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The smaller the a...
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more it has to whip itself up into a frenzy. If there’s only one of you, you have to hole up just to keep t...
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hid. They even pretended to be Sunnis if they had to. Nowadays the Muslims who live i...
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the Shiites, and in Oklahoma, they call them the ...
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The main thing to remember is the magic. When people believe something, you can ask them,
How does the magic happen? And what you’re really asking is, What can I do to be happy? For the Shiites, there’s magic
in the bloodline of the Prophet. You still have to submit to the rules of Islam, but it...
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The word for those people is “sayyed.” It means “master,” or “holy one.” An...
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have these lists that go, “Muhammad begat this dude, who begat another dude,...
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So they prove they were begotten by the Prophet. They’re closer to God because they pray to their...
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They’re pure. They get invited to all the best parties. Techn...
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entitled to a tenth of your money. But how many Christians do you know who giv...
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And very technically, sayyedi are the only ones allowed to be presidents—you can tell cause they ...
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of course, in the real world, if you’re powerful you can just say you’re sayyed and ...
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Like if a big guy says he’s good at video games, even though you know you’d gank him, you just keep your mouth shut.
People lie, basically. But who begat you is a question with an answer only
someone else can ...
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You’re born, and when you’re old enough to understand, they tell you whose child you are. You get...
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born again into something—not the world, but the word, the family name. It’s ...
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about you, whose you are. It’s more important than your race or religion. It’s more important than what...
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of
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you that talks to itself so late at night that you’re not eve...
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It’s the concentrated you...
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in a pool of genetic fluids, creative juice, carbonic goo, passions, past mistakes, memories of ...
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sweets, the intense desire to visit Italy, habits, the smell of your fart—all together in a thick maple ...
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Your blood. That’s you. The truest thing about you. To the Shiite Muslims of Iran, the sayyed...
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because the blood in their veins was Muhammad’s, and the blood in his was God’s. Thi...
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that a sayyed would turn away...
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Knowing about yourself, about your family, knowing the name of a grandpa and saying it out loud so he can hear it. It’s probably the
thing kids in Oklahoma treasure most. They hide it, of course, the way you should hide your most valuable thing. But I bet
they walk around with a treasure chest full of clear memories. And the chest has their family name en...
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their chest. The memories are in their heart. Their hearts are full. I bet. Full of something that isn...
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A patchwork memory is the shame of a refugee. I don’t even know if the strange ol...
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relative or something. All I have is her touching my face. The rest...
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How can you explain why you believe anything? So I just say
what my mom says when people ask her. She looks them in the eye with the begging hope
that they’ll hear her and she says, “Beca...
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Why else would she be...
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It’s true and it’s more valuable than seven million dollars in gold coins, and thousands of acres of Persian countryside, and ten years of education to ...
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and a home, and the best cream puffs of Jolfa, and eve...
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My mom wouldn’t have made the tra...
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If you believe it’s true, that there is a God and He wants you to believe in Him and He sent His Son to die for you—then it has to take over your life. It...
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because heaven’s waiting on the...
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That or Sima is insane. There’s no middle. You can’t say it’s a qu...
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sometimes, cause she went all the...
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If it’s not true, she made a gi...
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But she doesn’t t...
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She had all that wealth, the love of all those people she helped in her clinic. They treated her like a queen. She ...
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she’ll
tell you—it’s worth it. Jesus is better.
