Updated: 31 October 2021It wasn’t too long ago that I went to an event featuring Bosnian poet Enes Kiševič. A selection of his poems (including one inspired by the film A…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Sizdeh bedar marked the final day of the Nowruz season, and we’ve officially started our first 1398 work/school week. “Nature day”, as sizdeh bedar is also commonly known,…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Just before Nowruz, I came across the band Damahi and was immediately enveloped in a warm fuzzy feeling when I heard their song Divaneh (Crazy)- so much so…
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Updated: 8 July 2019With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, there’s no better time to tell your loved ones just how much you adore them- in Persian, of course! Check out…
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Updated: 8 July 2019I have a relative who’s a pretty professional mountaineer. On almost every visit to my dad’s village, we go on an early morning hike– somewhere I can easily…
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Updated: 25 May 2019 Iranian songs do this funny thing. In the beginning (and/or sometimes end), there’s a voice that comes on and kind of whispers the name of the singer.…
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Updated: 8 July 2019One of the struggles of learning Persian is the same as teaching it: written vs spoken form. As a learner, you spend your precious time studying, memorizing, and…
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Updated: 19 August 2020There’s a Persian phrase that goes befarmâ, beshin, betamarg (please take a seat, sit down, sit your ass down) which just shows the different manners to express the…