Shiv Kishan Bissa, popularly known as Sheen Kaaf Nizam, a celebrated Urdu poet and literary scholar from Jodhpur, has been awarded the Padma Shri for his exceptional contributions to Urdu literature.
TEHRAN-An exhibition of manuscripts of Persian and Urdu poetry and prose by the well-known bilingual poet of the 18th century ...
TEHRAN- Iran's Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri has proposed conducting ...
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Today marks the 91th anniversary of the death of poet and musician Mirza Abolqassem Aref Qazvini.
Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges known for handling high-profile cases were shot dead inside the court in Tehran, ...
Persian New Zealander Marjan Nelson traces the roots of Persian music in this episode of Postcards. As a child growing up in ...
The poet "recently underwent open-heart surgery ... as well as for "her jail sentence to be cancelled and assurance from Iranian authorities that she will never return to prison".
Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges, known for handling high-profile cases, were shot dead in Tehran by an assailant who ...
In one-man show at Chicago Shakespeare, writer-performer Michael Shayan embodies his Jewish Iranian mother and keeps the ...
the musical catalogue of Burton Cummings is recited by reverential Persian poets, and the fate of the entire world can be changed by the discovery of a 500-rial bill frozen under thick inches of ice.