September 29, 2007Comment on Saturday's commentariesIran matters. (Or is it manners?) John Freivalds Freivalds runs an international communication firm in Lexington. He previously worked in Iran and Afghanistan and speaks Farsi. The worst thing you can say to someone in Farsi, the language they speak in Iran, is adap naderi -- you have no manners. So the rude manners shown in the reception that Iran's President Ahmadinejad got at Columbia University reinforced all the stereotypes that people in Iran if not the Middle East, had about the U.S. Read here. Saturday's letters are here. |
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September 29, 2007
Comment on Saturday's commentaries
Iran matters. (Or is it manners?)
John Freivalds
Freivalds runs an international communication firm in Lexington. He previously worked in Iran and Afghanistan and speaks Farsi.
The worst thing you can say to someone in Farsi, the language they speak in Iran, is adap naderi -- you have no manners. So the rude manners shown in the reception that Iran's President Ahmadinejad got at Columbia University reinforced all the stereotypes that people in Iran if not the Middle East, had about the U.S. Read here.
Saturday's letters are here.
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