زمان خواندن 6 دقیقه *** The story of Rasool, Russell, Russ, Ross ... !!! (There is an issue with typing English in a blog that the default language is set to Persian, sorry if formatting is not correct) When I was born, my family decided to put Rasool as my name, a semi-religious and mostly Arabic (and less Persian) name meaning The messenger (from God or someone else like a king, etc!). Since a teenager, I didn't like the religious taste of my name but changing names was not an option in my culture so I accepted it. Immigrated to Canada after 33 years of living and quickly noticed that my name is very important here. When people want to know and communicate with you they start with your first name, back in Iran with a less individualistic society family name was more important and the first name was just for close friends and family. Soon noticed some research and statistics also proves that name is a key factor in getting a job and survive here. The resea...
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