Israel’s military censor has broad powers to shut down media outlets or imprison journalists to prevent the release of information deemed threatening to the state’s

Listening to the Iranian radio during my daily commute, I hear a lot of doctor commercials. There seems to be a preponderance of two particular

The 12th Shia imam, Ganji said, was a historical invention born out of a family dispute over the 11th imam’s successor and inheritance. I looked

Author : Ehsan TABARI شمه اى در باره ى زندگى و آثار يكى از بزرگترين نوابغ ايرانى روزبه فرزند دادويه ى پارسى اندكى بيش از

Pour stopper les combats entre Israël et le Hamas, la déléguée générale de la Palestine auprès de l’Union européenne exige le déploiement d’une force de

Iranians can be extremely racist.  I was first made aware that Iranians were perceived, by others in the region, as arrogant racists by a Pakistani

At the office Christmas party, my boss told me about a new gym that recently opened in the area. On the way back home one

The eldest daughter of Pakistan’s assassinated former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has written a rap song expressing grief over her death. The song by Bakhtawar

Examining . Bijan Farhoodi host of VOA-DO ROOZEH AVAL interviews Historian Majid Tafrashi (From London) on the reliability and significance of these documents in the light

Hamas had respected the previously negotiated ceasefire except when Israel used it as cover to make assassination raids. Hamas argued that these raids were hardly

The Iranian nuclear enrichment program and its potential to create weapon- grade uranium that could be used for making bombs is the hottest topic of

The right to freedom of speech has been a long and hard battle in many ways and in many societies and for many centuries it

The Arab trio have a right to such a fear, it is indeed incredibly plausible. However, the power-corrupt dictators of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Mr Obama’s silence on the situation in Gaza has also threatened to lose him support in the Arab world. But the US constitution makes it

Eight paces from the gate, Sixteen paces toward the wall. Which scroll speaks of this treasure?   Oh, earth! If only I could feel your

In a country where run-of-the-mill dating and fashion are illegal, extreme practices have emerged in the private spaces occupied particularly by well-off, heterosexual Tehrani youth.

تار های دلتنگی ام را بر در غار دوستی می تنم باور هایم چه عمیق بااصحاب کهف به خواب رفته اند رویا هایم را بر

Last Thursday, local police stood by and allowed a group of “demonstrators” — most likely thuggish young men dispatched by the regime’s hard-line Basij militia

A lot of us (and by that I don’t just mean Iranians) need someone to hate.  I am not sure how we came to this

Update on Kaloo, the Smallest School In the World در ده کالو نزدیک به بندر دیر، در استان بوشهر مدرسه‌ای هست با ۴ دانش‌آموز که

While an UNWRA staff member in Gaza said it was an artillery shell which hit right next to the school, other witnesses said both tank

The Story of Baha’u’llah’s Arrest in 1852 Part 1  “Give me a chance to fling my stone in His face!”   After the Bab declared

It is a dream that has been shared by lovers across the centuries – the chance to elope to exotic lands. But few would have

Back in 2006, Mr Jarrar was waiting to board a flight at New York’s JFK airport wearing a T-shirt that read “We Will Not Be