Iranian culture Archives

Internet: Persian Style! | Part #5

October 1, 2015 2 Comments

family taking photo at Ibn Sina tomb [This post scheduled to publish while I’m on my Epic Trip to Iran, part 2.] Read More

June 5, 2015 11 Comments

Horray! It’s time for Part 3 of our Internet: Persian Style series! ( See here for the series’ mission statement.) Let’s Read More

April 20, 2015 25 Comments

In this latest installment of “Drinking in Iran” — a photo-essay series documenting the tasty drinks (aka nooshidani) yours truly had to Read More

February 20, 2015 31 Comments

Let’s fire up that samovar and brew some fragrant tea (or chayee as we say in Farsi) for this second installment Read More

February 11, 2015 29 Comments

It is a truth universally established by now that Persian food is yummy! No doubt! But what about Persian drinks? I Read More

December 18, 2014 12 Comments

In this post about the Persian winter fete of Yalda, I thought it’d be fun to share some behind-the-scenes photos of Read More

October 6, 2014 No Comments

This is another teaser post! As in, I’m teasing you with what’s to come! That is: A grassroots effort by a Read More

October 2, 2014 21 Comments

There’s a saying in Farsi when someone goes to visit someone and doesn’t leave that they have eaten kangar (cardoon) and they Read More

September 26, 2014 11 Comments

Let’s start part 2 of the Persian nooks and crannies of cyberspace (see here for part 1 and the series’ mission statement) Read More

September 15, 2014 27 Comments

A group selfie at the Caspian Sea, iran | Found on Instagram For many years, I yearned for glimpses of the life Read More