in Tehran, I was reading a novel that was about participating events during the Russian revolution. The novel was attention-grabbing and several times I came across the word Democracy. I really did not know the meaning of that word. My curiosity motivated me to look…
Idendity Crisis
A couple of years ago, we were looking for a rental place. During our search, we found one place that seemed to be appropriate. After the regular arrangements, we went to see the suit that was for rent. Due to our phone contact, we learned that the owner was Iranian. We arrived on time. We…
Dogma Our worst Enemy
Do you have you one way of knowing, thinking, and believing that you are absolute sure, being the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Do you consider yourself being “the knower” or ‘the seeker”? Do you believe that you know everything and you do not need to learn more? Then maybe dogma is your…
Culture is Our Only Weapon
Culture is the implicit and explicit manifestation of our shared values, ideas, belief systems, and identity. Our Iranian culture has always been part of what we do, how we think, how we behave, and how we feel. After three decades of living in paradoxes, we Iranian (many of us) are now learning gradually to respect…