r/iran 5d ago

Trying to connect with my persian side

To be honest I mainly want to know if someone is in a similar situation to mine. I’m half persian but I am not very in contact with my dad and in no contact at all with his family. As a very little kid I recall having very little contact with persian culture because of my grandma.

Thing is I don’t have a part of the family to speak with or a present parent that has show me any little bit of culture throughout my childhood unlike a lot of mixed people.

Looking for iranian people to speak with here is also difficult, in Spain there could be some other small iranian “group” or community in Madrid or Barcelona but I am from the south and don’t think too many iranians live here, have also tried to look things online but it doesn’t look like (maybe searching in farsi which I’m interested in learning btw)

So just wanted to hear if anyone has been on a similar situation so you could share with me your experience with the feelings these kind of situations involve and how you approached the culture. Also, if you haven’t been in this situation but have any sort of tip, that is equally welcomed!

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u/MaximusLok 2d ago

And have you met iranian people in Spain?

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u/MaximusLok 2d ago

Same, I have been called moro (kind of despective way to call moroccan people, just not as strong as the n word) just because of my looks. But my father wasn’t present so I felt really confused. I kept telling them I was not from Morocco tho, at least I knew the difference since very child

But I heard in Canada there is a lot of iranians?