'Night-Grazing' Is the Persian Tradition That Keeps Food Lovers Up All Night Long
For Yalda Night, a Persian celebration of the winter solstice, sumptuous snacks and dips are in order. Yalda Night, or Shab-e ...
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You have never heard the story of Joseph this way
He was the earliest known Jewish-Persian poet. We know very little about him, except that he seemed to have lived at the time of the great lyrical poet Hafiz — sometime in the 1300s. And ...
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Yalda Night: Ancient Celebration of Sun’s Rebirth
Yalda Night, one of the oldest Iranian traditions, is often misunderstood as the birth of Mithra, but historians clarify it ...
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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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Exiled from Iran, these singers create a vibrant tapestry of Persian poetry
Their latest production, “Woven Verses: Poetic Resistance & Resilience,” braids the past and present together via classical ...
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Sweets, poetry of Hafiz Shirazi mark ancient Persian festival
PESHAWAR: The ancient Persian festival ‘Shab-i-Yalda’ was ... sweets and beverages for guests with sharing stories and poetry were the main feature of the annual festival.