The Welcome Letter.

As someone often times referred to as a unicorn, based on my many rare forms of identity, and the recent developments in my life, I have finally "bitten the built" and decided to start this blog. Unfortunately in this generation, bloggers, fashionistas and talent less reality stars are the role models, icons and idols of the world we live in. While I am not trying to change the world through my blog, I would at least like to make a tiny contribution by opening peoples eyes and minds, especially my peers, on more important social, cultural, political, historical and anthropological issues. With this blog, I hope to take the deep academic issues I read and theorize about and make them plausible subjects for the everyday person to read, learn and engage in. I hope to reflect on my travels and to add to the dialogue of serious issues within my community. Most of all, this blog, as well as my entire academic career and academic future, has always been a means for me to understand my hybrid identity and how it has formed. I believe that many of my peers are in the same boat but never had the opportunity to reflect on such issues and never had the opportunity to be introduced to the incredible literature which has also reshaped my mentality. So! Although I "came out' at age 18, I feel like this is my real coming out, when finally declaring this blog as the window into the mind of a Gay Persian-Arab-American-Jew. Wow that was a lot of hyphens! As I previously mentioned I hope for this blog to open the discussion and mind of others on serious issues, but I also intend to write it journal style as my daily reflections and also include fun educational articles and silly things too. Stay tuned for the Persian (Farsi) for Arabic speakers segment coming soon. In any event, thank you and welcome! Ahla w Sahla, Khosh Amadeed, Merci w Mashkoor!