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“I write about beautiful things.” Multi Published Luxury Lifestyle fashion writer / magazines & Fashion blog

03/26/2023

Azadi sisters reunited for only a few days for Nowruz. We miss you already sis.

03/05/2023

Day 1 with was a foodie and fashion mix, showcasing amazing designers

and brands
Stay tuned for more!

02/26/2023

It’s been 2 years since you left us my dearest Baba.

I think of you every day, usually with a smile because of something funny you had said. I also turn to you for guidance and clarity when life is hard. You were so good with that. It’s like you had a bird’s eye view of things. And then through it all you make me smile again.

You brought laughter and joy to the lives of millions of Iranians. “Ghatebeh” the character you created was so much bigger than you, or one individual, it became part of the Iranian culture, with Ghatebeh fans memorizing all your lines.

Unlike Ghatebeh you were never after making a quick buck, or a fast deal or something that wasn’t aligned with your soul. You didn’t want anything from anyone, you were not about self promotion, yet you left people feeling better because they knew you.

After your unforeseen retirement from TV, cinema and theater because of the Iranian revolution you took up painting. You painted rainbows for as long as I can remember. We’ve grown up with these painting around us, in all your our homes. And just when you left us, the world seemed to explode with rainbows, they are now on coffee mugs, handbags and murals. They’ve became fashionable, yet you had nothing to do with trends. The rainbow was a symbol of beauty to you, of wonder and joy.

You would say that the rainbow or “tirajeh” as you called it, was the universe’s way of showing beauty to us, it was there for all to look at and enjoy. And if now I am in search of beauty in whatever I do and wherever I go, it’s because you planted that seed in my heart.

I miss seeing beautiful things with you Baba, sharing artwork or music, shopping, walking through department stores smelling perfumes, going to Art Basel, exploring antique stores in London, buying fresh bread in Germany, drinking margaritas in Laguna Beach, going out in South Beach, watching and analyzing the human psyche while watching “Befarmeed Sham”. Always curious, always learning.

I miss you Baba, I get so happy when you appear in my dreams. Please come more often. I know you were there last night. Stay close. Until we meet again 🌈

12/24/2022

Merry Xmas! 🎄💫❤️

11/29/2022

Freedom, Azadi, Liberté.

11/24/2022

Light/Noor 💡
By Nozar Azadi 2017
Acrylic on canvas.

11/16/2022

“When it comes to real estate, luxury is freedom, communication is key, knowledge is power and trust is everything.” SA

The stars have aligned and I’ve teamed up with Coldwell Banker Newport Beach.

But then there’s the question of a good headshot. Here’s one of mine taken by the super talented Dasha .

We took these photos a few minutes away from my home, overlooking the glistening blue waters of Newport Beach, across from a road I travel to and from every day.

I told her I’d like to look like “me”. I’d like to look and dress like myself. She knew the vibe I wanted. I also knew I wanted the photos taken outdoors, somewhere familiar, and not in a studio. She understood perfectly. Then she made it happen.

I forgot to add authenticity, let’s add that to the list too. Authenticity is intangible factor that makes a difference in everything we do!

I will keep you posted and can’t wait to share more.

11/13/2022

This quote is everything.

10/30/2022

This is what Iranian women looked like 60 years ago.

My mother (top right) and her older sister Shahdokht Dowlatshahi.

They had tailor-made custom red silk shirts and grey tweed suits made them for which they wore with matching shoes and choker necklaces.

My mother vividly remembers wearing lipstick for the photo shoot at Homayoun Photography, Sepha Street, Kermanshah, Iran.

We must never forget our past, to ensure we have a better future.

The women of Iran, you are fighting for your future. We are watching you and will continue to be your voice. We may be far from you but we feel your heartbeat like it’s our own. Women and men around the world are watching you and supporting you. You are brave, you are strong and you will not be silenced.

10/21/2022

One of my favorite photos of Shahbanou, Farah Pahlavi wearing colorful Kurdish clothes with young girls in Lorestan province.

Jin, Jiyan, Azadi

10/03/2022

My forte has always been fashion. That’s what I know best. But right now it’s hard for me to write about fashion when I see so many young people in my country of birth, in Iran out on the streets protesting, getting arrested and fighting against an oppressive autocratic government.

I was lucky I wasn’t raised there. I didn’t have to wear a mandatory headscarf at the age of 7. I didn’t have to hide or be fearful of going out with my college friends or get arrested because I was partying.

I didn’t have to fear being worth half of a man not in my home but worse, in the eyes of the law. Where a divorced woman fears giving up her children and a husband can take another legal “temporary” wife without any repercussion.

As an Iranian born woman now watching from afar the young women being imprisoned, killed, silenced fighting for their basic rights, freedom of expression and freedom of speech, freedom to live the way they want without threats or violence. Burning their headscarves is the tip of the iceberg.

This is no different that every other atrocity that happens in the world. But the only difference here is we are not seeing it on the mainstream media. We share, and post within our bubble, our Iranian community but we need to share this beyond our community for the world to know.

These women are no different than any other women that we supported, when they needed us to amplify their voices. It’s now time to support the women of Iran. To be their voice.

With all the odds against them, Iranian women are among the most educated in the Middle East, it’s the government that wants to oppress them and silence their powerful voices. Well they’ve had enough.

My hope is that one of these young people from that are from that soil, from those murky waters, will rise up like a lotus flower to be a leader, which is what they need.

Don’t you think we should support them?

Woman, Life, Freedom. Zan Zendeghi. Azadi.

(My last name Azadi means freedom in Persian.)

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09/29/2022

Throughout history, spanning generations, different cultures and religions women have been told what they should and shouldn’t do with their hair.

A young Kurdish woman was recently beaten to death by the “morality police” in Iran because she was showing her hair.

This has caused outrage in Iran and across the globe. In support of the women of Iran and their basic human rights men and women have been cutting their hair. Their slogan is “woman, life, freedom.”

During times of grief and mourning Kurdish women would often cut their long locks and wrap their hair around their wrists.

Hair has always been associated with a woman’s outer beauty, sexuality and her external measure. In every culture hair is either a virtue or a vice, or both.

In the Sikh religion men and women are forbidden to cut their hair. In Islam women are forbidden to show their hair. Buddhist monks often shave their hair. Rastafarans keep their hair in dreadlocks. Some Hasidic Jewish women shave their heads and wear wigs instead. In Christianity nuns cover their hair. The list is fascinating, complex and goes on.

What you decide to do with your hair should be a choice, a personal choice you made like what you do with any other part of your body.

Women in Iran and around the world need the freedom to make their own choices in every aspect of their lives. That includes our hair, our uterus and our hearts.

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