Goldfishand grasssprouts“So doyou speakArabic?”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood50% Blood-RiceconcentrationWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandChildhoodphonecalls fromIran"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"SamiBeigiSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsYourparent/s areloud on thephoneBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Being calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitProud tobe whoyou areYou caneasily spotanotherIranianLastnameends in “i”“So areyouMuslim?”Non-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Late nightPersianpartiesBadass& strongfamilyInsecureaboutyour noseFantasizingabout afree IranPoetryGoldfishand grasssprouts“So doyou speakArabic?”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood50% Blood-RiceconcentrationWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandChildhoodphonecalls fromIran"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"SamiBeigiSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsYourparent/s areloud on thephoneBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Being calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitProud tobe whoyou areYou caneasily spotanotherIranianLastnameends in “i”“So areyouMuslim?”Non-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Late nightPersianpartiesBadass& strongfamilyInsecureaboutyour noseFantasizingabout afree IranPoetry

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