2. Roshan Alemi, Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time there was a girl. Not just any girl, an Iranian-American eight-year-old girl who was about to have her first sleepover. Now, like any other normal eight-year-old girl about to have her first sleepover she was nervous. Very, very, nervous. She didn't want her friends to come and be disappointed. She wanted to make sure they had the best sleepover possible. She had spent hours before cleaning the house, ridding it of anything embarrassing that she didn't want her friends to see. In fact, by the time she's finished, her bedroom had never been cleaner. She had just told her mother that she thought it would be best if they had pizza for dinner instead of khoresht when the doorbell rang.

3. Alireza Nikroo, Stupid Question

Simple. I was brought-up in Orange County, or as I would like to call it, “Persian-Ville.” You would think that the people here would at least know a little bit about Iran. You know, how Iran is developed, how the night-life doesn't compare to that of other metropolitan cities, or how the “hejab” is now a fashion-term. If I spend time to learn your culture, and how Shakespeare was so important, the least that you can do is learn something about Mosleh al-Din Saadi Shirazi. I know. His name is a little hard to drop once-in-a-while at a party, but you can always call him “Mos.”