Farsi is a district the west of Herat Province, Afghanistan. It borders on Obe District to the north, Adraskan District to the west, Shindand District to the south and Ghor Province to the south and ...

A video posted online on June 28 shows students at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences singing a protest song while holding signs such as one that read, "Students don't belong in jail." ...

The Iranian Students Association hosted its fifth annual celebration of the Iranian holiday Yalda in the Student Center ...

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Her song "Daughters for Sale" has garnered ... the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. She said the latest law was trying to "erase women's voices". "When I'm feeling sad ...

Meg York's fingers dance up and down her clarinet to create the trills and augmentations of an ancient Sephardic melody. "It's like the accent of a language," said York, explaining the adjustments she ...

The U.S. Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets, were officially established on June 19, 1952, with the creation of ...

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