THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
BY FARNAZ FASSIHI
Like most hyphenated Americans, I straddle two worlds. My dual identity, Iranian by origin and American by birth, is often effortless and natural.
I can switch languages mid-sentence, savor both saffron rice and cheeseburger and relate to Iranian women resisting the mandatory head scarf the same way I do American girlfriends complaining about lack of equal pay.
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