Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we highlight stories about development projects in Afghanistan and different forms of Persian art around the wo...
Through many of Abbas Kiarostami’s works trees and paths have held important roles and also served as symbols for a deeper understanding. However, Kiarostami is only the latest manifestation of metaphysica...
Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we have architecture unique to Tajikistan, photos from Iran's diminishing lake Urmia, and efforts to teach youn...
I never thought that a sweaty September day in College Park would bring me back to a very different place, to the May sunlight streaming down upon the beaches of the south of France. I was in Cannes on the last day...
Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we have snow leopards in Afghan muppets, the history of wine in Iran, and the endangered Asiatic cheetah.
Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we have the revival of the Bactrian deer in Afghanistan, drag racing in Tehran, and highlights in Persian film.
As a research assistant working on the Roshan Institute’s Lalehzar Street Archive digital project, I spend a great deal of time at the National Archives II in College Park, Maryland. Oddly enough, I have never actually seen where the boxes of tim...
The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at University of Maryland has taken on the project of creating a digital library of Persian resources. The Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities is composed...
For many years now Iranians have composed a sizable portion of the tourism industry of Turkey, this is due in part to the amicable relationship between the two countries as well as strong economic ties....
Nowruz (or Navruz, Norooz, Nawruz, Norouz, Navrooz, Newroz, Nowroj, etc.) has as many ways of celebrating as it does different spellings. Though originally a celebration of Zoroastrianism or maybe even Mitraism thousands of years ago, Nowruz has...
