Persian Realm

Darius, I already showed you this quite a while back,

but I'll post it here. It's my poem about Leila. It's basically my personal journey with her through her 'sleep' to her death. There are references in it which are all true (e.g. she was a runway model, her doctor was Dr. Iqbal, she went to Brown...). Also I recently edited it to make the mythic element clearer. The stanza toward the end should read:

and then in the original myth, the two hermaphrodites fashioned from the dirt beneath the ocean’s fingernails, with the help of the ever-faithful servant,

remove Innana from Ereshkigal's peg, steal her away from h dark sister's home

and waft her back up to the sky.

//iranian.com/main/2008/leila-and-me-1page6

Triste anniversaire

I can't forget that sad day. Especially since I share the same birthday, although not the same year, with the late Princess. May she rests in peace.

As with millions of children and youth in Iran

whose best years and future was robbed, they did not deserve what they got with the shame of 79 

OKtaby

DK jan, thanks for all the information about Farahnaz

Dear Darius, you are right. The girls have not coped as well as their two brothers. You are also correct about Farahnaz being very cute in her teens. I hope everything goes well for her.

Anahid Jaan I think that's because she suffers more or less

from Anorexia ... Very much like Leila she has had similar food related disorders. In her case fortunately it's been less dramatic.

But apparently the girls to a great degree suffered the blow of exile more than their two brothers.

Maybe emotionally more fragile or insecure ...

She is a very private person but those who have met her have told me that they found her very easy going, kind and not at all pretentious or a Show off. 

She has worked however as a psychologist or therapist in NY, since she graduated with a PhD or something like that in the field. I think she has been working as a nurse or assistent in a private clinic for some years too. Dunno if she continues to do so.

It's sad cause she was Very Cute in her teens ...

Dear DK, Farahnaz looked very thin in a picture

Dear DK, a while ago, I saw a picture of Farahnaz and she was extremely skinny. Do you know if she is OK? Is this is a case of just getting too thin for fashion?