1 of 8 — The Persian epic, Shahnameh, was written more than 1,000 years ago by the Persian poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi. A vibrant new version, translated and adapted by Ahmad Sadri, contains more than 500 ...
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The New Victory Theater will present Iranian-American artist Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North, highlighting the beauty of Persian culture, from March 15-23. Based on a story from the epic poem the ...
Filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian's forthcoming illustrated tome will bring new, vivid life to the epic tales of the ancient Persian kings. There has been a long tradition of depicting the stories of ...
"The Shahnameh created a formidable, unparalleled army – an army of words – that vanquished those who sought to fragment and destabilize Iran. No force could withstand this legion of countless ...
An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of The Shahnameh, Persia’s Book of Kings, will reappear on October 26 alongside ornate texts and artifacts for Sotheby’s London’s latest ...
A thousand years ago, a Persian poet named Abolqasem Ferdowsi of Tous obtained a royal commission to put the ancient legends and myths of Iran into a book of verse. Author Azar Nafisi, who wrote the ...
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