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| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Actually, not to completely distort the subject of this thread, but Tehran has a huge Western counterculture and is easily one of the more liberal and intellectual cities in the Middle East. Not that the White House would ever acknowledge that. |
I'll agree on the intellectual aspect of Tehran. That's genrally been true for Iran as a whole for generations.
As for liberal, define liberal. Yeah, it might be more liberal when compared to backwards-ass Yemen or Sudan.
Tehran was a lot more liberal up until the 70s.
It's definitely not as liberal when compared to cities like Casablanca and Rabat in Morocco, Manama in Bahrain, Amman in Jordan, Beirut in Lebanon, or Tunis in Tunisia. These are some of the more liberal cities in the Arab world.
Tehran is also not as liberal Dubai in the UAE, Kuwait City in Kuwait, Cairo in Egypt, Doha in Quatar, etc.
If you want liberal cities go to Istanbul and the Turkish Riviera.
Of course the most liberal and intellectual city in the Middle East is Tel Aviv...
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