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Setareh Sabety

Setareh Sabety

For Kami

They buried him today

Aug 17, 2022

For Kami

Aug 17, 2022

Setareh Sabety

Losing Amoo Tezi: A Tribe is Mourning

Morteza Namdar was a banker, entrepreneur, and businessman of great repute in ancien regime Iran. But to us cousins, he was Amoo Tezi.

Apr 26, 2021

Losing Amoo Tezi: A Tribe is Mourning

Apr 26, 2021

Setareh Sabety

COVID Curse: Our Family Lost An Angel

Some losses are so devastating they leave you speechless. What magnifies these tragedies for us Iranians of the diaspora is the distance…

Aug 1, 2020

COVID Curse: Our Family Lost An Angel

Aug 1, 2020

Setareh Sabety

Only 17 & Volunteering As An EMT COVID Responder

For many days now, like the rest of us, I am in awe of the frontline health workers that are helping us during the COVID-19 pandemic. As…

May 12, 2020

Only 17 & Volunteering As An EMT COVID Responder

May 12, 2020

Setareh Sabety

New American Woman In the Age of Trump

The way things are in the US right now reminds me of my journey away from Iran. The physical one was more simple than the emotional one. We…

Jun 28, 2018

New American Woman In the Age of Trump

Jun 28, 2018

Setareh Sabety

Jet Lag Musings: Wide Awake in America

I was finally in Boston and in the right time zone for last night’s Democratic Debate but being with the kids and cousin, I didn’t pay…

Apr 15, 2016

Jet Lag Musings: Wide Awake in America

Apr 15, 2016

Setareh Sabety

Home Diet Diary: Week of Norouz Rigged Weigh-In

This Norouz ( Iranian New Year) I was both rather morose because it was the first one sans maman and scared because it is the first Norouz…

Mar 24, 2016

Home Diet Diary: Week of Norouz Rigged Weigh-In

Mar 24, 2016

Setareh Sabety

In No Mood for Norouz

I really don’t feel like Iranian new year or Norouz this year. With both parents gone and the children absent, Norouz seems like an…

Mar 14, 2016

In No Mood for Norouz

Mar 14, 2016

Setareh Sabety

Erased From History: The Empty Place of Women On Our Family Tree

After posting my grandfather’s picture I got several requests from family members to write more about our family history. The poor…

Mar 5, 2016

Erased From History: The Empty Place of Women On Our Family Tree

Mar 5, 2016

Setareh Sabety

On The Danger and Necessity of Letting Go

Ok, peeps, it’s weigh-in Wednesday and I think I haven’t gone down this week. It will be the first week since Nov. 5th that I haven’t lost…

Feb 24, 2016

On The Danger and Necessity of Letting Go

Feb 24, 2016

Setareh Sabety

Setareh Sabety

Born in Tehran and educated in Boston, Setareh Sabety is an Iranian-American essayist and a Huffington Post contributor.

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