BY Maryam (Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 3 – Turk Ethnicity) Iranian Turk ethnicity consists of different groups such as Azeris, Turkmens, and some other Turks who are living as divergent tribes in different parts of Iran. These tribes are the minorities of the Turkic-speaking people. They include Qashqai people, Khorasani Turks, Afshar people, and Qarai […]
BY Saman Kohnepushi Nima Yooshij is a familiar figure among European and especially French-speaking intellectuals. Nima is known as the father of Persian poetry.
BY Saman Kohnepushi Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Hosein Hoseini Khatibi Bakri Balkhi (Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi) Known as Mowlana, Molavi, and Jalaluddin Rumi, is one of the most well-known Iranian poets. In later centuries he has been described as Molavi, Mowlana, Moavi Rumi, and Molaye Rumi. His mother tongue was Persian. Molavi’s father was Muhammad bin Hosein Khatibi (known […]
BY Maryam (Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 4 – Turk Ethnicity) Previously in the Iranian ethnicity series, we learned about Gils, Mazanis, Kurds an Azeri Turks. We learned Turk ethnicity in Iran includes Azeri ethnicity, Turkmen ethnic, Qashqais, etc. In Part four we are going to dive a bit deeper into Iranian Turkmen ethnic life. We […]
BY Saman Kohnepushi It is narrated that one day Baba Tahir, as a young man, entered a school and decided to educate himself. However, despite the fact that he was so enthusiastic, he couldn’t understand anything. That was how he asked one of the pupils, “how can you understand these difficult issues?” – “We take too much effort. […]
BY Saman Kohnepushi Abu-Muhammad Muslih Al-Din bin-e Abdallah Shirazi, known as Saadi, is one of the Iranian internationally well-known poets.
BY Saman Kohnepushi “Sahname is nothing more than Rostam’s biography,” Sultan Mahmud said “while there are thousands knights like Rostam serving in my army.” “God has never created and will never create a hero like Rostam.” Ferdowsi answered and left the court. After a while Sultan Mahmud said that, “But he accused me of lying and I didn’t […]
BY Maryam (Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 2 – Kurd Ethnicity) Welcome to part 2 of Iranian ethnicities. The second but probably one of the most known ethnicities in Iran is Iranian Kurds. Many people in Iran know them by their baggy pants, their unique dance style with their happy songs. Most Iranians’ common concept of […]
BY Maryam (Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 1 – Mazani and Gilak Ethnicity) People are the most precious belonging of a country because without them it would not have any meaning at all. In Iran from north to south, east to west, a population of almost 80 million of different ethnicities and races is living. With […]
BY Negar Amanipour You might immensely be familiar with the best Iranian movies, but the creators of these feature movies must be known as well. We have curated for you, a list of some of the best, if not literally the best, Iranian film directors you should know. Some of the names might be familiar, like the internationally-recognized […]
BY Negar Amanipour From traditional classical singers to modern fusion bands and traditional folk players, here are the ten greatest Iranian musicians.
BY TAP Editorial Team Asking that question is like asking” why isn’t Swiss a French country” that’s how outrageous it sounds. That is to say, the only reason that the question of “Why Iran is not an Arab country?” may come to mind is due to the shared religion of Islam, that causes similarities in social costumes and shared […]
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