The young generation meets in public,
but then? Where to go?
Roozbeh
Mirebrahimi, an Iranian-American journalist living in New York City, has
written: “Meanwhile, most of the population is suffering from unemployment,
inflation and rising living costs. Young people, especially, are suffering.”
Navtej
Dhillon and Daniel Egel pointed out: “The lack of decent jobs have forced young
adults to delay marriage. Unmarried men and women between the ages of 25 and 29
have more than doubled over the last two decades. The cultural and religious
restrictions on intimate relationships outside of marriage increasingly
exacerbate a sense of exclusion and frustration.”
At least
the young men were hanging out at the tea houses, which were closed during the
Ahmadinejad administration. There had been a ban on water pipes.
Where does
the young generation meet? They hardly have meeting places. If you’re in
public, you can’t have mixed groups as easily as in the Western world.
I’ve
seen only one place, where only a few young males were hanging out. It has been
in a city near a subway station. Sterile, stone, stagnant, stupid – the place,
where these guys end up getting ideas to spray graffiti.
I’ve
seen another place, quite open, but that’s another story concerning the Maidān-e
Naqsh-e Jahān (میدان نقش جهان), also known as Meidan Emam or Khomeini Square
in Isfahan.
Hanging out at the subway station
Not really a cozy place -
besides the seats are taken by the older generation
I don't know where they're heading,
but I guess it's the best they can do.
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