Los Angeles is home to the largest number of Iranians living outside of Iran. In a city where you can find Iranian restaurants established since the 1980s, there’s Azizam, a casual Persian restaurant in hipster Silver Lake where you might find yourself sitting …

I worked in Inglewood for almost one year. Every time I drove around the area, I remember being amazed by the variety of ethnic businesses and restaurants: Soul food, Jamaican, East African, and even Pakistani.

One of my coworkers was a middle-aged woman who …