Persian Traditions
Ink in Motion 2026: Free Online Persian Calligr...
A practical guide to Farhang Foundation’s free September 19, 2026 online Persian calligraphy presentation and live performance with Arash Shirinbab.
Ink in Motion 2026: Free Online Persian Calligr...
A practical guide to Farhang Foundation’s free September 19, 2026 online Persian calligraphy presentation and live performance with Arash Shirinbab.
Why Do the First Six Persian Months Have 31 Days?
Why Farvardin through Shahrivar each have 31 days, how the Persian calendar reaches 365 or 366 days, and why Esfand changes in leap years.
Why Do the First Six Persian Months Have 31 Days?
Why Farvardin through Shahrivar each have 31 days, how the Persian calendar reaches 365 or 366 days, and why Esfand changes in leap years.
What Is the Herati (Mahi) Pattern in Persian Rugs?
Learn how to recognize the Herati—or mahi—pattern in Persian rugs, why its curved leaves are called fish, and what its name does and does not prove.
What Is the Herati (Mahi) Pattern in Persian Rugs?
Learn how to recognize the Herati—or mahi—pattern in Persian rugs, why its curved leaves are called fish, and what its name does and does not prove.
What Is a Ghazal? How Persian Poetry’s Famous F...
Learn how a Persian ghazal works—from couplets, qafiya, and radif to Hafez, Saadi, mystical ambiguity, and the challenges of translation.
What Is a Ghazal? How Persian Poetry’s Famous F...
Learn how a Persian ghazal works—from couplets, qafiya, and radif to Hafez, Saadi, mystical ambiguity, and the challenges of translation.
Why Is Nowruz Sometimes March 20 and Sometimes ...
Why Nowruz moves between March 20 and 21, how the equinox becomes 1 Farvardin, and what the dates are for 1405 and 1406.
Why Is Nowruz Sometimes March 20 and Sometimes ...
Why Nowruz moves between March 20 and 21, how the equinox becomes 1 Farvardin, and what the dates are for 1405 and 1406.
Why Does Iran’s School Year Start on 1 Mehr?
Why Iranian schools traditionally open on 1 Mehr, when the date falls in 1405, and why it still resonates with families in the diaspora.
Why Does Iran’s School Year Start on 1 Mehr?
Why Iranian schools traditionally open on 1 Mehr, when the date falls in 1405, and why it still resonates with families in the diaspora.