— Persian Heritage – #107, Winter 2022 — My Universe: Going to the Boundaries of Human Curiosity, Hormoz Mansouri (Savvy Book Marketing 2022) This book is dedicated to the author’s father Mansour Mansouri,... Read more »

N. Kanani — Persian Heritage – #107, Winter 2022 — “Hafiz is most assuredly a poet worthy to sup with gods.” — Sir William Jones With regard to Lord Byron’s parody, Anna... Read more »

N. Kanani —  “Hafiz is most assuredly a poet worthy to sup with gods.” — Sir William Jones William Jones, a British philologist, judge, orientalist and scholar of ancient India, was born... Read more »

There are different types of cucumber such as Persian, Lemon, Kirby, Japanese, English and Armenian. Nowadays Persian cucumbers are being cultivated all over the world. Persian cucumbers’ shape is cylindrical and squat... Read more »

Brian Appleton —  Sepehr Haddad was born in Washington DC in 1957. His family returned to Iran, where he completed his schooling in Bahar-e-No (Miss Mary) Elementary school, then to Iranzamin (Tehran... Read more »

Kaveh Farrokh (Ph.D.) (Langara College) —  To rule over ancient Afghanistan was to be the Kushans, an offshoot of the Yueh-Chi briefly discussed earlier. After their expulsion of he Sakas the Yeuh-Chi... Read more »

The Persian Dogs Under a bill in Iran certain animals will be forbidden for the reason of protection: “Protection of public rights against dangerous and harmful animals,” prepared by hard-line conservative lawmakers... Read more »

There are many accounts as to the beginning of Mehregan.  A few, different versions are listed below: — Mehregan is a day of victory when Angels helped Fereydoon and Kaveh become victorious... Read more »

Yas Rahemtulla —  Content Warning: Mention of Mental Illness A friend’s grandfather passed away last month. When I told her I’d be writing this blog post, she mentioned that her grandmother found... Read more »