Tag Archives: Nowruz

Eid-e-Fetr And Nowruz

I have written about this year’s remarkable coincidence of Christian holiday of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Ramadan on February 18. When Ramadan closes at the end of this week there is another coincidence with an important holiday, Nowruz, … Continue reading

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The Children of Adam

In order to win the hearts of the Iranian people and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Obama, in his last year’s video message on the occasion of Nowruz 1388, quoted from great Persian poet Sa’adi’s Gulistan … Continue reading

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Good Timing?

President Barack Obama’s video message to the Iranian people has surprised everybody in the West as well. It was launched on Nowruz, as New Year greetings. So far, reactions in Tehran were not really enthusiastic though, rather precautious instead. Was … Continue reading

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