Late nightPersianpartiesEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhoodSomeonein yourfamily hasbirds“So doyou speakArabic?”Being told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Yourparent/s areloud on thephoneLastnameends in “i”You caneasily spotanotherIranianParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bit“So areyouMuslim?”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaFantasizingabout afree Iran"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Childhoodphonecalls fromIranBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtProud tobe whoyou areSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenews50% Blood-RiceconcentrationInsecureaboutyour noseWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Goldfishand grasssproutsSamiBeigiBadass& strongfamilyPoetryLate nightPersianpartiesEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhoodSomeonein yourfamily hasbirds“So doyou speakArabic?”Being told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Yourparent/s areloud on thephoneLastnameends in “i”You caneasily spotanotherIranianParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bit“So areyouMuslim?”Happy whenactuallyrepresentedin the mediaFantasizingabout afree Iran"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Childhoodphonecalls fromIranBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtProud tobe whoyou areSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenews50% Blood-RiceconcentrationInsecureaboutyour noseWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]Goldfishand grasssproutsSamiBeigiBadass& strongfamilyPoetry

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