Shade of Shahrivar
It’s Shahrivar again, month of honey-sweet grapes and golden melons. For a Middle-Easterner, it’s also a month of uncertain feelings and mellow breezes hesitant between heat and […]
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Labour, Literature and More
I simply could not ignore the Labour Day while writing the editorial of Parsagon’s May issue. So happy Labour Day to all! The irony of […]
Time and the Parsagon Journey*
In the early snowfall of September in Calgary-my adopted home, and the short and windy autumn that ironically followed the snow, I imagined this moment. […]
On Mobility and More
After years of dreaming, months of contemplating and discussing and weeks of researching and writing, The Parsagon Review was launched in November 2013; a year […]
For the Love of Autumn, for the Promise of Hybridity
How do we know why we love something? Or, how would our feeling of appreciation be different if we begin to understand why we have […]
Hails to the e-Real
Browsing in the card catalogues of libraries always fascinated me for two reasons; firstly, the excitement of finding the book I eagerly wanted to read, […]
From Translation to Creation
Less than a year ago, a friend called upon me to translate a play from Persian to English. After replying “yes” without any hesitation, I […]
Seven is a Sacred Haven
Our beloved poet Saadi relates that once upon a time he had lost all his money and revenues and, perforce, had to wander barefooted around […]
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 […]
In Fine Frenzy Rolling
With bare hands and brave hearts did we begin, with eyes in “fine frenzy rolling”1 and souls in darkness crawling. And we reached a bright […]