“Where is the baby?”

Few years ago, one day my ex-boyfriend came to me very alarmed with the news that there is a chicken pox epidemic and everyone should be vaccinated. I told him that if there were such a thing, it would be announced in the media. “No, no”, he said, “My uncle who is a doctor said [...]

Easter: Armenian-Iranian version

Sometimes, Easter would fall into the Norooz holiday period. When this was the case, we would celebrate the Easter dinner in the company of other Armenian families in Daryakenar (instead of being just among our family). This meant lots of preparation and cooking. This year, Easter was just few days after Norooz, we were invited [...]

Norooz vacations

About a month ago I had the idea of taking a two weeks vacation to come to Iran for the Persian New Year. At first this idea was just a dream, for seven years I never even dared to think about it. There was no question about taking a two-week vacation in the middle of [...]

My first book

As funny as it sounds, I have a book now published in my name!
Few months ago I was contacted by a guy from a German publishing company asking me if I would be interested in publishing my PhD thesis. At first, I didn’t even reply to his email cause I thought it is a sort [...]

It’s great to be back

The morning of my departure, I couldn’t even get out of my bed. I was so weak and so feverish. I was wondering how am I going to survive the trip back to Paris?
Thank goodness my friend was sharing the room with me, she got me somethings to eat and drink, after which I felt [...]