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The Persian winter solstice tradition of Yalda pairs perfectly with Hanukkah
A proponent of the Iranian tradition says she can no longer imagine celebrating Hanukkah without poetry or Yalda without ...
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literary notes: Goethe and Iqbal: century edition of Payam-i-Mashriq
was inspired by Persian’s great poet Hafiz Sherazi’s poetry. The title page of Payam-i-Mashriq said that it was in reply to ...
227 years of Mirza Ghalib: How the mystic poet rethought the concept of ‘man’ in his couplets
In one of his Persian Ghazals, Ghalib awakens man to his essence – the essence which is atemporal and transcends the limits ...
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Tips: What's the Best Time to Travel to Iran?
With mountains like the Zagros and Alborz ranges, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Lut Desert, and lush landscapes in the ...
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The Persian winter solstice tradition of Yalda pairs perfectly with Hanukkah
They’d share the last of their red summer fruits and read the poetry of Hafez, whose words illuminated ... In much the way that Nowruz, the Persian new year, coincides with Passover, I can ...
The Daily Star4d
‘Je Jole Agun Jole’ was first published under the title ‘Kar Ki Noshto Korechilam’
Helal Hafiz was born in Netrokona, a paradise where beels, haors, clouds, and hills converge. It was in this heavenly place that the poet spent his childhood, adolescence, and the early days of ...
The Daily Star4d
One who stands alone in the crowd
Poetry immerses the dead soul and Spring ushers in the all the damp and dull roots of poetry. With juicy and joyous pain -embracing all wrecked lurid promises-a poet is born to create garlands of ...
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End of Assad rule will reshape region's balance of power
This is a turning point for Syria. Assad came to power in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez, who ruled the country for 29 years - and very much like his son, with an iron fist. Assad junior ...