And I'm from...

Darius is teaching economics at the American University of Beirut. Nazy asked him about living in Lebanon.

“It’s tricky Mom. They don’t like Americans, so I told a colleague that you were from Iran. But, he was Sunni and didn’t like the Shi’a sect..”

“That’s a problem,” I interjected.

“Then I told them that Dad had family ties to Denmark,” Darius replied.

“Didn’t someone publish anti-Islam cartoons in Denmark?” I asked.

“Exactly! So I told them that you both lived in Switzerland.”

“But – Switzerland just passed an anti-minaret referendum.” I could see where this was headed.

“I didn’t think of that Dad. I was scrambling. I told them that we all grew up in Holland.”

“Didn’t Theo van Gogh make an anti-Islamic movie in Holland?” I replied. “Just before a lunatic killed him,” I thought.

“Well, yes. I decided to change the subject. I told him that I was going to Thailand for vacation.”

“I think there’s a government crackdown on an Islamic separatist movement..”

“I know, Dad. I know! As I was pondering, the call to prayers rang out and…”

“He left?”

“Yep.”

Darius likes an international lifestyle. The photo above is of Darius on the Berlin Wall - or what was left of it - in 1989.