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It’s normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic. Farah Diba
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It’s normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic. Farah Diba
Of course, I didn’t become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn’t destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries. Farah Diba
Some Iranian doctors from Europe and America go to Iran and operate for free or teach medical students there. The other day, I met a gentlemen who is helping to protect wildlife in Iran. It’s good that many of them don’t forget about their country. It’s important. Farah Diba
You have to judge everybody on balance, all the positives and all the negatives. In the life of my husband, I think the positives outweigh the negatives. Farah Diba
I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new. Farah Diba
There are many Iranians working at NASA. One of the engineers involved with the spaceship that went to Mars is an Iranian. Farah Diba
You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you. Farah Diba
I remember I went to an exhibition somewhere and one of the artists, an Iranian lady, said, \”I wish we had somewhere that our paintings would stay forever.\” So this idea came to me. I said, \”She’s right, we should have a place to keep them, and not only Iranian art works, but also of … Read more
Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression. Farah Diba
In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country. Farah Diba