VOA – Amnesty International says it believes more than 30 prisoners have been killed by Iranian security forces amid rioting over fears of contracting the coronavirus. Thousands of inmates in at least... Read more »
VOA – Outside wartime nothing like it as ever been seen before in modern Western history. The lockdowns by democratic states with their draconian constraints on civil liberties and private enterprise fly... Read more »
VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s supreme leader suggested Thursday that mass gatherings may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic, as Amnesty... Read more »
VOA – U.S. officials warned Sunday of a difficult upcoming week as the nation deals with the toll of the coronavirus outbreak. “This is going to be the hardest and saddest week... Read more »
Hafez In these times the only untainted companions left are a cup of pure wine and a book of ghazals. Travel lightly, the pass of salvation is narrow. Lift a glass, there... Read more »
VOA – NEW YORK – Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when — on the same day the pandemic forced his... Read more »
Translators of Eighty Ghazals – from the Díwán of Háfiz – about their book: Wine, Prayer and Hafiz of Shiraz Who is Hafiz? EG: Hafiz of Shiraz, (d. 1389) is quite simply... Read more »
Translated by: Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. and Iraj Anvar Ashland, OR, October 2, 2019 While tensions between the United States and Iran continue to oscillate, a new book of translations of Hafiz... Read more »
Michael McClain The relevance of the information given immediately below to the central topic of this essay will shortly become obvious. St. Dennis, or, in French, St. Denis, the “ Apostle of... Read more »
Dr. Asghar Seyed Gohrab Senior University Lecturer at Leiden University This article has been dedicated to Dr. Rokus de Groot (University of Amsterdam) What is the place on earth that saw the... Read more »