I am rereading the book "To see and see again". There is one part when the author says that a classmate tells her "Go home Iranian." It reminded me of an incident I had in the 4th grade. We had come to the US for the summer but then the war with Iraq broke out and all flights to Iran were cancelled and we got stuck in the US. They enrolled us in school. There was a curly haired kid in my class that every time they took us outside to play wall ball, he would call me Iranian and pretend he had a machine gun and be firing bullets at me, most of the time in the presence of a teacher. They never said anything to him.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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