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Walking
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
18 posts | 1 read | 2 to read
Saladin Khourdi has always known he will leave Iran. He spends his days in the cinema, dreaming of Hollywood stars in swimming pools. For his older brother, Ali, Iran is their home, their history. But both will have to leave, when the 1979 revolution leads to a killing in their mountain village. For both, there is a question of how far they will go, weighing the danger of return against the danger of continuing. Laleh Khadivi's novel moves fluidly through time, and from the Khourdi brothers to the broader chorus of the Iranian diaspora, to create a stunning sense of a people caught between the ancient and the modern, tossed by political currents. In the story of Saladin and Ali, she explores the tension in all immigrants, the attachment to the place they must leave, and the dreams in the places they land.It is, at last, Saladin alone who touches down in Los Angeles. He is hungry, and homeless, but he is not invisible-the city is unexpectedly heated with hate as the hostage crisis unfolds back in Iran. Los Angeles means avoiding confrontation while searching for work, counting coins and collecting sand in his shoes. But as Saladin slowly makes connections in this new place, he must determine whether home can be made anew.
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Kshakal
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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A great hike with two of my favorite ladies this morning!! #healthgoals

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Kshakal
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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A great day to get our sweat on!!

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Cuilin
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Down the rail trail today. 2 miles down, 2 miles back.
#Litsybitsy

🎧 Persuasion BBC radio play

runswithscissors007 Gorgeous! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!! I‘m at work! Non walking for me! 4y
Mtroiano Nice view! 4y
mcctrish Sun is shining here finally 🏃🏻‍♀️ 4y
batsy Wow, that's a beautiful sight 💚 4y
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Cuilin
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Today‘s #Litsybitsy walk picture. He‘s holding a bar of soap, reminding the neighborhood to wash their hands.

🚶🏼‍♀️4 miles

🎧 Jane Austen‘s Emma by the BBC (you can get the entire collection for 1 credit on Audible #pemberlittens)

mcctrish That‘s funny and cute! It is raining here so I‘m probably not walking anywhere 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cool!!! It‘s been raining ☔️ here!! 4y
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suzie.reads
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Got these two numpties walking with us today 😊 Lovely 5 mile walk in the sunshine 👣🍂☀️ #bfcr4

Nute Nice! 4y
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suzie.reads
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Lovely 5 mile autumn walk with my mum ☀️👣🍁 Loving half term 🧡
#bfcr4

Tanisha_A Looks great! 😍 4y
suzie.reads @Tanisha_A was really nice, lucky to have such lovely walks on my doorstep 😊 4y
wanderinglynn Beautiful view! 💚 4y
suzie.reads @wanderinglynn it really is can see the whole of Liverpool from up there 🙂 4y
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bookandcat
Walking | Laleh Khadivi

#bfc #bfcr3 #bookfitnesschallenge #teamnamastepositive @wanderinglynn

Week 2 goals
✅ 2 books/wk (6)
✅ 59.5k weekly steps
✅ 210 active minutes
✅ under cal. count 5/7 days

Week 2 of round 3 went better than expected, but it was tough to get in steps some days and I am still trying to make them up (6k to go to make it). UPDATE: MADE IT!

@meaw_catlady @Airykah13 @BlameJennyJane @Minispok @ness @Peddler410 @Econaghan @Lucy_Anywhere

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 A great week! 5y
Lucy_Anywhere Well done 👏 5y
Minispok Awesome job! 5y
Meaw_catlady Yay!! Keep up the great work! You inspire me with going for those steps even to the last minute! 👏💕 5y
BlameJennyJane Exciting! Love the update! 5y
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Bookwormjillk
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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#bfc day two check in. Not a lot of reading today, but hit my steps goal and am about to take my vitamins.

My parents are in town so we took the kids to soccer and explored some local wetlands.

