Nowhere in the world is poetry more highly valued than in Iran, so it is not surprising that the singing of poetry is central to Persian musical culture. Furthermore, the values of music and dance are ...

He is an LLB from LUMS, MA in Persian from Punjab University, and MS from Georgetown University, US, as a Fulbright scholar. The instant work comprises a volume of sixty poems in English ...

THE poetic verses within the classic Persian book Gulistan, that was translated into numerous languages is finally available in Bahasa Malaysia. To celebrate Persian Literature Day, the book has ...

SRINAGAR: To highlight the significance of Allama Iqbal’s Persian poetry and its relevance in contemporary times, the Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosoph ...

It is a day in which the great Persian poet Hafez is honored in Iran. Every year Hafez Commemoration Week is held during the week leading to Hafez Day. Born in Shiraz between 1310 and 1325, Khajeh ...

Entitled “Lines Without Borders,” the exhibit showcases the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in both Persian and Latin scripts, ISNA ...

Pakistan has paid respect to Allama Muhammad Iqbal, famous for composing poems in Urdu and Farsi, and plays a key role in cementing cultural affinity between Pakistan and Iran.

“Poetry has a really important role in Iran,” Mahsa said. “While the regime tries to separate people and rule with one faith, ...

SRINAGAR: As part of 8th Hamidi Kashmiri Memorial Annual Urdu lecture, Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE), University of Kashmir, organized an exte ...

Encouraging us to translate from Persian, within the frame of the summer ... translations were the outcome of a “multilingual” poetry workshop; had we shortchanged our brief sticking to ...