Shabnam Curtis

Shabnam Curtis was born and raised in Tehran, experiencing the Iranian Revolution of 1979 firsthand. In 2004 she immigrated to the United States, where she now works as a project analyst and a passionate writer. She teaches memoir writing workshops in public libraries. Her articles have been published on Views & News, The Canadian Business Daily, and Eat, Darling, Eat network.

The Flavor of Ice Cream

One June day of my freshman year/ninth grade, in 1985, I needed a break from studying. My mother suggested we go out for ice cream to Tajrish Circle. Tajrish, a shopping area on the skirt of the mountains in the northern part of Tehran, was a favorite place for my mother and me to wander, especially for window shopping and mouthwatering snacks. My father disagreed.
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