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 I love exploring wetlands—you always see such interesting wildlife. 💚 5y
BookwormAHN Nice job 👏🏻 5y
dariazeoli Great! Did you name that frog, or am I the sole weirdo who does that with wildlife? 😂 5y
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Slajaunie I think he should be named Greg. I actually love frogs! My classroom is frogs and I collect them. @dariazeoli (edited) 5y
Bookwormjillk @dariazeoli @Slajaunie my friend suggested Fernando. @wanderinglynn I was amazed at how much was going on in there! 5y
Slajaunie Nature is amazing! 5y
Kaye Good job. Good find also. 🐸 5y
BethM Look at your confetti! Woot! 5y
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TheEllieMo
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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It‘s almost 7pm on day 2 of the #BookFitnessChallenge; today‘s step goal achieved and one book read in its entirety since the challenge started. #BFC

Week 1 steps: 35,664/105,000
Books: 1/9

Nu-Bibliophile 👍👍 5y
TheSpineView Way to go! 5y
cobwebmoth Nice! 5y
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Emilymdxn Amazing! 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 5y
Caterina Fantastic! That's a lot of steps! 🙌 5y
dariazeoli You‘re rocking it! 🙌🏻 5y
VanChocStrawberry Impressive! that's a LOT of steps! 5y
Kaye ✨✨✨✨💕 5y
CoverToCoverGirl That‘s some serious stepping! Way to go! 👊 5y
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DivineDiana
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Thanks to Litsy and specifically @kaye , I went for a neighborhood audio walk on this frigid day. This community inspires me daily! #Litsywalkers

Kaye Good for you Diana. It‘s not too bad getting out for a brisk walk. Does you some good. It clears the cobwebs out of my head. 😁 5y
DivineDiana @kaye I wore my snow boots and walked carefully. Not all walkways are cleared, so I took my time. ❄️ 5y
Kaye Yep, gotta watch for some of those slick patches. I‘m hoping it will get warm enough to melt it off the sidewalks for easier walking. 5y
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Redwritinghood Nice! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
DivineDiana @Redwritinghood Thank you! 🙂 5y
DarcysMom Looks like you got a good walk in. 👍👟👟 5y
DivineDiana @DarcysMom It was a start! 🚶‍♀️👍🏻❤️ 5y
Bklover 👏👍👏👍 5y
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Deblovestoread
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Day 1 It was a 3 out of 5 walk... Dizzy and I walked to the park and I didn‘t get bombed by the gaggle of geese circling overhead. It was not an audio walk as I forgot my earphones and after downloading the WalktheDog app recommended by @Soubhiville I forgot to start it. I did remember to take some pics...love the hint of spring peeking out. Thanks for the inspiration @kaye and everyone else who is a #Litsywalkers

Kaye It‘ll take you a few trues to get your equipment handy and ready to go. My earbuds are hanging on my doorknob with my keys. I keep my iPod charged with a book downloaded. My apps don‘t need clicked to start them so I don‘t have to do that. You‘ll get the hang of it and do great. Watch and see. I see green stuff blooming already ! Gosh, and sunshine. Looks great 👍🏼 5y
Soubhiville Aw, love the ducks! Your pup looks cozy in the jacket 💙. I‘m about to leave for my walk right now. (edited) 5y
DarcysMom Looks like you had a great walk, despite the technical difficulties. 😁 5y
Butterfinger Thank you for accepting me in the #jb group and sending me my card. I'll send one to you soon. 5y
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Samplergal
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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I went to a new park today for my walk, and look what I came upon! It needs a little love so I think I‘ll go back and do some cleaning and organizing. #littleLibrary

BookNerd9906 Aww ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
LiteraryAries There‘s a couple around my neighborhood! I‘m always picking something up and dropping something off 📚 6y
TiredLibrarian I wanted to do this with an old newspaper vending machine near me, but before I could claim it, someone else hauled it off for scrap metal! Such a waste. Love to see this, though! 6y
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Sha0102
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Walking morning at Ibirapuera's park. No reading today. (at the park 😆)

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emilyhaldi
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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The amazing @MatchlessMarie is doing a birthday giveaway!🎉
I can't say that I read in that many weird places, but I do have a bad habit of reading while walking, which probably isn't the smartest move on the streets of NYC 🤷🏻‍♀️
#MMturns29

