Ta’arof
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Open Thread: From Flattery to Fatigue — What the Iranian Diaspora Can’t Admit
Open thread on the Iranian diaspora: X.T.M links his Ta’arof post to Sharghzadeh’s ‘Iranian Diaspora Fatigue’ video, arguing the diaspora performs flattery toward whiteness, and asks whether it preserves Persian…
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Ta’arof & The Art of Flattery
X.T.M argues that Ta’arof, the Persian art of ritualised courtesy, is misread in the West as ‘saying no three times’, and is better understood as high-context negotiation, like Korean nunchi,…
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Misunderstanding Ta’arof
Zach muses on ta’arof, Persian courtesy, and a Jewish American travel vlogger praising Pakistan, then restates his position that he dislikes Islam while loving Pakistanis and Muslims, distinguishing the two.…
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The Art of Ta’arof
The author shares a well-written older blog article by Zohreh Ghahremani on ta’arof, the untranslatable Persian code of courtesy and offers, noting that it can mix hospitality with traces of…
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The Obliquity of Oriental Culture
Inspired by the book Obliquity, the author reflects on his own indirect style, tracing the reserved, private-versus-public manners of Persian-influenced Bahá’í communities in the Gulf and South Asia, and contrasting…
