I Am From Iran Poem by Fatemeh Tarkashvand

You are brave to draw such a comparison. Since those historic events long ago, many Iranians have lived their lives as honest, humble believers. As a people, they accepted a faith that came to their land and they made it fully their own. Perhaps this is hospitality in the largest sense! Perhaps it is no accident that the great poet Rumi was born in the Persian sphere of influence. He did not just embrace a system of belief: his big heart suffused it with love! Indeed, no one can take hospitality away from Iranians. In my poem Khaju Kerman Park I mention Iran's hospitality toward a guest like me.