Saturday، 23 March 2024
Today, I went to one of the villages with my brother in South Khorasan Province, around Birjand. The name of the village was Char Cheshme (literally means Four Fountains). A very small village with maybe not more...
It is my first day that I've arrived back to Valiasr Street. It is one of the main and most crowded places in the city of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. This is where I’ve...

Women’s day in Iran

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This is not so many years that Valentine’s day is known in Iranian society. Some shops and markets sell the red symbols for Valentine's gifts when it’s close to this day. Although it’s getting more popular...
This post adopted from: http://realiran.org/all-you-need-to-know-about-nazri-food-served-in-muharram/ Shiite Muslims worldwide are commemorating the most important days in their faith’s history during the first month of the Islamic calendar, known as Muharram.
One way for learning about the culture and history of a nation is to know about their holidays. It’s important to ask which days of the year are important for the people and why they think they...
The housing like nearly all other aspects of life has changed a lot in the recent century in Iran. In rural and tribal life, the houses were in forms of tents (Siaah Chador), Kapar, or houses...

Social freedom in Iran

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Writing about ‘freedom’ is so difficult, especially in middle east countries like Iran that every small thing can be politicized and make a lot of controversies and debates. In Islamic thoughts, there’s a broad definition of freedom...

Persians are not Arabs!

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This post is adopted from: https://www.persiansarenotarabs.com/ This site will look at Persia, which at one point had been one of the greatest empires of all time. From this great culture we gained beautiful art seen...
I want to write this time about an important membership group in Iran, i.e. the ‘neighborhood’ called a ‘Mahalleh’ in Persian. Although it’s weakening these days in large cities, they are still alive in some parts...
Next time you hear from an Iranian that some kind of food is Cold (Sardi) or Warm (Garmi) remember that they may be speaking about something other than the temperature of the food! Some types of...

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