He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked ... Languages: English and Farsi President Donald Trump has marked Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with a message of ...

The practice is known as “shaking the dust” of the past, according to the United Nations. In 2010, the U.N. General Assembly proclaimed March 21 the International Day of Nowruz. Many people ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has designated the new Persian year 1404 as the 'Year of Investment for Production' in his annual Nowruz message ... the Iranian nation, and subsequent ...

Qertel described Nowruz as a celebration of “a new beginning.” “Kurdistan is the only nation being divided within its border by four nation-states, each part being assimilated, subjected to ...

Celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide, Nowruz is a 3,000-year-old tradition cherished in Iran, Afghanistan, throughout Central Asia and beyond. But what makes it special? Nowruz ...

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.