Rebecca Sassouni shares her family’s recipe for halva, a beloved dessert that honors both cultural roots and cherished ...

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

Azerbaijanis in Iran, like many other non-Persian ethnic minority groups living under the Islamic Republic, face repression ...

Amir Nojan is a world-renowned setar player whose San Jose apartment doubles as a museum showcasing rare Iranian instruments.

Arts are embedded and integral in every culture, in our spiritual practices and in our community traditions. When we talk ...

The week concluded with a ceremony attended by Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. While official ceremonies such as these ...

Sense of Persia, an event directed by Sima Ahvaz that showcased Persian culture, was held for the third time in Dubai (Feb. 21 — 22) in Alserkal Avenue. It was dedicated to the exploration and survey ...

Festival organizers called Nowruz a “universal moment of rebirth and renewal,” a cultural welcoming of spring.