by Shahrokh Afshar | Jan 23, 2016 | Thoughts From Shah
About a week ago I had the rare privilege of meeting some friends I hadn’t seen for 43 years. We all grew up in the same area of what at the time was the greatest city in the world—our birthplace, Abadan. Those of you who’ve read my book know that at our small...
by Shahrokh Afshar | Nov 8, 2015 | Thoughts From Shah
My two little dogs were going crazy in the backyard. They were barking alarmingly and jumping at the back fence. Something was up! This was not a normal behavior for them. So I went to where they were, looked over the five-foot cinderblock fence, and saw six coyotes...
by Shahrokh Afshar | Jun 29, 2015 | Thoughts From Shah
Tonight I received the following email from one of my old college students from 10-12 years ago: Hi Shah and Karen! 🙂 I just wanted to stop and say thank you. Thank you for teaching me through opening your home to me, and thank you for living what you have been...
by Shahrokh Afshar | Jul 23, 2014 | Thoughts From Shah
A few years after Karen and I were married, we started attending a small Charismatic church in our neighborhood. Our small and friendly church was literally adjacent to a very conservative church—we shared a common retaining wall. Years earlier, the church had...
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