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humosity

An example conversation

From a single curious question to two people staying in touch — here's the whole arc, in one flow.

Conversation
Growing up in Isfahan
Matched · a private conversation about daily life and identity
You write in Farsi. They write in English — everything's translated both ways.
Sarah
What's something people always get wrong about wearing a burkha day to day?
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Leila
Mostly that it's forced on all of us the same way — for me it's a choice, and honestly I barely sweat it day to day.
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"barely sweat it" may not translate precisely
Sarah
That's really interesting — do most of your friends make the same choice, or is it more split?
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Leila
Pretty split, honestly. My best friend doesn't cover at all and nobody thinks twice about it.
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Sarah
Do you feel like people abroad only ever see the strict version, and never these everyday personal choices?
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3 questions in — introducing Sarah
S
My name is Sarah. I live in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Leila
Oh wow, what's it like living in Ohio?
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3 answers in — introducing Leila
L
My name is Leila. I live in Isfahan, Iran.
Random fact about me: I once climbed to Everest base camp.
Favorite movie: Life of Pi.
Sarah
Ha, it's pretty quiet compared to Isfahan I'd imagine — mostly cornfields and Friday night football games, but I love how much the seasons actually change here.
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Leila
Honestly cooking is my whole personality some weeks.
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Sarah
Ha, same — I could talk about food for hours.
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You mentioned cooking's your thing — want to share a photo from your Cooking album?
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Shared from "Cooking"
Wrap up this conversation

Wrapping up?

No pressure — you can pick this back up anytime.

Thanks for sharing that with me — this was lovely.
I'd like to stay in touch Sarah asked too — you both said yes.
Conversation ended
Sarah now understands what it's like to make a personal choice about wearing the hijab in Iran, and how differently that choice is treated even among friends there. Leila explained what her day-to-day life actually looks like, beyond the headlines.

Sarah and Leila are about 6,650 miles (10,700 km) apart. Today they connected and grew a little in their humanity — and that's amazing. The world became a little better because Sarah and Leila took the time to talk.

You and Sarah are now a Ty.