Boos by B, Manhattan, NY (2026)

11/30/2021

the holiday season in a persian household = dressing up, eating pomegranates and aash, reading hafiz poetry, dancing, and making sure no one cheshms you with negativity. 21 days to yalda; 21 days to the winter solstice, 21 days to the longest and darkest night of the year🌞🌛🍉🧿📜

07/01/2021

dokhtar collection, aka collection. inspired by the lack of disney (or pop culture) representation of iranian women, hoping we can normalize what it means to be an iranian girl through art, dance, culture, poetry, and stories.

05/17/2021

Contentment (Santosha) was one of my most favorite things I learned in my yoga teacher training (shoutout to ‘s incredible instructors). It hit me this year. I have always been the bubbliest, most positive, full of energy person in the room. I always felt like people expected that same enthusiasm at the start of every virtual meeting, but where was this coming from? How does one reply to a “how are you?” during a pandemic, coming to terms with the reality of police brutality, racism, continued injustices in the world, and the normal health and personal life challenges we face?

When I search for answers I pray, meditate, and practice yoga. It had been months since I had given myself the space to practice at home, and I finally just propped up the laptop and rolled out my mat. Peak pose hit me and it was Eagle 🦅. I love Eagle but it had been a while, and my balance was off. With focused breath and little hesitation, I loosened the leg cross and propped my toes to the mat. I accepted that moment and felt genuinely at ease with every part of me. Today, I finally feel normal feeling and saying that I am “content”.

Practicing Santosha on the mat made me recognize how I speak to myself. I noticed when my worry for perfection spun my stomach into knots; I don’t need to strive for something else all the time. All I need is to be perfectly content with everything I already have within me. I am content knowing that with each inhale I am at my best, and with each exhale I am letting go of everything else.

I am that much lighter knowing contentment, and I hope a piece of this brings you contentment. Happy new week ahead. 🙏🏽☀️

05/02/2021

My faith has always been a huge part of me. I grew up memorizing prayers in Persian, Arabic, and English. I went to 19 day community feasts, where we would say prayers, sing songs (quietly because it was in the middle east and religious events can’t be made known), and read letters about service and community from our Spiritual Assemblies and Universal House of Justice.

I always knew I had secrets about my identity, because if certain people knew about me - I could face a very grave consequence.

I’ve been studying humanitarian aid since 2009. It’s hard for me to talk about issues I am personally connected to, because there are SO many violations to human rights in this world. What I realize though, is that people know what they seek to know or what’s presented to them. Sometimes it’s genuine ignorance (I hope to believe this more) - other times it feels like it’s a clout based interest in the hottest human rights crisis of the year that get the attention of donors, governments, NGOs, and our community. This is dangerous, and as a public health person we fight for prevention because we know when the issue has progressed into something that has to be treated we’ve already lost people we could’ve saved and/or we have already lost people to morbidity that will impact them and their community for a long time.

The wrongful imprisonments and torture of Baha’is in Iran has been going on since the faith was born in the 1800s. Today, 2021, we have little to no news coverage by media showcasing the mass incarceration of innocent Bahá’í’s. The government continues to rub salt into our deep and old wounds by releasing a statement that Bahá’í’s can go ahead and start digging graves for these Bahá’í’s who have been tortured in captivity now for 20+ years and recently executed. This has to stop, and I realize I have to keep speaking and sharing with you so you know. We can’t stay quiet.

04/20/2021

On this beautiful first day of the Bahai festival of Ridvan, we rise just a bit higher. All people of all backgrounds and identifies are hugging in the park, taking one small breath forward to justice today. Derek Chauvin has been convicted guilty on all 3 charges. New York on the top of her toes taking a sigh of relief for accountability. It doesn’t stop now. The journey has just started, and we will keep fighting for love, unity, equality, and justice. I will continue to stand with my black brothers and sisters, and all of the rest of the community of people who are victims of the epidemic of racism and prejudice. We won’t stop until we see true love, peace, unity, and a world of genuine kindness and humanity.🗽

03/20/2021

Nowruz Mobarak to all my Iranian, Afghani, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish, and other MENA & SWANA friends celebrating 🎊 May this New Year be full of good health, community, and love 💕 Let’s continue shaping a world of peace and unity, free of prejudice and discrimination. #1400

02/04/2021

My name is Mae, a name that can be pronounced by Americans as well as Middle Easterners. My parents picked Mae for that very reason. Mae is used as a term to describe an intoxicating drink of love, a metaphor of a feeling - ironically, my family abstains from alcohol so it’s funny to basically be named after a “mystical wine”. Mae West is an American actress, and that’s the spelling that inspired the “e” in Mae. I speak Farsi fluently, and used to speak Arabic and French but erased that from my brain when I moved to the US. A few months after moving here in 2001, 9/11 happened. Trying to blend in and “whitewash” ourselves as much as possible was the plan, to stay safe. I only spoke metric system and had a British accent from being a part of a British primary school education system in the UAE, so I stayed very quiet when I first came to America. I mimicked TV characters on Disney Channel, so I could hone my voice to become “acceptable” by my classmates and neighbors. I am trying to remember my culture as much as possible and celebrate being Iranian American; I speak Farsi every-time I talk to my grandparents and I listen to Persian music 🎶 and cook persian food at home. I read ‘s book 📚 Everything Sad is Untrue (everyone should read it)! Last fact, I love laser hair removal and am slightly traumatized from being the only girl in 6th grade who wore shorts and had dark hair all over her legs - so don’t ask me if laser hair removal is painful, because any pain was worth blending in.

01/20/2021

Refugees welcome, always: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

01/12/2021

Sunshine in Dubai is refuge •
Journal Exercise: what does refuge mean to you? Is it a feeling? Is it a place, a person? ☀️

01/07/2021

Being uncomfortable is the only way to get stronger. Yesterday we learned that we must unite for a shared commitment to being just, loving, peaceful, and kind human beings. Today, we use our strength to take bold and uncomfortable actions - and the actions will not stop. Tomorrow, we continue rising with our diverse community of brothers and sisters for the betterment of humanity. “All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to stay quiet”. Meditate and pray hard, but use your voice and take action. 🙏🏽 In loving-kindness and solidarity, boos 💋 mae

01/05/2021

Yoga’s evidence-based benefits are not a secret. Movement married with breathing ignites the parasympathetic nervous system 🧠 (PNS). When PNS lights up, your body can focus on routine mechanisms that support healthy digestion, circulation, and you are overall a relaxed being. p.s. i’ve had my lulu mat for 7 years and it has given my body the foundation ive always needed to connect with my mat. Loving your mat matters: Science or not, loving the time you spend with your mat is going to get you flowing more than you may be now - so get one you love 💕 . 🙏🏽🧘🏻‍♀️🐶😌

01/02/2021

New year, new love 💕 for the culture and ancestors that make up my spirit. 2020 gave us forced pause to reflect, but also a fueled push to stand up, speak up, and embrace our diverse identities. ——— a global collective movement to create race unity, social justice, and equality requires more than acceptance. We need to be prepared to understand the prejudice and discrimination people face, take on their identity, and stand next to our brothers and sisters in solidarity for fundamental human rights and unity. 🗺 This world is beautiful. It’s beautiful because of our differences. Commit to the uncomfortable; break from the bubble of comfort and safety to take a peek into the beautiful people and places of this world. 🙏🏽 ————————— I promise to be here for questions, conversations, meditation, and learning - free of judgement. ———- xx boos boos 💋 mae

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