In 'The Invisible Sun', translator Sholeh Wolpé offers an introduction to the poetry of Attar, 12th century Sufi poet who ...

Featuring the verses of 12th-century Sufi poet Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé and published by HarperCollins, 'The ...

1. Rejection of the Religious/Worldly Divide: Al-Ghazālī rejects separating sciences into “religious” and “worldly.” All knowledge serving humanity or fulfilling essential worldly functions is part of ...

Awadh's rich history is incomplete without its powerful Begums. From Sadr-i-Jahan's influence across three Nawabs to Begum Hazrat Mahal's fierce defen ...

Omar Khayyam was a Persian polymath who lived during the 11 th and 12 th centuries AD. During his time, Omar was a reputed scholar. He was especially known for his scholarly work in the fields of ...

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Iran has been in the news for all the worst reasons in recent times. It’s as if the echoes of Paul E. Erdman’s sensationally titled study, The Crash of ’79, that heralded the fall of the short-lived ...

When Hamid Hemat accepted a curatorial post at Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum in 2022, the refugee from Kabul, Afghanistan, was surprised by what he found. The Wadsworth is the oldest public art ...

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The revered painter, often considered the father of modern Iranian painting, rests beside the tomb of Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim (c. 1145 – c. 1221), better known by his pen-names Farid ud-Din and ...