“Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf’s, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway’s. Barcelona is Gaudí's and Rome is da Vinci’s. You see them in every crevice and hear their echoes in every cathedral. I’d like to be the child, or rather, the mother of a city but I neither have a home nor a resting place. My race is humankind. My religion is kindness. My work is love and, well, my city is the walls of your heart.”

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About Kamand Kojouri

Kamand Kojouri is an Iranian-American writer and educator. She is known for her thoughtful essays on cultural identity, migration, and the intersections of personal and political experience. Her work often explores the complexities of belonging between worlds.

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