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The Man Who Called His People Neanderthals
Prologue — The Voice Behind Him
It happens on a gray Saturday in Austin, in a café that takes coffee more seriously than most countries take elections.
Kian is doing what exiles do when they want to feel normal: pretending to work. A Jupyter notebook open, code cells half-finished, Slack blinking in another tab. He has almost convinced himself this is another weekend in another city when he hears it.
Persian.Loud Persian.Village-heavy Persian.
Two tables behind him.
“Didi Munich ro? Cheghadr crowd! Reza Pahlavi khodesh raft ro stage…”
He doesn’t turn around. The words draw the picture: a sea…
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