I'm going to Iran in a couple of weeks and I need some help with my planning. [more inside]
posted by number9dream on Apr 5, 2009 - 5 answers

Persian music aficionados, tell me what you know about Golhaye Rangarang. [more inside]
posted by mykescipark on Nov 9, 2008 - 4 answers

How much would it cost to translate a large, highly technical computer book into Farsi (Persian)? What method would be best to accomplish this? [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on Mar 8, 2008 - 7 answers

On the back cover of my copy of Gates of Fire it says something like (quoting on the top of my head here) "Toynbee said that 'what ifs' are generally irrelevant in history, except for one - what if the Persians had conquered Greece? Then what we regard as western civilization would not exist". Has Toynbee ever said such a thing? Where?
posted by falameufilho on Mar 21, 2007 - 1 answer

What is the name of the Jewish group with origins somewhere in Persia or the vicinity who were forced to convert to Islam but continued practicing Judaism in secret? [more inside]
posted by tabulem on Feb 1, 2007 - 13 answers

Why do Iranian people consider themselves as "Persians?" [more inside]
posted by apple on Oct 26, 2006 - 35 answers

What are good resources for teaching myself to play the santur? I'm an American composer with no training in Persian music -- just a deep love for it and a gradually improving (self-taught) structural understanding of it. My "more inside" lists some ideas I've had so far, but I would love to hear any suggestions of CDs, websites, books, etc., on Persian music and/or the santur. [more inside]
posted by allterrainbrain on Jul 24, 2006 - 7 answers