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12.9.2025
Daily Journal
Four Holidays, one nation: How America builds belonging
by Abbas Hadjian
11.14.2025
Daily Journal
7 metaphors that transform family law practive
by Abbas Hadjian
7.23.2024
Daily Journal
A roundup of infamous misunderstandings in cultural and professional settings
by Abbas Hadjian
7.23.2024
Daily Journal
A collection of articles regarding cultural competency
by Gitu Bhatia, Psy.D., Linda Bortell, Psy.D., Hon. Firdaus F. Dordi and Abbas Hadjian
3.20.2024
Daily Journal
Culturally Speaking: The Art of Cultural Mediation
by Abbas Hadjian
10.9.2023
Daily Journal
Cultural Divorce, Part XIII: Majority, maturity and marriage
by Abbas Hadjian
9.21.2018
IRMO Kushesh
In IRMO Kushesh (09/21/2018, 4A/D1) the court briefly considered the culture of "male preferred transactions" among the Iranian families.
8.7.2018
"Sneakerheads" at Canter's Deli: Uttering the G-word on Fairfax
10.19.2017
Thousands displaced by Northern California's wildfires now face the region's housing shortage
9.26.2017
A Muslim American's Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis
9.25.2017
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
9.16.2017
NY Times: Amber Tamblyn: I'm Done With Not Being Believed
9.7.2017
The Atlantic: Japan Is No Place for Single Mothers
9.8.2017
NY Times: Finding God in a Hot Slice of Pizza
7.1.2017
NY Times: It's Not Just Mike Pence. Americans Are Wary of Being Alone With the Opposite Sex
11.11.2016
LA Times: More women in Iran are forgoing marriage. One reason? The men aren't good enough
7.31.2016
NY Times: How to Deal With a Foreign Colleague Who Can't Say No
7.30.2016
NY Times: China's Cheating Husbands Fuel an Industry of 'Mistress Dispellers'
3.19.2016
Happy Now Ruz!
Tonight, at 12 seconds past 09:30 PM (PTZ), is the Iranian Tahvil Saal
(Change of the Year), and Now Ruz (New Year)...
9.27.2015
Re MM, a Juvenile Court case out of San Diego
7.27.2015
How Slavery's Legacy Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans
(submitted by Leslie Ellen Shear, Esq.)
6.11.2015
Multiracial in America: Proud, Diverse and Growing in Numbers | Pew Research Center
4.26.2015
N.Y. Times: Online Matchmaking Adds a Twist to Arranged Marriages in India
4.23.2015
Study Says Latinos Respond to Domestic Violence 'Their Own Way' Due to Fear of...
3.15.2015
A Parallel World: Confronting the abuse of many Muslim women in Britain today
1.15.2015
Adolescents in Arab countries: Health statistics and social context
11.09.2014
UNFPA Egypt - FGM/C in Egypt: Prevalence Rate and Prospects
11.6.2014
Without the Headdress, Without Ellie Goulding
11.19.2013
Cultural Appropriation: The Act of Stealing and Corrupting
7.15.2014
Regarding Culture Thieves
11.14.2014
Largest study of gay brothers homes in on 'gay genes'
10.22.2014
Pew Research Center: Internet Harassment is Universal,
Men and Women Face it Differently.
10.16.2014
SPL becomes law in U.K. From December 1, 2014.
"You or your partner can only start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) once the child has been born or adopted. The mother or adopter must..."
10.11.2014
Karva Chauth to be celebrated on October 11
"Karva Chauth, the traditional festival when wives fast for a day for their husbands' wellbeing, will be celebrated on October 11."
10.20.2013
The Global Gender Gap Report 2013
is published by the World Economic Forum. The Global Gender Gap Index 2013 is the result of collaboration with faculty at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
3.12.2010
High divorce rates and teen pregnancy are worse in conservative states than liberal states - CSMonitor.com
Wikipedia: Interracial Marriage in the U.S.