This poem or ode or arts journalism work of mine was inspired by the fun and funny fact that, for many years, whenever I -- who was born and raised in Iran -- heard the American national anthem, thought it started with, José. Not, O say. Not so funny after all...
Yasmine Diba, an Iranian American filmmaker, remembers well the instant she learned of Trump’s travel ban on seven “dangerous” countries, including Iran, “in that moment that the ban became real,” she said....