Comments on D. Parvaz in Iran

It's great stuff. Iran is a fascinating country. Much more interesting than the fluff she usually gets assigned. I'm not really sure she's cut out to be an airhead style reporter for a daily paper. She needs to write some books. With articles like this, she's actually making slowing down over the P-I worthwhile.

I was interested to see that in her Iranian passport, which they printed yesterday, she's still listed as living in Ottawa, issued in February, which can't possibly be true. Maybe it's impossible to have an Iranian passport with a Great Satan address on it?

I have family from Iran and have been reading her series with rapt attention. She IS a wonderful writer! I am going to start following her work more closely from this point forward. I am also sharing the links with my family.

Parvaz’s ace socio/politico/cultural smackdowns are the reason I get the P-I on Saturdays. It’s a shame she’s in the Lifestyle section on Saturday, when Joel Connelly is on the front page of the local section. She could be a Frank Rich in-training if they’d give her half a chance.

It’s amazing to hear ignorant right-wingers talking about how we need to do “nation building” in Iran. They had civilization over there when the ancient Greeks were still crawling out of their caves.

I doubt a chador is going to cover the chip on her shoulder. She's one of those self-important writers who fancies herself as edgy and is under the impression people care about what she's "Popping Off" about this week.

FIN

That was one of the most vividly written features I've ever found in a Seattle paper. Persian eyebrows or not, the woman's got talent!

I've always liked her columns, even when I occasionally disagreed with the premise of them. I think this series has definitely shown that it's time the editors moved her out of the fluffy features section and into news/editorial. She's too good a writer and observer to be stuck doing "lifestyle" columns forever.