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Iranian-American youth struggle to define themselves

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Teens at Camp Ayandeh learn how to blend their parents' history and culture with their contemporary lifestyles.
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Ramin Ostadhosseini needed to vent, and this gathering seemed the place to do it.

"I get Raymond, Roman and sometimes Ramen noodles," he told the circle, describing how non-Iranians butcher his name.

This group felt his pain. Here, sprawled out on a manicured lawn at Emory University were dozens of youths attending a weeklong summer camp designed to generate discussion on what it means to be Iranian-American.

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