Author: Dana Hooshmand

Ten photos that show why Egypt is amazing to travel to… Read More

Our favourite kebabs, falafel, tajines, and koubideh of the City of Lights.… Read More

Basic everyday Mandarin Chinese phrases to sound natural in conversation… Read More

What we’re doing to re-learn our mother tongues (Farsi and Korean) at home.… Read More

What happens to plastics we buy? This is where it goes: trash fires, beaches, and dumps around the world. This is the “Trash Outside the Frame”.… Read More

A selection of the best French movies on Netflix — all a little untraditional, all great.… Read More

Colloquial everyday useful survival phrases in Farsi / Persian guaranteed to earn you respect.… Read More

All the similarities and differences between French and Spanish: vocabulary, core grammar, pronunciation, geographic spread, and a discussion of whether you should learn French or Spanish.… Read More

Formal vs spoken Farsi: How it’s taught in books and spoken professionally vs. how it’s spoken every day.… Read More

How and Why to learn Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) to understand culture and language in the Middle East… Read More