Goldfishand grasssproutsSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtPoetry50% Blood-RiceconcentrationProud tobe whoyou areSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsLastnameends in “i”Childhoodphonecalls fromIranHappy whenactuallyrepresentedin the media"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Yourparent/s areloud on thephoneWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Fantasizingabout afree IranLate nightPersianpartiesSamiBeigiParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]“So doyou speakArabic?”Badass& strongfamilyInsecureaboutyour noseEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood“So areyouMuslim?”You caneasily spotanotherIranianGoldfishand grasssproutsSecond-handexhaustionfrom thenewsBeing calledIslamophobicfor criticizingthe Iran govtPoetry50% Blood-RiceconcentrationProud tobe whoyou areSomeonein yourfamily hasbirdsLastnameends in “i”Childhoodphonecalls fromIranHappy whenactuallyrepresentedin the media"Are wegoing to thePersianrestaurantAGAIN?"Yourparent/s areloud on thephoneWonderingwhen you cansafely see yourfamily / visityour homelandBeing told thathomophobia,misogyny,extremism, andbrutality is “justculture”Fantasizingabout afree IranLate nightPersianpartiesSamiBeigiParent/strying to teachyou Farsi /knowing onlya little bitNon-Iranians sayingyou have no authorityto talk abt Iranianissues because you[don’t live there /don’t look Iranian /etc.]“So doyou speakArabic?”Badass& strongfamilyInsecureaboutyour noseEmbarrassedabout yourculturalidentity inchildhood“So areyouMuslim?”You caneasily spotanotherIranian

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