Sadia Shad

Sadia Shad

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the freedom revolution, awakened ancestral roots of a new generation

Date:Jan 08, 2023

 In many ways, Gen Z Iranians are a combination of the very best and the most important learning experiences of their previous generations. They are marked by their perseverance and their refusal to use old modes of protective denial in order to navigate the impact of the paradoxes of life in, as their parents and grandparents did before them. They will continue to form a collective self through their agentic,... Read More

facial difference, social disability (or, why i didn’t mind masking)

Date:Jan 08, 2023

Finalizing my divorce, searching for a new place to live, re-evaluating the possibility of a family—I was stressed out in November of 2009. Then my face stopped working.Finalizing my divorce, searching for a new place to live, re-evaluating the possibility of a family—I was... Read More

Thanksgiving is almost upon our U.S. readers

Date:Jan 08, 2023

Thanksgiving is almost upon our U.S. readers, and whether it’s the long drives, visiting a childhood home, couch dozing after a winter walk, or getting plain old turkey-tuckered, we’re already dreaming of the glorious cat-naps that so often accompany the holiday.Thanksgiving is almost upon our U.S. readers, and whether it’s the long drives, visiting a childhood home, couch dozing after a winter walk, or getting plain old turkey-tuckered, we’re already... Read More