Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, starts on the vernal equinox — this year Thursday, March 20 — and is commonly celebrated for 13 days thereafter. The nonreligious holiday, focused on the ...

Marked by a novel approach and presentation, Anisur Rahman’s ‘Essential Ghalib’ features 200 of the great poet’s verses in ...

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 ...

Persian New Year is celebrated in many countries across the world. Here’s everything you need to know, including what to cook ...

Faiz was a powerful binder of all revolutionary spirits, which is not rage but pain. His metaphors were the common product of ...

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

The Nowruz concert will include traditional Iranian music by Iranian soloists and the orchestra led by Carl St.Clair ...

TEHRAN-Hakim Nizami is a poet who has an enduring status and lasting legacy throughout the Persian-speaking lands. With the ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian says the themes of wisdom and love in Nezami’s work continue to echo in the minds of contemporary ...

Georgian filmmakers have maintained a distinct artistic voice': Dasha Borodina discusses the artistic and political development of Georgian cinema.

The poet Nezami Ganjavi, one of the giants of the Persian literary tradition, is the author of the melodic romantic and ...