Iranian

      I read a text called “Iranian hospitality attack”(72-73) by Hamid Taghavi and I found it extremely interesting. I think everyone should read it because it’s very well written and it’s hilarious, you can find this text in your travel literature readings & study guide.

    I believe the target audience for this text would be non Iranian travelers because its about how you should expect Iranians to treat you once you visit Iran and beside the title in brackets it says “ A survival guide for the non-Iranian traveler” I enjoyed this text because I found it funny but I don’t think I believe what the author is saying because if it is true then that’s just too much hospitality. “ You could walk into any house in Iran, as a complete stranger,”(72) over here in Canada its very different because we can’t just walk into any house especially if you’re a complete stranger. I wouldn’t know if their way of living is better or ours, but I do know that we don’t treat a non-Canadian traveler the way they would treat a non-Iranian traveler, maybe because Canada is a much larger country then Iran or maybe because our society doesn’t allow us to trust complete strangers.

     This text only has two pages, but in these two pages I believe it explained a lot about Iranians and their hospitality. I do not know about everyone but I did start reading “Honeymoon in Purdah (An Iranian Journey)” written by Alison Wearing and that novel is connected to this text in some way because they both talk about Iranians.

2 comments October 2, 2009