As some of you may know, Im not Iranian by birth but lets say I grew up in Iran. The family that kind of adopted

We’ve been talking about returning to Iran. We must be mad as thousands try desperatly to leave…. but somehow it doesnt feel like such a

And I see Shahram, a friend of mine!! How strange to see a face I know there. It got me to thinking about dating sites and

A little tired of listening to shajarian (!!!! to appreciate this comment, you will have to have read my previous blogs) and decided to rumage through

Thank you all for your best wishes and comments on my last blog re the hectic two weeks leading up to the wedding. I have

Background: The wedding is in 2 weeks today! The bride, my daughter, is ill and we’re not sure if she’ll be well enough. Her dress

My other half loves this track but doesnt know the name of the song or the album it comes from. I have searched and searched

My daughter is about to get married. We’ve been planning and more planning for the past year and finally it is only a few weeks

Two yrs ago I was really worried about my son. At 16 he left school and wanted to go to college to study art! Ok

Its been a few weeks since I was active here …. life has been hectic to say the least. But I have time on my

Its pretty easy to make but like so many iranian dishes it is a little time consumming so you need to allow about 4 hours

The UK immigration authorities has refused permission to stay to my brother in law on the basis that he is safe to return to Iran

I have yet to meet a less moody man than an Iranian  one! What is it about Irani men that makes them so moody!!! One

My usual brand of rice ’tilda’ has doubled in price and since we eat so much of it, I thought I would try a different

When I was 17 I was given my first book of Iranian recipes. I used to pour over the pages and think about the day

I am looking for pictures or footage of the Shahs generals from the years leading up to the revolution. Or any info about them. Does

Food is a something close to my heart…. and Ebi’s! I wonder which dishes they will have there apart from the obvious like khoreshte ghormeh

Plagued with insomnia at the moment I had a very  sleepless Monday night. I woke feeling completely grumpy and reluctant to start the day. As

The mind boggles at the thought!!! Reading about the draft bill to make the taking of second wives legal made me think about the value of woman

Fed up with all the drama, bickering and talk about religion ( yawn yawn sigh) I decided to exercise my fingers and investigate other web

He has become known as the Johnny Depp of Iran and is already well  known for his picture on the front page of the Economist

Earlier this month Iranian parliament was debating the introduction of  more severe punishments for use of the internet i.e  websites and it will include blogging,

Dont know if this is the park itself .. there seem to be some men or very masculine women in it.

I am in Sweden again and this time we went to Ostersund in Northern Sweden to visit a friend. It was really beautiful there and

I recently spent some time visiting my dearest friend in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm is somewhere I never thought about going to before.. but Im happy I went and