Last weekend, while Barack was wishing Iranians a happy new year and also kindly telling them to chill out with their nuclear weapons, millions of Persians around the world were celebrating the year 1388 by, pretty ironically, painting their faces black and pretending to be this guy. Oh, and also eating lots of food and dancing until the early hours to banging Persian pop songs.
To celebrate a year closer to the grave for my homeland, I attended a number of Iranian New Year parties (see crappy footage below – which doesn’t do it justice at all) where dinner wasn’t served until 1 AM (so cruel) because the host wanted the guests to carry on dancing for longer. It was total torture – we had to perform for food, like seals at an aquarium. Read more »
