19 May 2013
As I’m wishing you all a very Happy New Year, let me cheer you the way Iranians are cheering each other nowadays:
Followed by a recent remark by the Chief of Cultural Heritage, who said “Instead of spreading the ominous news of the financial fraud, create happiness for people,” this cartoon made its way around the web.
A group of dancing men dressed in traditional Iranian shower-wrap or Lung are leaving the bank which has turned into a Hmam (a public bath) while singing “two billion has been stolen” based on an old Iranian comedy film.
Even bad news can be delivered in a happy way.
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About the Columnist: Parisa Saranj
Parisa is a journalism graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is currently a MFA Creative non-Fiction writing candidate at Goucher College. She began writing about her native country, Iran, at her personal blog IranStories.com to share everything she loves about Iran and Iranians, minus all the politics (if that's possible).
Tired of being asked the most basic questions about Iran, all based on stereotypes and lies, Parisa just wanted to provide a pure image of what life is like in Iran...what is it like to be an Iranian woman. Now, Parisa brings her I Heart Iran section from IranStories.com exclusively to Aslan Media.
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