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"It is not just social cohesion, civil dialogue, and collective identity that have cratered in Iranian society, leading to the agonizing scenes of the past few weeks: security forces firing on their fellow citizens, and unknown armed operatives firebombing businesses, health clinics, grocery stores, and buses. And it is not just the physical wreckage of these days of chaos, after the destruction wrought by the war with Israel last June, that denote a country in the throes of disaster. Iran’s metamorphosis is that of a country estranged from its identity, deluded about its present, confused about its future, and detached from its past. The hostile messaging on state television scoffing at the elements of Iranian culture that Iranians actually value—such as the traditions of the Persian New Year, Nowruz—and belittling its secularized youths, alongside sermons delivered by firebrand clerics every Friday brandishing divine revenge on “the enemy,” do not point to a healthy status quo." Thank you @freddydek, for inviting me to write this personal reflection for @hiddencitiesmag as I mourn the absence of a country that continues to be coveted because of its enviable past and its resilient people. Hidden Cities is a new publication that seeks to illuminate the world at a time when too many are looking inward, away from it. 🔗 Link: https://www.hidden-cities.com/p/an-elegy-for-the-iran-i-knew
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Delighted to share my piece on The Ancient, Enduring Wisdom of Egyptian Aphorisms: A Lineage of Brief Counsel From Ptahhotep to Ibn ʿAṭā’ Allāh Hidden Cities is a new publication: part travelogue, part global news brief— a magazine that illuminates the world. Launched by Frederick Deknatel, just one month ago: https://hiddencities.substack.com/p/the-ancient-enduring-wisdom-of-egyptian #AncientEgypt #EgyptianWisdom #Aphorisms #WisdomTraditions #Ptahhotep #Amenemope #IbnAtaAllah #Maat #EgyptianHeritage #SacredWisdom #HiddenCities #EgyptianLiterature #AncientCivilizations #SoulAndScripture #ArabAmericanWriter #YahiaLababidi
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