I saw one of the free hugs clips on youtube and absolutely fell in love with the concept. I started to do research on it and found out that it ha been done in about 50 other countries. But none of the clips had any Iranians in it. At the beginning I was told that the project probably would fail because the Iranians wouldn’t be so found to the idea of hugging strangers (especially if the stranger looked like me :p ) .
I went to Westwood to prove everybody the opposite. After 1 ½ hours and 3 hugs later it was proven to me that I was wrong. Devastated by the result I swore to never offer any hugs to Iranians ever again, until 13bedar in O.C when Babak Akhavian convinced me to try it one more time. This time, it was a success!! 152 hugs in 30 minutes!
The people of O.C were amazing and very hug-friendly! With Raha’s amazing touch of sound mixing and editing, “free hugs in O.C” is the project that I’m most proud of. I encourage all Iranians all over the world to go out and spread the love to people with their hugs.
/ Tiam
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1 Mojdeh // Dec 2, 2007 at 6:47 am
fek konam ye nim saati (shayadam bishtar!!!) gerye kardam vaghti ino didam… hanoozam har bar mibinamesh geryam migire chon kheili ehsasatim mikone! makhsoosan ahange shahyar ghabari kheili khoob entekhab shode… merci… kheili jaleb bood… Hugsssssss
2 Danial // Dec 28, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Tiam jaan, I really really enjoyed this video, everyone once in a while i search it up again and watch it just cuz i loved it so much. I look forward to seeing more work like this from you!
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