Persian Language & Literature “Gulestan” Saadi Shirazi, Sheikh Mosleh al-Din CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 13 I heard a king, who had changed night into day by pleasures, saying in his drunkenness: ‘We have in the world no moment more delightful than this, Because I care neither for good nor for bad […]
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Story of unemployed journalists in Iran
Iranian independent journalists are under extra pressure these days. Both employed and unemployed journalists, who live their lives in a journalistic theme, have always lived with the thought of newsrooms and newspapers in the back of their head.
Story Of Hazrat Bayazid Bastami : Bayazid Bastami (RA) and the Rabbi
Bayazid Bastami & the RabbiOne day Hadhrat Bayazid Bastami rahmatullah alayhi while in meditation, saw himself in a synagogue dressed as a Jew. At first he was confused, but when he kept on seeing the same vision over and over again, he decided to enact it. So, he dressed himself as a Jew […]
The Amazing Story and Success of the ‘Iran Free the Docs’ Campaign
Last month, Dr. Arash Alaei spoke at the 24th annual meeting of the Kurdish National Congress of North America.
Golestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 5-6)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 5 I saw at the palace-gate of Oglimish the son of a military officer who was endued with marvellous intellect, sagacity, perception and shrewdness; also the signs of future greatness manifested themselves on his forehead whilst yet a small boy.
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 4)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 4 A band of Arab brigands having taken up their position on the top of a mountain and closed the passage of caravans, the inhabitants of the country were distressed by their stratagems and the troops of the sultan foiled because the robbers, having obtained […]
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 3)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 3 I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence, whose brothers were tall and good-looking, once saw his father glancing on him with aversion and contempt but he had the shrewdness and penetration to guess the meaning and said: […]
THE STORY OF KERBALA
THE PROPHET (SAW) SAID: Indeed, Hossein is the light of guidance and the saviour ship. Having come to know of Yazid’s scheme to assasinate him while performing the rite of Hajj, Imam Hussein (A.S) decided to leave Mecca before finishing the rites, performing only the Umra.
Heaven is a feeling not a place: The Persian Garden story
Eram garden in ShirazNo one can inspire humans with hope like Mother Nature and nowhere can she playfully display the greater extent of her will than in the garden of human mind.
The Little Black Fish That Created Big Waves
Journalist Negar Esfandiary looks inside the covers of one of her favourite childhood books from Iran and discovers that the delightful tale of a little fish that leaves its little pond to swim to the sea is actually a powerful political allegory – one which caused major ripples which still reverberate to this day.