The brilliance of Theodor Nöldeke's mind, his awareness of Greek literature, his knowledge of three Semitic languages, and his expertise in Persian and Middle Persian made him a distinguished ...

Michael Dirda is synonymous with the literary life. He’s been called “the best-read person in America,” and it’s easy to ...

Sadegh Adham shares how his childhood experiences during the Iran-Iraq war shaped his art, exploring themes of imperfection, ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

ASTANA – Kazakh statesman and scholar Darkhan Kydyrali presented a collection of his books on common Turkic history, “Daşa Yazılan Tarix” (History Written on Stone), translated into Azerbaijani, ...

Hamid Rahmanian (Iranian, born 1968), Kay Kavous and the Flying Throne [detail], from Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, 2015, digital print on metallic paper, 13 x 19 inches. Collection of ...

Rakesh Ramchurn reports on an exhibition exploring how Islamic art influenced the work of the pioneering British designer ...

Deputy CEO of Knowledge-Based Companies for the Development Affairs Touraj Amraei says that Iranian knowledge-based companies have exported $2.5 billion worth of products to the foreign countries.