Wonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandPoetryLastnameends in “i”50% Blood-RiceconcentrationSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtLate nightPersianpartiesYou caneasily spotanotherIranianEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood“So doyou speakArabic?”Childhoodphonecalls fromIranInsecureaboutyour noseProud tobe whoyou areSamiBeigiBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bit“So areyouMuslim?”Goldfishand grasssproutsFantasizingabout afree IranYourparent/s areloud on thephoneNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Badass& strongfamilySomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandPoetryLastnameends in “i”50% Blood-RiceconcentrationSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtLate nightPersianpartiesYou caneasily spotanotherIranianEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood“So doyou speakArabic?”Childhoodphonecalls fromIranInsecureaboutyour noseProud tobe whoyou areSamiBeigiBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bit“So areyouMuslim?”Goldfishand grasssproutsFantasizingabout afree IranYourparent/s areloud on thephoneNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Badass& strongfamilySomeonein yourfamily hasbirds

Diaspora Iranian Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Wondering when you can safely see your family / visit your homeland
  2. Poetry
  3. Last name ends in “i”
  4. 50% Blood-Rice concentration
  5. Second-hand exhaustion from the news
  6. Being called Islamophobic for criticizing the Iran govt
  7. Late night Persian parties
  8. You can easily spot another Iranian
  9. Embarrassed about your cultural identity in childhood
  10. “So do you speak Arabic?”
  11. Childhood phone calls from Iran
  12. Insecure about your nose
  13. Proud to be who you are
  14. Sami Beigi
  15. Being told that homophobia, misogyny, extremism, and brutality is “just culture”
  16. Happy when actually represented in the media
  17. Parent/s trying to teach you Farsi / knowing only a little bit
  18. “So are you Muslim?”
  19. Goldfish and grass sprouts
  20. Fantasizing about a free Iran
  21. Your parent/s are loud on the phone
  22. Non-Iranians saying you have no authority to talk abt Iranian issues because you [don’t live there / don’t look Iranian / etc.]
  23. "Are we going to the Persian restaurant AGAIN?"
  24. Badass & strong family
  25. Someone in your family has birds