Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival ...

TEHRAN-The acclaimed Iranian vocalist Sina Sarlak will perform in Los Angeles next month, together with Raz Band.

In California, a church had worked for years to help an Iranian family in their congregation bring their son to the US. He ...

Amir Nojan is a world-renowned setar player whose San Jose apartment doubles as a museum showcasing rare Iranian instruments.

Purim begins on the evening of March 13, 2025, and concludes at sundown on March 14, 2025.

TEHRAN-The short story collection “Mysterious Room,” written by the American author and playwright Henry Slesar has been ...

Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate the Iranian new year with "Bitter + Sweet" ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...

Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, starts on the vernal equinox — this year Thursday, March 20 — and is commonly celebrated for 13 days thereafter. The nonreligious holiday, focused on the ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a ...

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

Refusing a single dominant system of values in Lebanon as the secular daughter of a working class Lebanese Jewish father and ...