Farsi with Maman
"Pooya Hashemi forgot his language."
An Iranian-American man recounts his complicated relationship with the native language he forgot.
"Pooya Hashemi forgot his language."
An Iranian-American man recounts his complicated relationship with the native language he forgot.
Hassan Johan Nazari-Robati
Pooya Hashemi
Ziba Toyouri
Maman
Reagan Sytsma
Tiffany
Jan Batten
Tiffany's Mother
JT Michael
Tiffany's Father
Patrick Sprague
Farsi Teacher
Stacy Castiglione
Kindergarten Teacher
Omid Iranikhah
Children's Show Host
An Iranian-American man recounts his complicated relationship with the native language he forgot.
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