In 2003 180k cases of STDs were recorded in Iran, this number which yields to ~ .5% seems to be a joke, since a recent study of 123 married women yielded an eye brow raising 17% just on Chlamydia alone!! Based on our anecdotal research in Iran we know that aside from HIV/AIDS there is almost no knowledge about STDs, [...]
Tag Archives: Iranians
Post 9/11: The Iranian Experience
September 7, 2011
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) I remember it vividly. Â I was 13 years old and on that particular day in September, I was getting ready for my first class of the day: eighth grade English. Â Having just discovered makeup, I was attempting to put on the glitter blue [...]
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Iranian Stereotypes
April 20, 2011
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) All groups (whether about large ethnic groups, or internal communities, or small local cliques) form ideas about themselves and others as part of constructing identity (ie, marking that ‘we’ are this way, and ‘they’ are that way). So in that sense it isn’t [...]
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Dating Iranican Style
June 4, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] MP3: (High Quality)(Low Quality) You’re probably single, if not most of your friends are! This is where we’re going to continue our never ending discussion about Dating Iranian Americans/Canadians/Diasporans. Feel free to add any issue you think we may have missed. Just to give brief threads on what we [...]
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November 30, 2011
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