About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Iraq Archive
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Please help Sarmad Ali’s family
Posted on September 30, 2009 | No CommentsMy good friend Sarmad Ali recently left New York to visit his family in Baghdad for the first time since he first arrived in the United States in August 2004. Since then, his life has been full of astonishing (and sometimes amusing) triumph: he graduated... -
September 14: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on September 14, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the new Iraqi law to censor the Internet is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM –... -
WSJ: Some Iraqis Dream of Michigan; Others Make it Home
Posted on May 23, 2008 | No CommentsBig ups to my man Sarmad Ali, for this fascinating blog post about Iraqi communities in Michigan. WSJ: As we drove through Detroit’s suburbs, we passed movie theaters and subdivisions, large strip-malls and sleepy neighborhoods. We stopped at Ryan Palace, a restaurant named after the... -
WSJ: There’s No Ham in Hamburgers, and Other Lessons I’ve Learned About American Food
Posted on February 4, 2008 | 4 CommentsSarmad Ali writes: Throughout my entire year at Columbia, I was scared of almost all other ethnic food, especially sushi, which I found weird and repulsive. “Eating raw fish?” I would say to a friend in disgust. Just before graduation, a close friend from California... -
WSJ: Stresses From Iraqi Father’s Disappearance Strike Family Hard
Posted on January 2, 2008 | 1 CommentThis is from my good friend and Columbia classmate, Sarmad Ali, who has written a follow-up piece to his story from last February. I wasn’t there in Baghdad; I couldn’t be there. I am an Iraqi citizen caught between two worlds. I’m a guest in...
