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Iranians v. Persians H SANAZ BANU NIKAEIN I am an Iranian with terrorist tattooed on my forehead that reminds everyone I meet of the hostage situation in  my passport gives permission to every international airport to escort me to the back room and strip-search me to the bone As soon as a bomb explodes— World Trade Center in NewYork Federal Building in Oklahoma— every news station reports with no shame: it’s probably Iranians again But you Persians have the soft and friendly look of a Persian cat beauty of a Persian rug you live your lives without verbal repetition that your father has one wife and she is the boss You live your lives without restating that camels live in the zoo and are not a mode of transportation 222 SANAZ BANU NIKAEIN When one asks the difference between Iran and Persia you mumble it’s the same thing but forget to mention Persians don’t have enough Iranian blood running through their hearts to eat the harsh words of society to show we carry professional degrees instead of guns and try to change our terrorist image one by one IRANIANSV. PERSIANS 223 ...

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