Updated: 8 July 2019I started this post months ago but never finished it since it’s not typically the sort of thing I write about. As I scanned through my list of…
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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 2019It’s my favorite time of year- mother nature waking up from her winter slumber. The temperature warms up, the air smells different, you start hearing birds chirping again,…
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Welcome to the new series on My Persian Corner: Iranian Culture Boot Camp. This is where we dive into the nitty-gritty details of specific aspects of Iranian culture so that you’ll…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Chances are you’ve probably never given much thought to the calendar. But in Iran, it’s a different story. For starters, calendars and planners contain 3 dates for any…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Persian traditional medicine, or tebbe sonnati, has a long history in Iran. If you visit the mausoleum of Avicenna today in Hamedan, you’ll see his many contributions to…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Farsi? Persian? Iranian? Iran? Persia? There are a lot of terms floating out there. At the end of the day, we pretty much know the country and culture…