“We spent about a year rehearsing the material for the new album,” explains vocalist Hesam Abedini, whose group Sibarg Ensemble features three Iranian musicians and three Americans, who play a fusion ...

Since 2006, this festival has been dedicated to the advancement and promotion of contemporary Persian poetry, hosting an esteemed caravan of poets each year. The 20th edition is scheduled for this ...

Hefez Shirazi, the unique pearl of culture and literature of Iran, is a renowned 14th-century Persian poet who is also celebrated worldwide. October 11 is designated National Hafez Day in the Persian ...

[ spotlight ] This March 20, the first day of spring, families across the United States will celebrate a special type of New Year. They will be joined by people from the Middle East to Asia to the ...

While Nowruz marks the renewal of life and the rebirth of nature, poetry has long been a profound vessel for expressing these very themes—growth, transformation, and the passage of time. This year, ...

Iran has been the land of literature for centuries. Saadi Shirazi is one of the Iranian poets with international fame. His poetry has become popular throughout the world. Being one of the most ...

Malik Muhammad Danish is a young (serving) Pakistani diplomat with a passion for languages and literature —- ‘a polyglot, at home in Urdu, Punjabi, English, Persian, Chinese, and Spanish’. He is an ...

TEHRAN- On February 28, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was martyred in a coordinated attack by Israel and the United States that struck his office in central ...