Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe.

“كانت مستاءة جداً من فكرة أن حجابها، الذي هو بمثابة رمز للعلاقة المقدسة بينها وبي…”

“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential…”

“Tehran looked the way most of its remaining citizens must have felt: sad, forlo…”

“I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.”