Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

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This new Readers Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner."

In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since.

Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas's wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never

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Firoozeh Dumas visited Los Angeles to promote her book FUNNY IN FARSI
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Can someone give examples of prejudice and discrimination in Funny in Farsi?
Can someone give examples of prejudice and discrimination in Funny in Farsi? Using examples to illustrate your point, discuss how prejudice and discrimination played a role in Faroozeh Dumas' experiences as an immigrant--- any examples which I could expand upon would be helpful. Thanks in advance

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