Hooman Majd Quotes

Hooman Majd — Iranian 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... (wikipedia)

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.

I grew up thinking of myself as an American but also, because of my parents and the Iranian culture that was in our home, as an Iranian. So if there's any such thing as dual loyalty, then I have it - at least culturally.

I was born in Iran, left at a very young age - less than a year old - and grew up and was educated in the West.

The wrong Democratic reaction to a stupid Republican utterance is to play hurt.

There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.