What is it like to be a blogger in Iran?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The number of blogs on Instagram is huge, and everyone is trying to attract subscribers with interesting content. At the same time, now the trend is not emasculated lifeless pictures, but sincere stories that come from the heart. One of these blogs is run by Christina Bošcech, who married a foreigner from an exotic country. The blog "Mom, I'm in Iran" reveals the secrets of this mysterious land, while Christina stands up for the development of tourism and supports Iranian bloggers.

Kristina Bošceh and her husband Mamat / Kristina Bošceh

Christina's acquaintance with her future husband took place in a country no less exotic than Iran, in Japan, where she went on vacation with her friend from her native Khabarovsk. The Iranian Mamat worked in the Land of the Rising Sun and was able to communicate in several languages, including Russian. So a chance meeting in a cafe and a dart battle led to a long love story.

Iranian "dress code" for women

First, Christina flew away from her home for permanent residence in Japan. However, after a few years it became clear that it was necessary to return to her husband's homeland - to the Iranian capital Tehran. But how to live in such conditions? After all, here women are obliged to wear headscarves and tight closed clothes, even in the heat. There are no things familiar to many Europeans, including McDonald’s and Starbucks.

Christina Bošcekh

Despite the first fears, Iran turned out to be a very welcoming and hospitable country. It is customary here to arrange lush feasts with many dishes and stay up late for long conversations.

Kebabs, aromatic crumbly rice with saffron, gorma sabzi, shirazi salad and much more from traditional Persian cuisine are just a small list of what is served in Iran.

To communicate with her husband's relatives, who treated her like her own daughter, Christina began to study the Farsi language. Although the younger generation of Iranians, as it turned out, knows English quite well. In general, young people differ from the mature generation in a freer disposition. For example, here, as well as around the world, TokTok is insanely popular. But Kristina buys youth clothes (ripped jeans and short T-shirts) for her husband's nieces, who take off funny tiktoks, in Russia or in Europe.

Of course, it is still impossible to walk the streets in Iran in this form. However, young girls are already running the risk of dropping their kerchiefs over their shoulders, thus attracting the attention of the police. Some "hooligans" may even be taken to the department to conduct an educational conversation.

Christina successfully combines elements of Russian and Iranian fashion

Kristina is not at all embarrassed by the Iranian "dress code". She realized that she could still dress brightly, experiment with scarves, capes, dresses with long sleeves. The author of the blog "Mom, I am in Iran" successfully combines the Russian Pavlovo Posad shawl and the creations of Tehran designers in his images.

Paradise Island, The Book of Kings and Saffron

In general, Iranian fashion is very interesting and diverse. Representatives of the fashion industry also strive to show the spirit of the liberating woman through individual elements of clothing, and this is impressive. And, of course, it gives hope that changes will soon take place in the country.

Christina and Mamat at a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Russia

Christina herself got an appointment with the Iranian ambassador to Russia, when her hair was dyed pink, but her appearance did not cause a single drop of surprise. All this suggests that the country is gradually becoming more secular. The representatives of the authorities of this country themselves are interested in developing tourism. And this aspect is very important for Kristina in the work of her blog. She has already met with the Minister of Tourism of Iran, received a letter of thanks for the formation of a friendly image of the country. So the Iranians are eagerly awaiting the opening of the borders after the pandemic, like the rest of the world.

Christina and Mamat on the paradise island of Kish

Iran attracts Russian tourists with its ancient Persian culture (it was here that one of the greatest works of world literature "Shahnameh" or "Book of Kings" was born), memorable nature (who knew that in the south of the country there is a paradise island Earth according to The New York Times), unusual cuisine (where you can also try pilaf with cherries).

And Iran is also the birthplace of saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, which, in addition to its bright taste, has immunomodulatory properties, and is literally more expensive than gold. It takes a lot of human labor to collect this spice, which is produced by purple crocus. It blooms for two weeks a year, you need to have time to collect the stamens, which are saffron, at dawn and quickly dry them.

Christina Bošcekh

In general, Iran is just a synonym for quality manual labor. Most of the items sold here are handmade. This applies to both beautiful massive decorations and Persian carpets. So you can safely go shopping in Iran to add a little exoticism and comfort to your home.

How to develop with Instagram?

Christina tries to show all aspects of life in Iran in her blog. By the way, she more than once received tourists in the homeland of saffron, and opened the treasures of this country to our compatriots. So she realized that with the help of Instagram she can develop her travel business, and now she even teaches a course, telling how to succeed in this social network.

Kristina Bošceh / Kristina at a meeting with the Minister of Tourism of Iran

The fact is that recently Instagram has become a showcase for any kind of activity, regardless of whether you make jewelry in your free time or teach children the English language. Christina tells where to get an audience, how to tell future customers about yourself correctly, how to engage users with interesting content, why we need stories and a relatively new tool on Instagram - Reels.

Christina gained all this knowledge thanks to her author's blog. He helped her meet many interesting people, attend meetings with the Minister of Tourism and the Iranian Ambassador, significantly increase her wealth and start enjoying every moment of life.