Just Say Nothing
Just Say Nothing (2009) is a collection of nine short stories written by Mohammad-Hussein Mohammadi. Red Figs of Mazar (2004) and Encyclopedia of Afghanistan Story […]
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Parvin Etesami Awards
Acclaimed Iranian poetess, Parvin Etesesami, was born in Tabriz in 1907. Her first collection of poems was published in 1935 and she received the 3rd […]
Mohsen Ghane Basiri’s Top 7s
Mohsen Ghane Basiri (b. 1949) is the editor-in-chief of Modiriat (Management) Monthly Journal. He is a prolific Iranian theorist and epistemologist. Ghane Basiri is the […]
7 Popular Iranian Children’s Books: Editors Pick
Since 1967, International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated on April 2, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, to inspire the love of reading […]
On the Concept of Celebration
My grandparents’ home was not the center of the world for every child on the planet, neither was Nowruz the New Year celebration and Sizdah […]
Mohammad Taghi Kahnamouee (1919 – 1984)
Mohammad-Taghi Kahnamouee (1919-1984) was born in Tehran, Iran. Having played in more than one hundred movies as a graduate of Acting High School, Kahnamouee’s activity as a writer was overshadowed.
RIP Richard Nelson Frye
Regarded as the “dean of the world’s Iranists,” Eminent American scholar and Iranologist Richard Nelson Frye passed away on March 27, 2014 aged 94. He […]
From Pariz to Paris to Paradise: Bastani Parizi passes away
Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Iranian writer, researcher, historian and University of Tehran’s Emeritus Professor passed away yesterday (March 25) at age 89. Born in Pariz town […]
Ale Ebrahim Recommends
Mohammadreza Ale-Ebrahim, our February 2014 featured writer, was born in Estahban in 1951 and holds a double B.A. in Training Sciences (management and planning) and […]
Afra or the Day Passes: A Structuralist Reading (II)
Afra, or the Day Passes by Bahram Bayzayi (b. 1938), the prolific Iranian screenwriter, playwright and director, was published in 1998 but was only premiered […]