Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]
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Persian Language in the Court of Ottomans
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The Book of Kings on the Cyber
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No book in Persian history has been more inspiring and culturally popular than Shahnameh- The Book of Kings. [caption id="attachment_87" align="alignright" w...
Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil MetropolisIn its summer 2018 issue (287), Middle East Report published articles on the sources of displacement, dispossession, and loss found throughout urban areas in th...
“Until we leave this plain of sin and pride…” Attar’s Conference of the BirdsFarid-ad-Din Muhammad Attar (1145-1220) is one of the three pillars of Persian Sufi literature. Sana’i Ghaznavi, who for the first time, exerted love poetry to ...