These Are the True Things

December 2025

Hello My Name is Holden and I'm Here to Say Goodbye

I'm just not in the mood these days

Dec 27, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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September 2025

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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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"You OK?"

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

Jul 9, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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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, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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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, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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War in Iran Diary-Entry 1

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

Jun 20, 2025 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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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

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June 2024

To Vote or Not to Vote: A View from Iran

To vote or not to vote.

Jun 23, 2024 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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The Gadfly

A Personal and Revolutionary History

Jun 17, 2024 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

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