What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...
“The Farsi language is a poetic language,” says Masud Valipour, owner of Ketabsara Persian Calligraphy and Books in Westwood’s Persian Square. He gestures along the store’s walls where turquoise, jade ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Ms. Kristina Stratton considers the many students she has helped over the years in her role as a member of Almira Elementary School’s English as a Second Language team, one ...
Growing up in Iran, Nick Zahab often narrated imaginary soccer games to put his little brother to sleep. These days, he keeps Iranian Laker fans awake as the play-by-play man for radio station KIRN’s ...
Language learning has played a big role in Afsaneh’s life. As an Iranian, she grew up speaking Farsi. As an adult, she became an English teacher, and on arrival in Belgrade as a refugee in 2018 she ...
A Poway woman is giving back to her adopted community by helping others. Zarin Ahi is on a one-woman mission to reach out to the Farsi-speaking community in Poway and the surrounding areas. Ahi has ...
“Universal Language” takes place in an imaginary, barely conceivable Canada that has taken in so many Iranian immigrants that road signs and graffiti are in Farsi, even in remote Winnipeg. At Tim ...
Marginalized minority groups receive New Testament translations. “If Jesus delays his return, they will say: Christians preserved our culture.” Home to the world’s fastest-growing church, with up to ...