Shaya Tayefe Mohajer

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Writer based in LA, news editor at Take Part.

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When you see one of those massive homes with columns looming over small bungalows in L.A., you can see how they could be described as the Hummers of homes.

Persian Palaces: expressions of Iranian culture

When you see one of those massive homes with columns looming over small bungalows in L.A., you can see how they could be described as the Hummers of homes.

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