In the southern part of Iran, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari districts (Persian: Ostān-e Chahār-Mahāl-o Bakhtiyārī), lives a very special and little...

Mandaeans are the adherents of Mandaeism, a gnostic religion that originated in Mesopotamia in the first tree centuries CE. The majority of...

Download our free Farsi Travel Dictionary, print it out, make a booklet, stick the Persian phrasebook into your back pocket – and you're good...

In 1950's Tehran, in Iran, Forough Farrokhzad is 16 years old and has just gotten married to her cousin Parviz Shapour, against her family's will. A...

If you’re interested in nomadic cultures and traditions of the world, or people in general, here is a documentary you should not miss. Anthony...

Jinn (sg. jinni) are supernatural beings in Arabian folklore; some regard them as angels and some as demons, yet they are neither. While man was...