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Snacks & Street Food

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By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2011

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“Nighttime in a Palace.” From Shah Tahmasp’s Quintet of Nizami, 1539–43.
Sassan Afsoosi

Facing page: Sixteenth-century street vendors making halva.

Maryam Zandi
My sisters and I loved the street foods of Iran in our childhood. Our parents forbade us to indulge, saying these snacks were unhygienic and could make us sick. But being forbidden naturally made them even more desirable and tasty. Street foods could be found every-where, in front of schools, near cinemas, at busy street corners, and in and around the bazaar.

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