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Lousy Foreigner
by Hushang M. Payan
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People who have lived in a country other than their own know what it means to be labeled
a "lousy foreigner." This book will make you squirm and swear and laugh and cry. Most
Americans were at one time lousy foreigners.
Lousy Foreigner is the story of a man with the unusual name of Hushang Payan, a man who
came to the United States from Iran in the 1950s to study medicine. His story is unique,
with many wonderful details about Iranian culture and a hundred stories about his study
and practice of medicine.
But it is in many ways the story of every man or woman who finds himself a stranger in
a strange land. To the locals, he is different: he dresses differently; he speaks with
an accent; his tastes and habits don't conform. So all his life, no matter how hard he
works or what he achieves, he encounters mistrust, rejection, obstacles, and discrimination.
He will always be viewed as a foreigner, or even worse, in a phrase which stills stings
his ears, a "lousy foreigner."
This is a story about America and what it means to become an American.
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