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Iranian director Behruz Gharibpour is restaging the Ashura opera puppet show with his Aran Theater Troupe at Tehran’s ...

Arabic and Persian not only shaped the literary culture of thetime but also influenced the direction in which it developed.

Zaban-e-Urdu hai jiska naam, Woh Hindustan ki jaan hai.” The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A ...

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