These Are the True Things

Things Aren't Great. Here Are Some Survival Tips

Or five useful hacks from 1980s Iran to make it through the winter of our discontent

Sep 14 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

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July 2025

One Was, One Wasn't یکی بود یکی نبود

The classic (and somewhat befuddling) start to fairytales in Persian

Jul 29 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

9

"You OK?"

Some thoughts on friendship, death, and headless chickens two weeks after the Iran-Israel ceasefire.

Jul 9 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

4

War in Iran Diary Entry 3

On the war's aftermath and Luthen's insight into the failure's of the Pahlavi opposition

Jul 1 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

5

June 2025

War in Iran Diary-Entry 2

Random Thoughts on the Day After the Bombs Fell and the Bombs Continued to Fall

Jun 23 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

1

5

War in Iran Diary-Entry 1

In a fast changing situation, here are my thoughts for today.

Jun 20 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

8

July 2024

Being John Travolta in Tehran

Note: On Friday July 5th, there will be a second round of presidential elections in Iran.

Jul 2, 2024 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

7

June 2024

To Vote or Not to Vote: A View from Iran

To vote or not to vote.

Jun 23, 2024 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

1

The Gadfly

A Personal and Revolutionary History

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

4

February 2024

Where Were You on 22 Bahman?

Former revolutionaries remember this day

Feb 11, 2024 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

4

January 2024

The Prayers

Remembering a time when a war would not stop

Jan 3, 2024 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

6

2

August 2023

My dad as Idris Elba

Iran's Summer of Hijacking

Aug 3, 2023 • 

Naghmeh Sohrabi

2