Unrest in Iran
Next year will see the 40s anniversary of the islamic revolution in Iran. It was greeted in 1979 from many …
Tag Archives: persia
Baywatch Iran: The next Season
I rcently asked a pen-friend, Mrs. F., about the possibilities to go swimming in the Caspian Sea, when I visit …
The way we are
The Persian word for LOVE is Eshgh (عشق) etymologically related to Ashagheh (پیچک),the plant we know as bindweed. It starts …
Ready for Lift-Off: The Persian Cat on the Verge of Cosmic Fame
Shall I feel honoured that finally the Iranian authorities recognised my effort to promote the Persian Cat as a mayor …
Elections in Iran – Facts, Faces, Folks
Yet the official results are not announced, but this time the Iranian officials have a valid explanation for this: against …
MEDITATION OF FREEDOM
The Berlin Academy of Fine Arts helds an exhibition of drawings on paper by Meir Hussein Mussavi. The exhibition opened …
New Hope for a better Leadership in Iran
Yesterday, June 1st during a pre-election campaign of Hassan Rouhani, his mainly young supporters shouted “Honour to Mousavi, Wellcome to …
Iranian Perspective: No need for higher purposes
Mrs. F. dear, the following reply to a post of Bahmani I could have never written without experiencing the tightness …
Love and Devotion: Exhibition at the Bodleian Library
The idea of Persia has long fascinated Western minds. From the Middle Ages on, knowledge of Persia gradually expanded as …
Another Norooz Celebration
The persion feast of Norooz is traditionally a celebration of joy and hapiness about the rebirth of nature and life. …
Happy Persian New Year – سال نو مبارک
Haft Sheen: The 7 S…, a set of objects all starting with the persian letter Sheen People …
Resistance of the White Rose: 70th anniversary
Just cross the road from the Avicenna bookstore in Munich, with its huge assortment of Persian literature, is the old …
Forough Farrokhzad: A poetic voice that fell silent too soon
Recently I was invited by a friend in Munich to a reading of poetry by an Iranian writer, who died …
Forough Farrokhzad: A poetic voice that fell silent too soon
Recently I was invited by a friend in Munich to a reading of poetry by an Iranian writer, who died …
