{"id":1305,"date":"2008-10-22T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2008-10-16T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T21:50:01","slug":"funny-in-farsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/funny-in-farsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"<\/a>I’m reading the funniest book! It’s called Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>by Firoozeh Dumas. I picked it up at the last Women’s Connection<\/a><\/strong> (TWC) meeting, but the library does have copies at both buildings. Dumas, an Iranian-American, is the featured speaker at the November 5 TWC meeting, when the group traditionally hosts an international author. If you can go, do — but be prepared for some belly laughs!<\/p>\n

This book is laugh-out-loud funny. There’s one scene in particular, in which the author describes a time she is waiting in a crowded medical clinic, when the receptionist mispronounces her name. Badly mispronounces it! Now with a first name like “Firoozeh,” you would probably expect some of this, but in this case, both her first and last name (her husband is French) are really butchered.<\/p>\n

The author freely admits that her first experience in the United States, at the tender age of seven, was a very favorable one, and that people were very kind to her and her family. She’s quick to note, however, that this was before <\/em>the hostage takeover of the embassy in Iran, and that later Iranian immigrants often faced open hostility.<\/p>\n

There are lots of anecdotes that many can identify with — her father attempting to teach her how to swim, her not-so-fun experience at summer camp, and the seemingly endless supply of relatives coming to visit. More importantly, though, this book goes a long way in gently educating us Americans that Iranians are human, too. Not to mention funny.<\/p>\n

Dumas has also written Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures<\/a><\/strong><\/em> of an Iranian American at Home and<\/em><\/a><\/strong> Abroad.<\/a><\/strong> <\/em> Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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