Hassan Blasim - In art class at school we learned how to draw tanks and soldiers opening fi

In art class at school we learned how to draw tanks and soldiers opening fire at [Iranian leader Ayatollah] Khomeini and his beard. They didn't teach us the names of the flowers that grew around us in the city - wild flowers of all kinds and all colors. The math teacher used to whip the kids with his trouser belt. My father was constantly violent toward my mother for the most trivial reasons.

- Hassan Blasim

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topic: Mother, Teacher, Art, Math Teacher, Khomeini, Art Class