Dear Farnaz:

Oh, you meant how backward (and ugly) they look..? Yes, I know, and I know this is not how the Persian people look. I can see how embarrassing it can be when these men are the face / representation of the Persian people to the world. I have a bit of the flu since last night, hardly slept. I will reply further later. Also, and not unrelated, there’s a wind and rain storm happening here since last night and I may lose internet connections as a  result (I live outside the city limit, on higher elevation, so my internet is slow and unreliable when the weather is bad or when vehicles crash into power lines on the highway below).

anita