r/PERSIAN

My parents brought us to Canada when I was a kid. I remember being really happy in Iran. I had a big family and felt belonging. When we arrived in Canada I didn’t understand what anyone was saying. I remember being really afraid. Everything and everyone looked different and they were all like aliens to me. My parents didn’t have a lot of money and worked all day while my siblings and I attended school and came home to take care of ourselves. I was bullied really badly for being different. I never really had anyone else to talk to about what was happening to me at school and the teachers often treated me differently than the white kids. My parents took care of us but they didn’t know what was happening at school or ask about our feelings. My mother hated Iran and everything that happened to her as a woman there being stripped of her rights after the revolution. She didn’t want anything to do with the country anymore. She stopped teaching us the traditions and she never took us back to visit. She didn’t keep in touch with family which meant I also lost touch with all of them. I developed severe anxiety disorder as an adult. I feel like this transition has left me as a perpetual misfit. I don’t fit in with other Iranians here because most of them have more connection to Iran than I do and I’m just not Iranian enough. I don’t feel like I fit in with people here in Canada even though I’ve been here most of my life. Because of my anxiety I have a hard time sustaining intimate relationships due to my trust issues.

We moved to a freer country but now I have no family, no culture, and no sense of belonging. I guess I’m just reaching out to see if anyone else has had a similar experience? It’s very lonely here.

I’d be grateful if anyone has any recommendations for music like Behet Ghol Midam by Mohsen Yeganeh? I’m English but have spent most of my life around my chosen Persian family, I heard my friend play this song years ago and fell in love with it. Since moving away from my Persian family, I miss them a lot and miss the food, culture and music and have been listening to this song a lot, but would like to discover more music like this.
Thank you and free Iran! 💚🤍❤️

I'm a 20 years old student who lives in iran and I've been learning german for a couple of years now and actively plan to take on ösd's B2 level exam for an immigration plan.

I was hoping I could find someone who plans the same goal too so we could connect, share experience, practice and learn together so we could improve.

My current german level is B2 ish and I'm planning to take the exam in the next 4 to 5 months, depending on the situation of the country's stability and price inlfations.

I'd certainly be happy to meet anyone with the same criterias so we could connect.