Parent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitSamiBeigiNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Fantasizingabout afree IranSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsLate nightPersianparties"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"50% Blood-RiceconcentrationHappy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaProud tobe whoyou areGoldfishand grasssproutsLastnameends in “i”Being calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”You caneasily spotanotherIranianEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhoodInsecureaboutyour noseChildhoodphonecalls fromIran“So areyouMuslim?”Badass& strongfamilyWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandYourparent/s areloud on thephonePoetry“So doyou speakArabic?”Parent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitSamiBeigiNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Fantasizingabout afree IranSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsLate nightPersianparties"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"50% Blood-RiceconcentrationHappy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaProud tobe whoyou areGoldfishand grasssproutsLastnameends in “i”Being calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”You caneasily spotanotherIranianEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhoodInsecureaboutyour noseChildhoodphonecalls fromIran“So areyouMuslim?”Badass& strongfamilyWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandYourparent/s areloud on thephonePoetry“So doyou speakArabic?”

Diaspora Iranian Bingo - Call List

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