Hooman Majd Quotes


A popular bumper sticker post-9/11, and pretty faded these days, proclaims drivers of the cars to be 'Proud to be an American.' It really should say 'Lucky to be an American,' for I doubt very much that the drivers had much say in having been born here, and are not old enough to have participated in the drafting of the Constitution.


Citations

Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran. Doubleday, 2008.

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  • Nationality: Iranian
  • Profession: Writer, Journalist

Hooman Majd (born 1957 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American journalist, author, and commentator who writes on Iranian affairs. He is based in New York City and regularly travels to Iran.