M. S. Zandi

Writer specializing in art & culture in the Middle East

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My first Medium article: How to Be Pretty in Tehran https://t.co/UYn2y7kPFa

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@oldcanadaseries I remember this wow

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien telling Parliament that Canada would not help invade Iraq without UN Security Council support in March, 2003. The US would invade 3 days later.

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https://t.co/k1qHoE9oxx

#writingadvice #WritingCommunity #iran

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lentils are so good

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Gayatri Spivak: “Education is the non-coercive rearrangement of desire” is so poetic. It's what we want to become, what we value, how we define success, happiness, meaning.
#Spivak #CriticalTheory

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Gayatri Spivak: Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ‘trivialisation’ of humanities, writes @Helen_Packer
https://t.co/uCSoAQLAIF

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Just learned that the term global south may be replaced by global Majority (capital M)

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@habib_b @HeadlinerAwards Congrats! Well deserved

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My parents were immigrants. Migration itself is a form of trauma. They left their country, their language, and their family. They didn’t speak English. But Canada welcomed them, thanks to Pierre Trudeau, who in 1971 announced multiculturalism as official government policy #vote

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I really hope the new world order is good to the Middle East

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Thank you to Ed Sheeran for introducing Googoosh to the masses. The song of the summer #iran #tehran #azizam #edsheeran
https://t.co/Wy3Mo7Sx1l

[𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐥🌻 @redheadgirllyy]

Oh my god 🤯😍🔥
Azizam...😂❤️‍🔥

#googoosh #edsheeran

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wow, Googoosh and Andy! @edsheeran Azizam ❤️🇮🇷

[Ed Sheeran HQ @edsheeran]

The Azizam Official Music Video is out now! You KNOW you wanna watch on repeat 🩷🔁
https://t.co/Lej8c9NClU

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What an icon https://t.co/Z96pXakJ52

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Reading a lengthy email clearly written by ChatGPT is like walking into a room with too much furniture.

#writing #AIwriting #canlit #writingtips

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.

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@TheDailyShow @MarkJCarney Never underestimate the power of humor in leadership👏👏

[Liberal Party @liberal_party]

Happy 91st birthday, Jean Chrétien!

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Comme toujours, M. Chretien incarne le leadership dont le Canada a besoin. Joyeux anniversaire et Vive le Canada!!!

Jean Chrétien: Canadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S.
https://t.co/i6GoCWvsde

[M. S. Zandi @zandi_author]

When you're blocked, the best thing to do is take off your headphones and just eavesdrop. Overheard at a café: "My wife and I used to fight all the time, but then she moved out and our relationship got so much better"

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