Moishe Similansky's story "Latifa" and Farnoosh Moshiri's story "The Crazy Dervish and the Pomegranate Tree: A Mystic Tale" both rely on a knowledge of the historical and religious aspects of Palestine and Iran. The impact of the Iranian Cultural Revolution and the Arab-Jewish conflict affected the lives of the characters in many ways, also the religious customs and cultures.
The Iranian Cultural Revolution was the cause of Naroo and the dervish to part ways. When the Black-Flaggers stoned Naroo something came over the dervish, like a young lad he grabbed the rifle and shot the man who str…
