That's interesting to think about given how large and well-established that diaspora is now.
Off the top of my head: I think after the Revolution it was overhwhelmingly more secular, educated folks who felt the most pressure to flee, right? Plus, selection effects: Who has the resources to get over there? So I would imagine this is a high…
That's interesting to think about given how large and well-established that diaspora is now.
Off the top of my head: I think after the Revolution it was overhwhelmingly more secular, educated folks who felt the most pressure to flee, right? Plus, selection effects: Who has the resources to get over there? So I would imagine this is a highly educated, secular group coming from one sprawling urbane metropolis (which I think Tehran was before the imams took over) to another. So in some senses, lots of geographical and cultural differences, but in another, they had advantages? Just spitballing, but either way that's a pretty far cry from hopping a boat, landing in, like, Greece, and getting all the way to a place like Norway.
This is why the US is doing better generally re integrating Middle Eastern immigrants, compared to Western Europe, right? Because more of them come on work visas..? So they're more likely to be skilled people who came to work and live their lives...?
That's interesting to think about given how large and well-established that diaspora is now.
Off the top of my head: I think after the Revolution it was overhwhelmingly more secular, educated folks who felt the most pressure to flee, right? Plus, selection effects: Who has the resources to get over there? So I would imagine this is a highly educated, secular group coming from one sprawling urbane metropolis (which I think Tehran was before the imams took over) to another. So in some senses, lots of geographical and cultural differences, but in another, they had advantages? Just spitballing, but either way that's a pretty far cry from hopping a boat, landing in, like, Greece, and getting all the way to a place like Norway.
This is why the US is doing better generally re integrating Middle Eastern immigrants, compared to Western Europe, right? Because more of them come on work visas..? So they're more likely to be skilled people who came to work and live their lives...?