jbhops I do that, too! 6y
BarbaraBB I love it when I see people reading while walking! 6y
mrozzz Hahahahah no worries I do it too 😁 I'll typically stop walking if I need to do something on my phone, but keep going if I'm reading 6y
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Reviewsbylola In second grade I had to give Mom and dad an interview about their reading habits. I still remember that dad said his favorite place to read was in the car. This was before audiobooks were a thing. 🤔 6y
emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola so funny the memories that stick with you. I️ wonder how often he was actually reading in the car? 🤔🤔🤔 6y
Reviewsbylola It‘s very curious. That is literally the only thing I remember from that interview. 6y
Mdargusch That can‘t be true @Reviewsbylola I‘ve never seen him read in the car. He probably listened to cassette tapes. 6y
Reviewsbylola I figured it wasn‘t true but I swear that‘s what he said. 😂😂 @Mdargusch 6y
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britt_brooke
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Went for a gorgeous walk with my mom this morning. 😍 It's my grandpa, her dad, who is sick. He's doing a little better, but the best hope is that he can go home again. Not sure how much time he has left. 😔

haanim Sending good thoughts to your family 💜 7y
LauraBeth So sorry to hear 💔I hope he gets to come home 7y
DGRachel I'm so sorry. {{hugs}} to you all 7y
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shanebeth beautiful. sending good thoughts. 💛✨ 7y
Sarah83 So sorry for that 😥 7y
Kalalalatja So sorry to hear that! Sending lots of thoughts 💚💚 7y
Melissa_J Sending you a big hug. 7y
mrozzz Ugh so sorry 😣 Enjoy the time you have 💜 7y
KarenUK Sending love 💕.. so sorry... 7y
merelybookish Hugs! ❤️ 7y
CoverToCoverGirl 😔so sorry...💕 7y
MaureenMc 💗💗 7y
laurieluna Sending love, hugs and thoughts your way. ❤ x 7y
Jas16 Sending love 7y
OrangeMooseReads You are in my thoughts 7y
batsy 😔 Much love to you and your family. 7y
LiteraryinLawrence 💜💜 7y
JacqMac Hope he makes it home. 💕 7y
MicheleinPhilly I'm very sorry to hear that. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts. ❤️ 7y
TrishB Sorry to hear 💜 7y
LauraBrook I'm so sorry. Looks like a lovely spot for a walk. 7y
Melkyl I am sorry 💕 7y
Eyelit 💚💚💚 7y
Sharpeipup Hugs to all. 7y
AmandaL Sorry. 💕 7y
Lmstraubie 💕💕💕 7y
Bookzombie I'm so sorry to hear that. Big hugs to you and your family. 💗 7y
JenP I'm sorry to hear that. My thoughts are with you 7y
silentrequiem Hugs. Sorry to hear. 7y
ErikasMindfulShelf Sorry to hear that. 💕💕 7y
Laura317 😞so sorry. 💕💕 7y
cobwebmoth *hugs* 7y
RealBooks4ever more *hugs* 💜 7y
vivastory I'm sorry to hear that. My thoughts are with your family. 7y
Redwritinghood Sorry to hear that. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 7y
BarbaraBB 🙏 Sending good vibes your way! 7y
MrBook Oh no! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 7y
Bette 🙏🙏❤️💙💜 7y
Dragon So sorry to hear that, positive energy heading your way 💕🌈 7y
minkyb Sorry to hear this. 7y
britt_brooke @minkyb Thank you 💚 7y
Librariana I'm so sorry I'm only now seeing this 😔 Sending you all continued strength and resilience during this time. 💜 I hope he is able to come home soon... able to feel a little better. 7y
britt_brooke @Librariana Thanks so much! 💚 7y
RohitSawant So sorry to hear. Sending positive thoughts your way. 7y
britt_brooke @rohit-sawant Thank you 💚 7y
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MrBook
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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@BookBabe and I are walking to the B&N now 😆! Not exactly a yellow brick road, but we'll take it 😉👍🏻. Some parts of Philly are gorgeous. #PhillyMeetUp

Theresa Damned by faint praise - "some" parts of Philly are gorgeous ??? 7y
MrBook @Theresa Lol! Well, I've been to some parts of Philly that...weren't good 😆. Just like everywhere else. 😊 7y
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PNWBookseller85
Walking | Laleh Khadivi
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Taking some of his first steps in a bookstore. #bookishbabysteps

Alfoster Awwww👏👏😍! 7y
ReadingEnvy 🤗🤗🤗 7y
Beckys_Books Gotta get to those books even if it means walking! 7y
asiriusreader 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉 so cute!! 7y
minkyb 😍😍😍 7y
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