A trip through the countryside of Iran may bring you to a region along the Caspian known as Gilan. Located in the city proper of Lahijan...

In their script writing guide for students, the New York Film Academy outlines a basic screenplay structure that has been used...

In the Middle Ages, the Persian-speaking world (often termed Greater Iran) was divided into two distinct regions, Persian Iraq in the...

Image Courtesy of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute Philanthropy has been an inseparable component of the Persian identity since the...

The Iran-Iraq border city Mehran, in the Iranian province of Ilam, witnessed artillery fire into Iraq and its own soil on 10 February...

Introduction During the 1970’s, many Lor men from Khorramabad, Iran and the surrounding areas in the province of Lorestan migrated to the...

It seems these days you cannot log onto Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest without your stomach growling as you scroll and scroll through...

Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we...

Photo from Abbas Kiarostami's Snow Series Through many of Abbas Kiarostami’s works trees and paths have held important roles and also...

Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we...

Photos Courtesy of Q-mars Haeri I never thought that a sweaty September day in College Park would bring me back to a very different...

Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we...

Each week Roshangar would like to present the most captivating Persian-related stories and occurrences from around the web. This week we...

As a research assistant working on the Roshan Institute’s Lalehzar Street Archive digital project, I spend a great deal of time at the...

Art work courtesy of Rashin Kheiriyeh The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at University of Maryland has taken on the project of...

Photo Courtesy of Lonna Lisa Williams For many years now Iranians have composed a sizable portion of the tourism industry of Turkey, this...

Nowruz (or Navruz, Norooz, Nawruz, Norouz, Navrooz, Newroz, Nowroj, etc.) has as many ways of celebrating as it does different spellings....