SHAREyourVOICE: Do Iranians Celebrate Local Holidays When Living Outside Iran?
If your family is anything like mine, you’ve celebrated the American holiday, Thanksgiving, without Cranberry Sauce and Sweet Potatoes, but with an abundance of Ghormeh Sabzi and Khask-e-Bademjaan.
Do Iranians Celebrate Local Non-Iranian Holidays When Living Outside of Iran?
The Iranian culture is rich with celebration, parties and the spirit of hospitality. It’s no wonder why the Iranian people are quick to adopt the local traditions of any country they live in. Why not have another reason to prepare a feast and have family & friends over!?
What do YOU do? Tell us!
Why Are You PROUD To Be IRANIAN?
Why Are You PROUD To Be IRANIAN?
Every person has a certain pride about their culture. Maybe it’s because I’m Iranian, but I have this feeling that Iranians are some of the most vocal when it comes to appreciating and taking pride in their nationality. We’ve all been to 13bedar and seen the multitudes proudly sporting their “Persian Pride” shirts, the personalized license plates making statements in Farsi or the excitement you see in your parent’s eyes when they talk about how no other vacation spot in the world will compare to Shomal…
The Question is- WHY ARE YOU PROUD TO BE IRANIAN?
The choices provided in this poll are more to get your mind racing…we want to hear your personal and creative answers!
THE RESULTS ARE IN! As of November 9. 2009- this is what your fellow Iranians are proud of when it comes to being Iranian!
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Culture | 41% |  |
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Iranian Heritage & History | 22% | |
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Family Values | 14% | |
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Other answer… | 11% | |
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Persian Food | 8% | |
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The Success of Iranians Like Shirin Ebadi, Christiane Amanpour & Others | 5% | |
Those who got creative and added their own answers were proud to be Iranian because of…
“Jesus’s plan for the people of Iran”
“The Most Beautiful Women On The Planet!”
“Hospitality”
“We Know How To Party!”
Did we miss something? Comment and tell us why YOU are PROUD to be IRANIAN!
SHAREyourVOICE: Do you consider yourself PERSIAN or IRANIAN?
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Do You Prefer to be Called PERSIAN or IRANIAN?
PERSIAN or IRANIAN? What do you call yourself? Are the two interchangeable? We’re not talking about what’s “politically correct”- when you refer to your nationality, do you consider yourself “PERSIAN” or “IRANIAN”? …And what’s the big difference? See what others think!
SHAREyourVOICE: Is There a Cultural Gap Between Iranians Raised Inside Iran & Iranians Outside of Iran?
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Participate in our weekly poll & come back to view the results and see what other readers have to say! Every week we’ll have a new poll topic here.
Is There a Cultural Gap Between Iranians Raised Inside Iran & Iranians Outside of Iran?
Young Iranian women in Tehran: showing off their trendy & tech savvy ways.
Maybe you were born in Iran and moved out of the country before you could even speak, left Iran after high school or were born & raised outside of Iran and have never visited the country…one thing is certain, you’re Iranian. How do you relate to Iranians who may have a story that’s a little different than yours?
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